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Child and Family Therapy

Child and Family Therapy
Realizing your child could benefit from psychotherapy is often a gradual process and can involve feedback from teachers, school administrators, family, and friends.

A parent may also observe his or her own child and awaken to the idea that his or her child needs support. This realization can bring relief—to believe that change and growth may be possible with the help of a professional.

At the Counseling Center, parents are invited in to discuss their concerns or describe the dynamics at home. Sometimes all that is needed is parent guidance—a process whereby mothers and fathers are offered strategies to address problems in the home, or in the child’s life. This is especially useful for parents with infants and toddlers, where changing one’s approach can be quite helpful. For children and teens who struggle with anxiety, depression, social difficulties, learning disorders, or adjustment issues or when faced with serious stressors such as divorce and loss, individual therapy can be highly effective. Psychotherapy assists the child or teen in recognizing who he or she is as a person and how to effectively communicate his or her needs and advocate for oneself at home and in school. Play therapy is utilized with younger children, as this medium allows their feelings to be expressed through the language of play.

Family or dyadic treatment can also be useful approaches either incorporating the whole family or dyadic treatment working in pairs. We know working with our staff can give direction to families who feel unmoored and we’re ready to help.

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Family Therapy
Family or dyadic treatment can be a very useful approach to problems that mostly exist in the home.

Family therapy incorporates the whole family, or a subset of the family unit.  Dyadic treatment involves working in pairs.  This approach can be particularly useful with teens, so that they might express delicate feelings to one parent with a trained professional present, which allows for safe and supportive communication.

Child and Family therapy can offer great relief, and can give direction to families when they feel unmoored, and are searching for constructive solutions.  Even small issues can blossom into large ones in the life of a family, and thinking these problems through with a professional could be just what is needed.
READY TO START? Call the Counseling Center to arrange an appointment at (914) 793-3388.

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