It’s hard to know what is more concerning, the chaos in your family life or the fear that something is wrong with your child. Your home is a war zone filled with fights, upsets, tantrums, and yelling. and the mood of everyone in the house seems to be negatively affected by the constant emotional outbursts.
You worry that your child’s difficulty handling emotions is going to not only negatively affect their relationships with others, but you’re afraid of what it means for their ability to succeed in school and beyond. You see how their emotional struggles are already impacting their life and you don’t even want to think about the stress and limitations it will cause as they grow older.
Maybe you are embarrassed.
Lately, the struggle has gone beyond your home and you’re embarrassed to take your child in public. You’re ashamed that your child is struggling, and you can’t stop obsessing about what you did to make them so angry or anxious. On the outside, your child comes off as erratic, angry and unloving, but you’re starting to get the feeling that there’s something more going on underneath.
Your child’s behaviors are taking a toll on the family.
The constant chaos is taking its toll on your family. You laugh less, and the fun seems to have disappeared from all of your lives. As a parent you are yearning to figure out what is going on with your child.
Our Child Therapy will help you:
As your child’s behavior is spiraling out of control, you might be wondering if things can ever get better. That the disrespect, angry explosions, aggressive behavior, name-calling, and destruction will ever be under control. Your child’s behavior is starting to impact their school performance and they are struggling in their extra-curricular activities.
The good news is that our therapists can help. We will use a combination of play therapy in individual sessions with your child, parent counseling sessions where we work directly with you and parent-child or family therapy sessions. With the support of trained mental health professionals, your child’s behavior CAN change.
Anxiety Treatment for Children
You’ve noticed that your child is starting to isolate. They’re refusing to go to school or participate in extracurricular activities, and you can’t remember the last time they hung out with their friends. Every morning is a battle. Getting ready for school often means getting physically sick in response to their nervous feelings. Maybe your child is even refusing to go to school at this point. Your heart hurts for your child, but you do not know what else you can do to help them. It’s concerning and frustrating to watch your child suffer from anxiety and you feel helpless.
There is hope. Our caring child therapists will ensure that our office becomes a safe space for your child to explore their big emotions. Whether you know what’s causing your child’s anxiety (bullying, a recent move, parental conflict, attachment concerns, etc) or the anxiety seemed to come out of nowhere, counseling can help children express their emotions, face their fears and learn new ways of coping.
Therapy for Childhood Depression
You never see your child smile or laugh anymore. The things in life that used to bring them such joy do not even beak their interest anymore. They have begun expressing feelings of hopelessness and you are becoming very concerned. The more you try to reach out and connect with them, the more they push away. You are at a loss of how to reach them anymore.
Child counseling services can help you intervene and interrupt the cycle of childhood depression early. Our counseling office serves as a safe space, and our expert child therapists will develop a strong therapeutic relationship with your child. Through play therapy and support your child will learn to laugh and enjoy life again. Counseling is a critical step in treating childhood depression, and we want to help your child.
Other Common Reasons Children Come to Therapy:
Every child and family that walks through the door has their own unique story. Our therapists can help with a wide range of mental health and behavior concerns. Some of the many reasons children & families seek our our counseling services include:
ADHD
School Problems
Adoption
Anger
Grief & Loss
Parental Divorce
Adjustment after a big move
Attachment Issues
Difficulty making and keeping friends
Is it time to get a Counselor for your child?
A lot of the time you feel like your child is incapable of thinking before they act. And you can’t help but think that life would be easier if your child could manage their emotions. You’re scared to think about what’s going to happen if they can’t figure out how to get along in the world.
You truly want a better way of life for your child, your family, and yourself. Like so many parents, you long for healthy connections and peace of mind, heart, and home. But you have no idea what else can possibly be done. You never imagined your child wouldn’t be able to go a day without melting down. And you certainly didn’t expect how impossible to would be to help your child learn to manage their emotions.
Child Counseling is intended to help your child feel understood. It will assist your child in feeling more in control of their emotions, more positive about themselves, and more in touch with how their emotions affect the way they understand themselves. They will also gain an understanding of how their emotions impact others.
Child Counseling is about utilizing well researched and proven therapy techniques that can help your child work through and heal what is underneath their behaviors while also providing them opportunities to learn new healthy and effective ways of meeting their needs.
Some signs your child may benefit from Child Therapy include:
They are fighting with family, friends, or authority figures.
They are anxious or seem depressed.
They are isolating or withdrawing from activities.
They are losing friends and missing out on activities due to their anxiety.
They are no longer enjoying life the way that a child should.
There have been recent changes in the child’s life (divorce, family move, loss of a loved one) and you notice that they are struggling to adjust to the changes.
They have experienced some form of abuse or neglect.