Children & Adolescents
- Psychological Services
Children & Adolescents
When children of any age need therapy, it’s generally because they have problems that affect how they feel, act, or learn, and they find it hard to cope alone. Parents can help by providing a resource to help things improve, often for the entire family. Therapy can serve as support while trying to communicate and learn better ways to work out problems.
Because younger children learn by doing, we provide the opportunity to engage the whole family as well as work individually through talk, play, and activities while giving praise and support. For adolescents, teaching coping skills and focusing on talking through feelings in order to solve problems is key. They‘ll learn mindfulness while practicing new skills.
Counsellor and psychotherapist
What to Expect from Child Counseling
We assess the developmental, neurological, familial and social systems around a child, not just the presenting symptom, so interventions target the root function of a behavior rather than its noise.
For younger children, play is the native language. Through it we build regulation, name feelings, and rehearse the skills that later transfer into home and school life.
Older children and teens learn practical, evidence-based tools for interrupting anxious thought loops, tolerating distress, and moving toward goals that matter to them.
Parents are the most powerful agent of change in a child's life. We coach the strategies, boundaries and repair language that make progress stick between sessions.
Ready when you are
Send us a note and our office manager will check your benefits, answer your questions, and match you with the right clinician