Child and Teen Counseling
**Our child and family waitlist is currently full and we are not accepting new clients at this time. We thank you for your patience.
We work with kids of all ages - from preschool through high school. Counseling can be a great place to help your child start to feel calmer, happier, more organized, and more confident.
We place a strong emphasis on family work, as we know that a child’s caregivers are the most important people in their lives. Your involvement in the therapeutic process is essential to achieving therapeutic goals.
Therapy for kids and teens varies depending on the child’s age and the goals for therapy. We work with each family collaboratively to create an individualized plan that fits your needs. Look below to find general information on our approach to therapy for different ages.
Preschool and Kindergarten
Play is the natural language of little ones. Our counseling approach with preschoolers and kindergarteners uses a family-based approach to play therapy, drawing frequently on the Theraplay and Filial therapy models. In our work with young children, guardians/parents participate in nearly every session and we have monthly adult only sessions to check-in on progress.
To learn more about play therapy, click here.
Elementary School
For elementary schoolers, we use a variety of methods depending on the age and needs of the child. We continue to involve caregivers heavily in treatment, though we may have some sessions with only the child.
We will typically continue to use play therapy, including drawing from the Theraplay model. We may also incorporate mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, and sand tray therapy.
Middle and High School
As middle and high school youth grow more independent, we uniquely tailor our approach to counseling. With tweens and teens, we typically combine individual sessions, family sessions, and caregiver sessions to meet the needs of the child.
Depending on the goals, we may focus on how to build stronger, healthy relationships, how to manage increasing workloads in school, how to better tune in to our bodies and emotions, or a variety of other areas.
For teens, we pull from both models that we use with adults and those we use with kids in order to tailor treatment for the stage of life of each client.