Our Service Offerings for kids, teens and families.

  • Perinatal mental health is a parent’s emotional well-being during pregnancy, birth, and after. It affects health and the ability to care for a child. Signs include ongoing sadness, feeling overwhelmed, irritability or anger, anxiety or panic, constant worrying, upsetting intrusive thoughts, being haunted by a traumatic birth or NICU stay, and feeling frightened, guilty, or ashamed about your feelings. Get help to manage stress and symptoms of perinatal and postpartum depression and other challenges. Receive professional support and practical tips to bond with your baby, adjust to parenting, reduce stress, keep your relationship strong, and prepare for the changes of parenthood.

  • Child therapy is a structured, professional intervention designed to help children and adolescents manage emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges, such as anxiety, trauma, or ADHD. Using age-appropriate techniques like play and conversation, therapists create a safe space for kids to process feelings, improve coping skills, and strengthen family relationships. It involves restoring a sense of physical and emotional safety, as trauma can significantly erode a child's ability to trust others.

    Key Aspects of Child Therapy

    • Methods: For young children, this often involves play therapy or art to facilitate expression when conversation is difficult. Older children and teens may use talk therapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), to change negative thought patterns. Specialized interventions like Clinical EFT (Tapping) can also be used to bridge cognitive work with somatic release for trauma.

    • Focus: It addresses issues like behavioral problems, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions such as divorce or moving. Therapy also considers cultural variations in how children express distress, which may mimic psychotic reactions or appear somatic.

    • Parental Involvement: Therapists often work with parents or caregivers to strengthen nurturing relationships and teach behavior management strategies, such as parent coaching. This systemic view often shifts the focus from the "identified patient" to the family dynamics as a whole.

    • Goals: The aim is to improve the child’s emotional well-being, self-esteem, and ability to navigate social and academic environments. Providers use psychoeducation to normalize trauma reactions and incorporate the family's own terminology into treatment planning to foster engagement.

    • Specialized Focus: Unlike adult therapy, adolescent therapy focuses on the rapid, complex physical and emotional changes of puberty and development. It addresses the neurological shifts in the adolescent brain, which influence decision-making and emotional regulation.

    • Safe Space & Confidentiality: Provides a non-judgmental environment, essential for fostering trust and open communication, often in a different manner than counseling for younger children. This privacy allows teens to share sensitive information without fear of immediate parental repercussion, though safety remains paramount.

    • Goal-Oriented: Aims to reduce symptoms (e.g., anxiety, depression), resolve conflicts, improve communication, and bolster self-esteem. Therapists work with the teen to set specific, measurable objectives that empower them during their developmental transition.

    • Common Modalities: Common types include Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Art Therapy. These methods are adapted to be engaging and relevant to the adolescent experience.

    • Targeted Issues: Addresses anxiety, depression, bullying, peer relationships, academic stress, identity, and trauma. It also helps in navigating social media pressures and the search for personal autonomy.

    What to Expect in Sessions

    • Initial Assessment: Therapists often first meet with parents/caregivers to understand the history of the issue and establish a collaborative framework for the teen's care.

    • Individual Work: Teens usually work one-on-one with the therapist to explore their thoughts, feelings, and behavioral patterns in a private setting that encourages honesty.

    • Skill Building: Sessions focus on developing actionable coping skills and healthier ways to manage difficult emotions or situations, such as mindfulness or conflict resolution techniques.

    • Family Involvement: In some cases, therapists will incorporate family sessions to improve communication and relationships, ensuring the home environment supports the teen's progress.

    When to Seek Therapy

    Therapy is recommended when a teen shows persistent signs of distress, such as changes in sleep or appetite, academic decline, withdrawal from friends and family, loss of interest in activities, or signs of intense stress. Early intervention can prevent these challenges from escalating into long-term psychological difficulties.

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Movement

The movement aims to move beyond simple symptom management to create long-term resilience, emotional regulation, and self-awareness in teenagers.

This approach recognizes that the adolescent brain, undergoing a burst of growth and maturation from ages twelve to twenty-four, requires specific support to navigate changes in memory, reasoning, and decision-making.

By fostering these core qualities, clinicians help teens create a more positive and productive life journey as they transition into adulthood.

Emotions

Teen and adolescent therapy focuses on helping young people navigate intense emotional shifts, develop regulation skills, and understand their changing minds.

Common, effective approaches include Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for managing intense emotions and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to reframe negative thought patterns.

Therapy provides a safe space for teens to build self-efficacy, improve communication, and gain coping strategies

purpose

Teen therapy helps adolescents overcome developmental hurdles by uncovering interests and building meaning, boosting resilience and long-term well-being. It centers on values and identity so daily choices reflect a purposeful path.

Clarifying values: Therapists use ACT-style tools to help teens set priorities and resist social pressure.

Fostering identity: A safe space lets teens explore talents and passions as empowerment.

Practical goals: Small milestones build self-efficacy, reducing anxiety and depression.

Independence: Therapy nurtures autonomy and grit through self-directed choices.

Social contribution: Meaning via volunteering or creative work connects personal fulfillment to community impact.