Children

  • Ages 6 - 12

  • Play and talk therapy

  • Parent/guardian monthly sessions

  • Once or twice-weekly for 45 minutes

Common challenges for children:

  • Holds back or is a know-it-all

  • Has trouble making friends or makes bad choices of friends

  • Perfectionism and frustration

  • Challenges parents and school requirements – bossy or defiant

  • Puzzling new habits, routines, and rituals

  • Preoccupation with screen activities to the exclusion of hobbies or time with friends and family

Adolescents and Young Adults

  • Ages 13 - 25

  • Play and talk therapy

  • Parent/guardian check-ins as needed

  • Once or twice-weekly for 45 - 50 minutes

Common challenges for adolescents and young adults:

  • Acts like an adolescent but can’t handle responsibility and thinks they can

  • Lacks self-care

  • Overly mature or its opposite, immature and entitled

  • Anxieties and confusion about sex and gender

  • Self-consciousness about their bodies

  • Eating habits

  • Social inhibitions

  • Conflicts around screen time limits and social media

  • Angry outbursts

  • Risky behaviors

  • Difficulty establishing independence and transitioning into adulthood

Family therapy

  • Play and talk therapy

  • Parents/guardians, child, and siblings

  • Weekly or bi-weekly for 50 minutes

Parent sessions

  • Parents/guardians only

  • Bi-weekly for 50 minutes

Common challenges for families and parents:

  • Difficulty in parent-child conflict resolution and communication

  • Sibling relational conflicts

  • Parenting approaches and discipline practices are inconsistent

  • Parent emotional dysregulation and lack of coping strategies

  • Parent and family personal history having negative impact on parenting