Child Counseling

Child counseling focuses on children experiencing changes in how they learn, behave, or handle emotions that cause distress throughout the day; this is a sign that mental health services are needed. Every child is unique, and the reasons for seeking counseling differ from child to child. Child counseling also provides aid to children who have experienced trauma and are experiencing a dysfunctional or stressful home environment.

A child's social-emotional development offers important clues about a child's mental health. As parents, it is easy for us to identify our children's physical needs, but have you ever thought about what your child needs mentally and emotionally? How a child thinks and feels about themselves and how they respond to the world around them is their mental health. Mental health is essential to a child's overall health. Child counseling is a great way to support children and families to build and develop skills to help them throughout their lives.

Many young people struggle to navigate their feelings while facing the unique challenges of adolescence. Adolescent counseling tailors to those unique struggles with stress, peer pressure, low self-esteem, identity insecurities, feeling overwhelmed about their future, dating drama, mood instability, feeling of sadness, etc. Many adolescents or teens suffer in silence because they lack a safe, non-judgmental space to share themselves. Feeling connected and supported are essential ingredients for being understood.

Unfortunately, some teens don't have the vocabulary or skills to communicate their thoughts and feelings. Their behavior, even when it is, at times, physical, inappropriate, or disruptive, is communication. Behaviors are never random. All behaviors are goal-oriented or purposeful, even when you cannot see the purpose.

Adolescent counseling helps your teens understand and manage their emotions to increase their self-awareness. Self-awareness is knowing how your strengths, weaknesses, character, and personality affect your choices (behaviors). Being self-aware is knowing who you are and how you differ from others around you. Teens with self-awareness have strong empathy, critical thinking, effective communication, emotional management, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.