In-Person & telehealth
Children, Teens, and Families
Families commonly experience difficulties related to a variety of stressors associated with school, childhood development, stages of life, relocating, parenting, marriage, divorce, mental illness, grief and loss, among other things. We provide support to parents and children encountering a number of challenges. Individual therapy is available as well as family therapy sessions. We provide one-on-one time with your child or teen in order to develop a therapeutic relationship with them that allows them to process and work through problems independently. Once they feel more competent and confident in their own abilities, we can encourage them to communicate their ideas, needs, and plans to their parents. We teach children how to cope with symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns. We also use a variety of interventions to help foster positive self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-efficacy in youth. Parents are enouraged to participate in their child's treatment in order to better understand their child's struggles, to learn ways to support their child, which helps enhance the parent-child relationship. ​Parenting support will sometimes be offered in a group setting when there is enough interest and availability.
Approaches and Models of Therapy
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Younger Children (up to 12)
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Play therapy​
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Social skills
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Self-control skills
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Anger management
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Problem-solving skills
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Interpersonal skills
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Symptom management
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Expressive therapies:
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art, music, movement, writing,
story-telling, etc.​​
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Teenagers (13-17)
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Problem-solving
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Conflict resolution
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Anger management
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Interpersonal skills
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Healthy peer relations
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Teen anxiety & teen depression
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Expressive therapies:
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art, music, movement, writing,
story-telling, etc.​​
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Parents and Children
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Problem-solving
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Conflict resolution
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Anger management
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Interpersonal skills
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Healthy family relations
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Effects of mental illness
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Coping with divorce
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Expressive therapies:
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art, music, movement, writing,
story-telling, etc.​​
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Trauma-Focused Therapy and Attachment-Focused Therapy
When trauma occuring in childhood goes unaddressed, children become at risk for developing mental and physical health problems throughout their lifespan. Children need to feel safe and secure in their attachment to parents/primary caregivers in order to develop skills needed for all areas of life. When trauma disrupts development, children may develop unhealthy beliefs, thoughts, and feelings about themselves and others which have a negative impact on their relationships with others. Their ability to cope with stress may be impaired, making it difficult to avoid and/or manage everyday stressors. When relational trauma such as abuse, neglect, domestic violence, unexpected death, or traumatic separation occurs, children become dysregulated and often withdraw, shut down, become controlling, act out with aggression, and/or exhibit other harmful or unhealthy behaviors.
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Sometimes families without a history of trauma experience relational challenges as well. Other factors that may influence attachment in families include differing personalities, differing parenting strategies, developmental disabilities, mental health problems, or unavoidable separation between child and parent (such as hospitalizations).
Attachment-focused interventions, can be used in a therapeutic setting to help foster secure attachments between children and their parents/caregivers. Once the child feels safe and secure, they may be better able to recover from trauma they have experienced. Trauma-focused therapy can be helpful in teaching children how to regulate their bodies and emotions, how to process traumatic events, how to correct any unhelpful thoughts or beliefs in order to recover from trauma.
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Our space is designed to foster exploration, discovery, imagination, play, growth, and healing in children and their families. We try to supply our space with toys and tools aimed at learning, practicing, and mastering skills needed in a variety of life areas as our children and families grow together.
Getting Help
LIFE is full of challenges, but you do not have to face them alone.
Counseling/therapy could be a helpful way to deal with these challenges.
This Life Counseling is dedicated to helping you discover solutions for managing life's difficulties.
We offer a variety of interventions to meet your unique needs in order to support you on your journey through THIS LIFE.
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This Life Counseling is here to help!
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