Child, Teen and Family Therapy
Helping Your Child Build the Groundwork for Healthy Development
“It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” — Peter Buffett
Good Therapy San Diego specializes in child, teen and family therapy. We use a wide variety of techniques and methods in order to help children, adolescents and teens who are experiencing difficulties with their emotions or behaviors. For children and adolescents, playing, drawing, building, and pretending, as well as talking, are important ways of sharing feelings and resolving problems in therapy. Child/ Teen therapy helps children in a variety of ways. They receive emotional support, resolve conflicts with people, understand feelings and problems, and try out new solutions to old problems. On the flip side, child and teen therapy helps parents! Parents will receive invaluable guidance in support of this very difficult and ridiculously important job they did not get a manual for.
Our San Diego Therapists/ Counselors will use a variety of techniques and approaches tailored to the child’s age, developmental level, and individual needs. Play therapy, art therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and family therapy are some common modalities used in child therapy.
Issues that may be addressed in child therapy include anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, behavioral problems, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, family conflicts, and adjustment difficulties related to life changes such as divorce, relocation, or school transitions.
Effective child therapy involves collaboration with parents or caregivers to support the child’s progress outside of therapy sessions. Building a trusting therapeutic relationship and creating a safe space for expression are key components of successful child therapy.
Benefits
Give your child or teen the opportunity to build the foundation for healthy emotional and mental development.
Address Emotional Changes
Counseling can provide a place for children to explore their emotions and learn healthy communication and coping skills.
Promote Healthy Relationships
Therapy can help children understand their feelings in the context of relationships with others.
Develop Coping Skills
Therapists can assist teens and children in developing positive coping skills.
Support Growth & Development
Counselors can help children and teens meet necessary developmental milestones that affect social, behavioral and emotional development.
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We look forward to walking alongside you on your path to healing and growth.