I know that the process of considering counseling and starting counseling is hard, whether it is for yourself or your child! I will try to make it comfortable by having a confidential but frank intake discussion with you by telephone in order to determine if my services will fit your needs. My counseling services are offered to address processing, behavioral, social and emotional factors that affect how your child is able to function in school, with peers, and with teachers.
I offer individual counseling services to children and teens using a cognitive-behavioral orientation. This means that I would be teaching your child or adolescent specific physical and cognitive strategies that will help them cope with their unique stressors. While I maintain the confidentiality and privilege of the child/adolescent, I often recommend specific behaviorally-based techniques to parents in order to support the child’s changes.
Counseling goals might include improving a child’s understanding of their learning differences, reducing maladaptive levels of procrastination, enhanced personal and interpersonal functioning, interpreting other people in novel ways/using perspective taking, increased self-awareness, developing emotional regulation skills, recognizing and modifying the effects of video games/media use on personal functioning, managing attention deficits, reducing anxiety about school or interacting with peers, or coping with difficult circumstances.