The decision to seek counseling for your child is an important step in the direction of mental health. Parents initiate counseling for various reasons, including fine tuning their own parenting skills, dealing with specific child  mental health issues, enhancing their child's emotional/behavioral coping skills, handling 'normal'/typical temperament patterns, improving parent/child interactions,developing more efficient school performances etc.   

In our opinion, counseling is a process which involves  the formation of  a relationship between the client and therapist , and, as an outgrowth  of that relationship , insights are developed and techniques or approaches are  utilized to assist with growth. We utilize a variety of techniques, often dubbed "eclectic" and  may include cognitive therapy, behavior management/modification, family counseling, parent training, psychoeducational/teaching approaches etc.

Some Typical Concerns or Issues Addressed At Our Office Include:

Parenting difficult, defiant or aggressive children

Parenting anxious, depressed, inhibited youngsters

Parenting special populations.. ADHD, Developmental Delays, Autism Spectrum/Aspergers, Learning Disabled children

Self Management skills for children

Developing children's independent behaviors or skills

Social skills training for children and adolescents

Adolescent adjustment

Home/school collaboration