does my child need therapy?
Many parents make the mistake of believing that children have nothing to worry about. But while they may have not matured quite yet in responsibilities like going to college, starting a career, buying their first home, or dealing with marriage or divorce - kids still hurt just like adults, even very little ones.
So, parents: when does your child need to go to therapy? The answer is that it's different for every child.
Children in distress may show many or few signs of their emotions. Like adults, they may withdraw from activities they used to enjoy, become tearful or emotional, or even seem irritable or angry. Or, they may regress to behaviors they previously outgrew, such as bed-wetting or throwing temper tantrums.
Sometimes children need therapy for circumstances where healing is involved. For example, in the event of an unexpected loss, a child may have trouble dealing with grief and sorrow for the first time.
On other occasions, holistic and somatic psychotherapy is extremely helpful in helping build social skills and coping mechanisms for major events or transitions in their life. For example, therapy can help your child deal with a bully at school the next time they are threatened.
Contact our therapists for a phone consultation to learn how we can help your child.
How can therapy support teens?
Many teens are dealing with increased pressures to perform at school or the college admissions process, navigating heartbreak and sexuality for the first time, and experiencing community trauma in the form of school shootings, teen suicides, and, most recently, school closures due to COVID-19.
From ages 13-18, it's normal to feel like you aren't reaching your child like you once did. Holistic therapy offers an alternative for helping your teens grow through challenging experiences without subjecting them to parental lectures.
Teens need a voice and a platform, and therapy can provide that platform -- often for the very first time.
We offer therapy for people of all ages. We have no restrictions based on age, race, religion, or sex. Children and teens are warmly welcomed and supported!
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**All psychotherapy services are provided by Life by Design Therapy, a holistic and somatic psychotherapy center founded by Melody Wright, LMFT. Life by Design Therapy welcomes the diversity of all ethnic backgrounds, religious beliefs, family configurations, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
