Therapy

Individual (children, adolescents, and adults)
Couples
Families

What is therapy?

Therapy helps people to strengthen their understanding in themselves, their lives, and their relationships. Therapy is also a way for people to work through the difficulties they are experiencing by developing coping strategies that can be used when they are feeling distressed. When individuals have a deeper understanding of their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and patterns they are better able to make long lasting changes.

When working with children and adolescents, developing a strong therapeutic relationship is the most important aspect to demonstrating progress in therapy. Therapy with children and adolescents can look different than the traditional talk therapy in which adults participate. When working with children and adolescents, play is often utilized to help facilitate talking. Play is also very beneficial to children and adolescents, as it provides an opportunity to work on frustration tolerance, verbal expression, flexibility, creativity, sportsmanship, conflict resolution skills, handling set backs, communication skills, as well as accepting boundaries and limitations.

What to expect:

During the first appointment, known as an intake appointment, questions will focus on the individuals current concerns. Additionally, information regarding medical, development, social, academic, employment, and family history will be gathered. If the client is under the age of 18, the first appointment is only with their parent(s) or caregiver(s). Therapy sessions are typically once per week for 50 minutes; however, treatment frequency may vary based on the individual’s needs.