Children and Teens

Do You Wish You Knew How To Support Your Child?

Is your child feeling lost and unable to cope with all the changes in their life?

Do they struggle to communicate what they are feeling or experiencing?

Has your or someone else's parenting not been great in the past and you want to help them heal?

Did your child experience a loss that they are struggling with?

Are they trying to figure out their identity?

Do they have hard time with friendships?

Was there a single incident that was traumatic or a period of many traumas ?

Maybe they resort to crying, fighting, or even hiding out in the room all the time?

For most kids, talking to grown-ups means being told how to behave. Child counseling is just the opposite. We provide a safe, nonjudgmental space where your child is free to be themselves without any pressure to act a certain way. Play is the language of children and most youth.

Our sessions include therapy work, but they are laidback and fun—we offer a combination of Expressive play therapy, land based therapy and talk therapy to help kids explore their thoughts and feelings. If your child likes to express themselves through drawing, painting, or playing with toys, they are encouraged to do so during sessions.

In the beginning, we will generally meet with you and your child together to set goals, review our structure, and go over confidentiality policies. If you’d like, however, it is possible to have a one-on-one session with us first. And although some sessions will be conducted with your child alone, you are encouraged to have sessions with your child in addition to occasional parenting debriefs. Parent participation is vital .

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Sessions

Therapy sessions are provided on a weekly basis with a child/teen (ages 4-17) and will usually include conjoint sessions with their support systems (i.e. parents, caregivers, family, or friends); the amount of caregiver involvement will be dependent on child's circumstances. Whenever possible therapy will include building connection and attachment to healthy adults who will be in the child's life for the long-term and ensuring home and school life are working with therapy work.

Approach

Depending on the child's age and therapy goals, the appropriate therapeutic interventions will be utilized. This may include Expressive Play Therapy, Verbal Therapy, Indigenous Focused Oriented Therapy, Land -assisted therapy and /or culturally based interventions.

Timelines

Every child is unique and how long they need is varied. Children and youth with a secure attached adult will generally require less time than children with complex histories and insecure attachments to adults. 10 sessions is a short amount of time that may be helpful for single issues for children from an otherwise supportive and healthy childhood ; 25-40 sessions is a minimum for complex situations.

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