Category: Child therapy
How To Help My Child Make Good Friends
As a parent, you want to help your child make good, supportive friends. You want them to learn how to interact with others in positive ways and avoid people who will influence them in negative ways. However, it can be hard for parents to know what they can do to ensure that their child has…
How To Help Your Child With Self-Regulation
It can be difficult to help your child with self-regulation. You want them to understand that their emotions are normal and that it’s okay for them to feel bad or low sometimes. However, you also don’t want them getting caught up in those negative feelings forever. Here are some ways you can help your child…
Why Parents Should Have Counseling If Their Kids Are
It’s hard to navigate the complexities of parenting a struggling child. The task can feel daunting, scary, and overwhelming at times. It is normal for parents to question themselves and the best steps to take. And although caring for their own health and well-being may feel like a luxury during a crisis, parents maintain a…
Ways To Help Your Child Overcome Laziness
Do you have a kid who appears lazy? Are they always playing video games, watching TV, and not doing their chores or homework? If so, it’s time to change things up. Some kids are naturally more active than others but all kids can learn to be more productive in life. The word ‘lazy’ is a…
How To Help My Child Become Self Confident
Self-confidence is something that we often take for granted. It can be profoundly impacted by many factors in our lives. As children grow up, their self-confidence can be impacted by how they’re treated at home or school to the way their parents treat others around them. However, there are plenty of ways you can help…
Why Do Therapists Use Play Therapy?
Children need to be made comfortable in order to open up and share. They often require a playful environment, one that doesn’t even feel like therapy. Play therapy is to children what counseling is to adults. Play therapy utilizes play, children’s natural medium of expression, to help them express their feelings more easily through toys…
How Can A Therapist Help Your Child?
Adults aren’t the only ones who need and benefit from therapy. Parent’s do not have the same knowledge as a trained child therapist. Therefore, some label their children’s behaviors as ‘kids being kids’ when in reality, there is an underlying diagnosis. A child therapist has the knowledge and vocabulary to give a name/condition to the…
What Does A Child Therapist Do?
A child therapist specializes in helping children overcome their mental health struggles. Unfortunately, Mental health problems amongst children can be overlooked by adults as just a child acting out. Parents can sometimes just assume that their child ‘will grow out of it’. However, the sad truth is that children can suffer with psychological, emotional, cognitive and…