Therapy for Children

As a parent or caretaker, you may notice that your child is experiencing challenges that you feel inadequate to support them with. And it’s no fault of your own. You and your child are two very different people, experiencing the world in different ways. You are not supposed to be able to predict their every need, protect them from every challenge, or know what words they need to hear in every moment. Your child will inevitably encounter struggles in this life, and your job is to offer them a safe landing when they’re ready to unpack them. 

Perhaps your child is navigating the world with neurodivergence that you do not experience or understand, perhaps your child is dealing with frequent friendship conflict and you’re not sure how to help them work through it, perhaps your child retaliates when you set boundaries or maybe they have frequent bursts of anger — whatever your child may be struggling with, there is no shame in needing extra support helping your child navigate these challenges. 

Humans were never meant to parent alone. For millenia, we lived in villages surrounded by family members and friends who all served as extensions of our own parental care. When you feel a nudge for that extra support, you’re merely leaning into the reality that parenting is not a one, two, or even five person job. Parenting literally takes a village – and in this human era of hyper-individualism, leaning on therapy for your child can play an important role in offering your child that additional support. 

So if you feel out-of-your-depth because your child is struggling with something you don’t understand, or something you don’t have the capacity to attend to with the level of energy it deserves, therapy can be an excellent first step in giving your child additional support without stretching yourself thin. 

Some common challenges I’ve helped my child clients work through are…