Child & Adolescent Therapy

What is child and adolescent therapy?

As your children grow, your child will experience changes in their behavior, emotions, and thinking patterns.

They also face a variety of challenges, just like adults do. Their childhood and teenage years can be difficult due to school and peer pressure, bullying, learning difficulties, illness, and change in home situations, such as divorce. During this pivotal developmental stage, there are a variety of factors that can influence their mood and behavior.

As such, these life challenges can cause issues in their developmental path. It can affect their happiness and social interactions with family, as well as at school.

During this stage, it is vitally important that your child, adolescent, or teen can:

Determine what are the stressors and what causes it
Identify when they are stressed and know when to ask for help
Be able to express their emotions and thoughts
Solve problems and make positive choices for resolution

The goals of child and adolescent therapy are dependent upon the specific need of the child or teen.

Cornerstone Counseling of Palm Beach acknowledges that every child is a unique creation with their own set of experiences. As such, we provide an individualized treatment plan for your child’s care. We focus on supporting your child’s emotional, mental, and behavioral growth as they continue to develop and mature.

We provide a positive environment that promotes trust where your child, adolescent, or teen can feel safe and communicate without judgment.

Our psychotherapy treatment may involve individual therapy with your child or with your family. We work with your child to help them with their communication and coping skills, identify their strengths, weaknesses and growth areas, learn conflict resolution skills, and learn ways to thrive during stressful situations.

If you are a parent wanting to reconnect with your child, or a family member wondering whether your family situation may benefit from a child and adolescent therapy, call our office today to schedule an appointment with one of our therapists. In addition, we also provide faith-based therapy with clinicians who share your values.

How do I know if my teenager needs therapy?

Signs that your teen may need adolescent therapy and counseling:

Excessive worry or fear
Overreact to minor things
Lack of self-esteem
Refusing to go to school
Drop-in grades
Problems with Authority
Feeling sad or blue most days
Excessive irritability or anger, beyond normal teen mood swings
Loss of interest in a previous favorite hobby or activity
Sudden change in friends or avoidance of social activities
Problems concentrating or learning in school
Changes in sleeping or eating habits

It’s important to recognize these signs and be proactive about them. Meeting with an experienced adolescent therapist can make a significant difference in preventing and resolving mental health challenges they are struggling with.

If your child or teen experiences one or more of these signs, you may meet with one of our therapists to help them get back on track again.

Make the call today to schedule the first appointment. You can email us through the contact page or call 562-472-0397.

Our Adolescents need our help!

These signs in the list below are hints that they may be struggling. It’s important to recognize these signs and be proactive about them. Meeting with an experienced adolescent therapist can make a significant difference in preventing and resolving mental health challenges with which they may be struggling.

Often teens will withdrawal because they don’t want to talk to “mom or dad”. It could also be the communicate within them is strained and they feel distant.

Check in with your child or teen and let them know there is help, and you want to provide the tools to help them. Let them know they have a safe place where they can share and be understood about what is going on without being judged.

If your child or teen experiences one or more of these signs, you may benefit from meeting with one of our therapists to help them get back on track again. Our team provides a safe place and have many years of experience working with adolescents. Make the call today to schedule the first appointment. You can email us through the contact page or call 562-472-0397. You can also sign up below to have our intake coordinator contact you at one of your selected times. There, we’ll be able to help get you set up with the best therapist for your child.