Child Counseling
Teen Counseling
The first order of business in teen therapy is to help your child feel comfortable. No teenager will be open unless they feels safe and secure and knows they are well liked and cared for. Therapists at Aspen Mental Health are expert in helping kids feel comfortable. We will build a positive relationship with you and your child however necessary - whether that be through playing together, talking about your teen's favorite games or music, or jumping right into the problem areas. Our therapists are versatile and flexible to meet your family where you are at.
While developing the therapeutic relationship, counselors are also working toward understanding the nature of the problem that has brought you in for teen therapy. We will inquire about your child's behavior at home and at school, sleep, appetite, and social and family relationships. Perhaps most importantly, counselors will seek to gain insight how your child understands themselves and the world. Often teenagers have negative beliefs about themselves such as "I'm not good enough." Beliefs like this can not only be painful and create anxiety, but lead to disruptive or withdrawn behavior.
After gaining a sense of the problem, we will work with your teen to overcome their fears and anxieties, change their negative beliefs, and to increase self-esteem. Through the accepting counseling relationship and our therapists' expertise, your teen will learn new ways to navigate their world more effectively.
There are many reasons to seek out Teen therapy . Below is a list of some of the most common:
Trauma
Coping with divorce or family discord
Adjusting to a new sibling, school, or other change
Difficulty managing emotions
Isolation or difficulty making friends
Abuse history
Oppositional or defiant behaviors
Drug or alcohol problems
Whatever your reason for seeking child therapy, we are interested and eager to meet with you to see if we can help.
Children learn through play. Weather they are learning a developmental skill or learning to trust, play is an effective tool to help children learn. Most children’s counseling will involve some level of play, depending on their age and the issues being addressed. Aspen focuses on helping children learn skills that they may have not developed due to a trauma or developmental delays that interfered with their normal developmental progression. There are many reasons to seek out child therapy . Below is a list of some of the most common:
Trauma
Abuse history
Coping with divorce or family discord
Difficulty managing emotions
Parental and family conflict
Isolation or difficulty making friends
Whatever your reason for seeking child therapy, we are interested and eager to meet with you to see if we can help.