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Sue:
My go-to approach for helping teens in counseling is to connect with them based on what is important to them. I often use music and TV shows or movies to help me connect with the teens I work with in therapy to help them open up about their feelings.
Sarah:
Teen counseling can be beneficial for those seeking to find additional support, compassion, and understanding in a nonjudgmental environment when they are seeking to learn ways to improve emotional regulation, relationships, communication, self-esteem, and other areas to increase success and functioning.
Sue:
I teach the following tools to teens in counseling: psychoeducation on topics relevant to them, coping skills, emotional regulation, DBT, CBT, grounding, and mindfulness.
Sarah: Tools that benefit teens in counseling:
Sue:
I know a client is making progress in teen therapy when there are noticeable changes in baseline functioning, self-report, and when assessing progress with evidence-based questionaries.
Sarah:
Teen counseling progress could be found in the reports of improvement in areas of distress with skills and education being practiced outside of sessions.
Sue:
Clients can supplement therapy by journaling, completing homework assigned in session, practicing self-care techniques, and completing workbooks aligned with symptom management.
Sarah:
Clients can use skills learned in sessions to help improve their chances of success when they are practicing outside of sessions and discussing results in sessions.
Sue:
To prepare for their first teen counseling session, a teen can write down their goals for therapy and what is bringing them to therapy.
Sarah:
Clients can expect the initial intake session to include multiple questions related to client history and current presenting problems and symptoms to support identifying best practices for creating treatment goals for success.
Thriveworks child & teen counseling in Norfolk helps young individuals better understand and manage the challenges that affect their mental health. Common challenges amongst kids include behavioral issues, trauma, bullying, depression, and anxiety. All ages of children and adolescents can attend and benefit from therapy.
Child & teen counseling works by using multiple techniques, tailored to fit the child or teen’s needs based on their age group, their challenges, and the severity of their challenges. It might involve play therapy for younger kids or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectic behavioral therapy, art therapy, and others for varying ages. In any case, child & teen counselors have the expertise and experience to help young individuals at their level.
Child & teen counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and via Online therapy. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
The length of child & teen counseling at Thriveworks in Norfolk, VA depends on your child’s needs as well as the goals that you and their therapist might have for them. Generally, child & teen counseling sessions will last for several months.
If your child has a learning or attention issue, or perhaps is going through an emotional turmoil that is causing them to have a hard time, the child therapists and counselors at Thriveworks in Norfolk, VA can work with them to improve their social skills or any number of issues they may be dealing with. The child therapists and counselors at Thriveworks in Norfolk, VA are professionally licensed and have years of experience in the field. Call or book online to get started with a Thriveworks child therapist in Norfolk today.
It is helpful to know that some learning and attention issues greatly impact a child’s social skills. Sometimes, a child’s communication skills or listening comprehension skills can make conversation difficult. Other learning and attention issues create numerous behaviors that can get in the way of making friends. The following are just a few of the issues.
Not all children with learning and attention issues have a hard time making friends. In fact, some kids find that social skills are their strength. If it is an issue for your child, he or she is not alone. Kids with learning and attention issues face social challenges often. Compared with their peers, studies have shown that kids with learning and attention issues are more likely to be:
Kids can feel they do not fit in at school, at extracurricular activities, and even with their siblings at home. They may require additional time and attention from teachers, parents, and others. Oftentimes, they may call negative attention to themselves by asking inappropriate questions, seem uninterested in other kids’ conversations, interrupt a lot, or move around constantly at the wrong times. Other children may react badly or turn away from the child.
If you think your child shows signs of a learning or attention issue, and you want to learn more to help them, it is wise to schedule a child therapy appointment.
One of the ways therapists work with children with issues, such as attention issues, is behavioral therapy—also known as behavior modification. Shown to be a successful treatment for children with ADHD, it involves reinforcing desired behaviors through rewards and praise and decreasing problem behaviors by setting limits and consequences. For example, one intervention may be that a teacher rewards a child with ADHD for taking steps toward raising a hand before speaking in class (even if the child still blurts out a comment). The theory is that rewarding the struggle toward these changes encourages the full new behavior. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, there are three principles to any behavior therapy:
The professional therapists and counselors at Thriveworks in Norfolk, VA are experienced in child and adolescent therapy and provide counseling to work with the child and the family in many situations. A child with a learning disability may struggle with low self-esteem, frustration and other problems. The therapists at Thriveworks in Norfolk, VA can work with the child to understand feelings, develop coping tools and learn how to build healthy relationships.
The therapists and counselors at Thriveworks in Norfolk, VA have professional licenses and credentials. They are also knowledgeable of the many child and adolescent issues, including learning and attention disorders, major and chronic illness of somebody in the family, special needs and much more.
The therapists work with the child and parents to ensure that everybody is comfortable in making strides toward a happier and healthier life. Book online or simply give Thriveworks in Norfolk, VA a call at (757) 317-4315 for child and adolescent therapy and counseling.
Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy
Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
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