Child Therapy

Many children are struggling, with parents feeling lost and confused.

These days, children are facing more and more challenges than ever before. With more exposure to media, they are exposed to so much new information almost every day, and some of that information may not always be appropriate given their developmental age.

They are faced with the task of having to make sense of this overwhelming environment while also trying to make friends, follow rules, do well in school and sports, etc. And if there are any undiagnosed learning difficulties, ADHD, grief, trauma, or medical conditions the child is grappling with, that makes being a child these days just that much harder.

Parenting has also become harder. Many of the families we work with have multiple children with both parents working full time. It can feel impossible as a parent to stay on top of your work demands, your own personal self care, and parenting your child who may be going through a tough time.

That’s where our therapists at Relucent Psychology Group come in. We know how hard it can be navigating the school system when you need to address school issues, how it can feel like you’re drowning when you’re juggling work, parenting, and everything else in your life.

We want you to know, we can help!

How does child therapy work?

Our collaborative and interactive approach in child therapy focuses on your child, but also how you can best be supported. If you decide to take the next step, you can expect your child therapist to focus on the following:

• gathering information from you as the parent because you know your child best,
• getting to know your child and building rapport with them because every child is unique and special in their own way,
• sharing our clinical and professional impressions on what factors may be contributing to the struggles impacting your child presently so you can finally get a deeper understanding on what has been affecting your child,
• introducing potential new ways to connect with your child and help them in the ways that your child needs most outside of therapy sessions,
• providing a safe and therapeutic environment for your child to express their inner world where they can express painful feelings they may not know how to verbalize,
• encouraging the use of healthy coping skills and promoting a better understanding of themselves
• Integrating the growth that has taken place in therapy and their day to day lives, so you as the parent can see first hand the remarkable change and benefit your child experienced from therapy.

With our approach, your child will also develop a unique bond with their therapist that will demonstrate to them how to build the trust necessary to make psychological and emotional breakthroughs.

Play therapy works through three main stages:

1. Your child plays in a safe environment and builds a relationship of trust with the counselor.
2. Your child begins to communicate through struggles, building on the exploratory experiences we had in the first stage. It is here where the counselor begins to fully understand and examine the issues the child is facing through how the child is playing during the therapy session.
3. We lay out a continued self-care (and parent-guided care) plan in which we empower the child to engage in their world with confidence, and a much deeper understanding of themselves and how they can manage stressors when they come their way. This can take a few sessions or a longer course of care may be recommended depending on the diagnosis of the child and their response to therapy.