Children and Teen Counseling & Therapy in CT & NY

General Counseling – Child and Teen

General moodiness, anxiety, school, and social challenges are typical for kids and teens to experience as they grow up. While most of their feelings and experiences can be temporary, children may go through difficult periods that require guidance from an expert. Ensuring your child receives the support they need helps them improve their mental health.

If your child or teen is struggling with mental health, consider enrolling them in counseling. They can talk with a dedicated child psychologist about their problems and learn practical coping skills. At Greenwich Psychology Group, we have child therapists near Greenwich, Connecticut, and Manhattan, New York, to help children have a safe and neutral space to discuss their feelings and concerns.

Signs Your Child Needs Therapy

You know your children best. When your child or teen starts showing signs of distress or behavior changes, you can find ways to help them. Some kids and teens may feel uncomfortable or scared to tell their parents that something is wrong. Awareness of specific signs can help parents find assistance for their teens and children protect their mental health. Some signs your child needs therapy include:

Experiencing changes in sleeping or eating habits: Something could be wrong if your child’s sleeping or eating behaviors have drastically changed. Sleeping and eating too much or not at all can be signs of a mental health disorder like depression, anxiety, or an eating disorder.
Engaging in destructive behaviors: Your child or teen could be struggling with profound anger, resentment, or sadness that lead them to resort to self-harm, alcohol, or drugs to feel better. Looking for the signs of destructive behaviors can help you save your child’s life and ensure they get the help they need.
Participating in disruptive behaviors: Sometimes, a cry for help can show through disruptive behaviors. Children and teens may express their emotions through negative actions because they don’t know how to show them otherwise.

If your child is a teenager, they could benefit from therapy. Teen therapy and counseling help teenagers express their feelings in a safe and controlled environment. If they need additional assistance learning coping skills for other mental health issues, a teen counseling therapist has all the resources required to support and help your teen. At Greenwich Psychology Group, we provide therapy for teens to support them and help them cope and feel better.

Types of Therapy for Children

Whether your child struggles with ADHD, depression, eating and body issues, or anxiety, therapy is an excellent way to help them cope with their difficulties. Our child psychologists in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Manhattan, New York, ensure your children have access to the best therapy techniques to help them overcome their mental health struggles. Some of the best therapy methods for kids include:

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Your child’s expert clinician can use CBT to help them understand their thinking, emotions, and behaviors. During CBT, your child will learn how thoughts cause moods and feelings that influence behavior. They will also learn to cope with their emotions and behaviors productively and positively.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Psychodynamic psychotherapy for kids helps identify a child’s behavior pattern and their defense and response reactions to inner struggles and conflict. By focusing on what motivates and influences a child’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, therapists can create a treatment plan and cultivate coping skills that best suit the child’s needs.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Children and adolescents benefit from DBT if they have trouble regulating emotions and behaviors. DBT teaches children to understand and manage their big feelings and behaviors through mindfulness, distress tolerance skills, and emotion and behavior regulation.

Play Therapy

Young children express their emotions through play. Greenwich Psychology Group child therapists utilize play to communicate with your child at their developmental level to help them express themselves freely and naturally. We also integrate art therapy to provide your child with visual and symbolic expression to help your young child with expressive communication, which can be difficult to express through language.

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Treatment for Children

A practice of specialized care

Because minors have different needs than adults, we provide specialized child and adolescent treatment modalities within Greenwich Psychology Group to focus on the uniqueness of each child’s needs. Our expert child clinicians treat children and adolescents. We have the expertise and experience to customize treatment to your child’s needs, including anxiety, social, behavioral, and learning disorders. Your child will be under the care of a compassionate, approachable, and specialized trained clinician. We are committed to helping your child through their challenges while providing parents guidance and support.

Book a Consultation Today

Ensure your child receives the mental health support they need to face challenges and live a happy life. Greenwich Psychology Group provides child and teen therapy near Greenwich, Connecticut, and Manhattan, New York. We’ll help your child develop practical coping skills to handle their emotions and behaviors in challenging times.

Start your child’s therapy journey by requesting a consultation with Greenwich Psychology Group today.

Take the GPG Symptom Checker

At Greenwich Psychology Group, our symptom checker helps clients track their symptoms of depression or anxiety. Taking the assessment doesn't provide a formal diagnosis, but it can help you determine what next steps you may need to take. The evaluation uses a series of questions to review the feelings and symptoms you've experienced over the past two weeks. The results will help you distinguish if professional help is the best next step.

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