Tag: child counseling

As parents, you have natural instincts. Instincts about what your child’s brain needs without even realizing it.   90% of the brain develops by the age of 4. Significant events that happen during that time can really have an impact on the development and daily functioning of your child. We call it developmental trauma. So…

We often associate difficult emotions with adulthood and talk therapy.  Like adults, children also struggle with difficult emotions; however, they don’t have the language we have as adults.  But what happens when you don’t have the words or experiences to understand or verbalize what is going on? This is where Play Therapy comes into the picture.…

Most people associate depression with adulthood. It is generally assumed that children have easy and carefree lives, isolated from the worries that plague adults. As long as a child is growing in a home with supportive parents, you do not expect them to have anything that weighs heavily on their shoulders. They don’t have the…