Individual therapy is a process unique for each person. People utilize individual therapy to cope with stress, recover from trauma, cope with grief, understand life experiences, explore relationships or build strengths. Individual therapy should always have an end goal.

Adolescents often need and benefit from emotional support. Teens can address mood concerns, relationship challenges and their changing sense of self-awareness.

Parents frequently ask us about how confidentiality during therapy works with their teens. We want therapy to be a safe space for a teen to freely explore their thoughts and feelings, and we do encourage parents to respect privacy. When issues of safety arise, we will always involve parents and communicate effectively to ensure safety.

Clinicians will always collaborate with the parents to ensure there is consistent support and communication between therapist, parents and the adolescent.

Emotional support for children is unique because children’s brains are still developing. They do not use verbal language the same way that adults do.

When a child needs therapy it is important that the therapist understands how to help the child feel comfortable to work through their experiences. Many children will not make progress when expected to sit and talk about their problems. Effective therapy for children provides a developmentally sensitive form of therapy that allows children to process feelings, situations, and events in their natural language- play! Play therapy is appropriate for children as young as 3 years old.

Children benefit from improved self-regulation, the ability to identify and communicate their emotions in a respectfully assertive manner, an enhanced worldview exhibited by expressing greater empathy for others and taking personal responsibility, and a boost in their self-esteem. Behavior problems go down and connection with parents goes up!

Parents play an important role in the child’s therapy. Regular parent meetings, parenting coaching and collaboration with parents is part of how we support children and their families.

Therapy for Chronic Pain and Illness can support individuals living with pain and long term medical concerns. This therapy can empower people who are facing medical stress related to conditions such as cancer, chronic pain, and other long term medical conditions. Many people find therapy helpful at any stage of a medical process and experience. Contact us for an appointment with our Health Psychology specialist.

This specialty area of practice is appropriate for clients of all ages.