Do you find your child:
- Can’t get along with siblings?
- Struggles with school problems?
- Has a short attention span and/or diagnosed with ADHD and you’re feeling hopeless?
- Has difficulty coping with a divorce, death, or another family problem?
- Socially withdrawn from peers or is being bullied?
- Defiant and disrespectful towards authority figures?
- Lacks self-esteem and self-confidence?
Children face countless pressures today. Sometimes kids take part in such scheduled lives that they essentially become mini adults on default setting, living a life of immense commitments to sports, school, clubs, and church, perhaps forgoing what it means to just be a kid. Now by no means, these things bad are not all bad, they’re actually quite good. All the research shows that kids involved with sports and other extracurriculars exhibit increased self-esteem than their counterparts. The problem is the excess and overload that we’re seeing in today’s families.
These added pressures show up in the child in increased anxiety, acting out, and other disciplinary problems. Additionally, parenting styles, stability, support systems, social skills, school performance, and other personal assets in the child’s life are all equally important in the developmental outcomes of children.
Wouldn’t you like to see your child thriving, growing, and experiencing success at home and at school? From an outside perspective, a counselor can help you better understand your child, help them to better understand you, and help them grow into vibrant and happy individuals.
Our counseling approach with children includes art therapy, play therapy, and traditional therapy. Because children have not yet developed their abstract reasoning skills they see themselves and the world around them concretely, hence traditional talk therapy solely is not effective with children. Parents play a vital role in therapy services at the Colorado Center For Healing And Change. Why?… because you are the expert on your child! We encourage you to be an active participant in your child’s therapy experience. We will check in with you regularly and see how your child is doing with treatment outcomes. If you feel like your child could benefit from our Denver Child counseling and therapy services please call us today at 303-481-4229 to set up your initial consultation.