Therapy for children & adolescents
How do you work with children and adolescents?
I believe that parents/carers play an essential role in their child’s life. For this reason, I will ask that you actively participate in your child’s therapy.
This means that I will sometimes meet with you separately from your child, and I may ask both you and your child to practice various strategies in between sessions.
What happens in a therapy session?
The first 1-2 sessions will focus on getting to know your child and your family. I may also give you and your child some questionnaires to complete.
As we come to a shared understanding of your goals, we will work together on strategies specifically tailored to your child and your family, to help you move towards those goals.
Learning new strategies requires practice; so I will often ask you to practice different skills in between our appointments. We will then use some of the time in our appointments to reflect on how these strategies have worked for you.
How many sessions will I need?
This depends on what your goals are.
Short term therapies with a skills focus may require between 6-10 sessions.
If you’d like to work on longer term difficulties or make significant changes, we may work together for 6-12 months.
Generally, the more you and your child are able to practice what we discuss in sessions in between our appointments, the faster the progress.