Your child or teen’s feelings often affect how they respond to key events in their life. The ability to self regulate, and calm down is easy for some, and more difficult for others. Good feelings often promote good responses. Bad feelings can often lead to troubling short or long term consequences. This is why I like to couple the use of expressive therapies with Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP).

Emotionally based therapies helps children and teens begin to notice their typical emotional response patterns to key events, specifically maladaptive ways of responding that cause them pain and distress. By expanding their ability to respond differently to triggering circumstances, shifts naturally start to occur in their interactional patterns, leading to a heightened ability to form secure bonds, which is a big part of what most kids care about having, good connections with the people in their life. 

EMOTIONALLY BASED THERAPY

Over the years, I've spent thousands of hours helping children, teens and young adults who were struggling with anxiety, depression, the effects of trauma, and low self-worth and confidence. I'm able to help children with all types of issues including these specialties.