Individual Therapy for Contra Costa County Residents
Individual Therapy for Adults
There are times in one's life when talking with a therapist is Lim best way to move through a recurring problem or solve an immediate situation. We offer individual sessions to support adults of all ages in their growth and health in regards to personal, familial, and work issues such as:
- Anger issues
- Anxiety and Stress
- Childhood sexual abuse issues
- Depression
- Divorce and Separation
- Domestic violence, or relationship, psychological and/or physical abuse.
- Grief and loss; death and aging
- Obsessive/compulsive behavior
- Posttraumatic stress problems
- Substance abuse issues
- Workplace issues stemming from racism, gender bias, over extending oneself, etc
Individual Therapy for Adolescents
Adolescents have the ability to reason and socialization has already taken place, so in interviews with teens, therapists invite disclosure about personal issues, such as sexuality, with direct and respectful questioning. The therapist may be the first adult a teen has spoken to about a subject and one of the only ones to treat them with respect.
Adolescents are often recommended to therapy by their school, or through the court system. The problems they are experiencing may be ones they've carried for a while or ones just surfacing. Adolescent behaviors that can alert you to the need for therapy include:
- Anxiety or stress
- Bullying and/or destructive behavior ... depression
- Eating problems
- Getting in trouble in school
- Obsessive/compulsive behavior
- Pronounced lack of communication, secretiveness with parents or others
- Talking about death and suicide
- The inability to sit still or pay attention (ADHD)
- The use, or suspected use, of drugs or alcohol
- Unreasonable anger
All disclosures between adolescent and therapist are kept in strict confidence and the teen is always present when a therapist talks with her or his parents about tbe progress being made. Showing respect for their processes in therapy sessions and including them in consultations helps adolescents of all ages be accountable for their actions and grow into healthy adults.
Individual Therapy for Children
The mental, emotional and physical welfare of children is our prime concern. We work with children from 2 - 12 years of age. With very young children, there is only response -to their own body, their caregivers, and their environmental. As they grow into more social beings and learn to relate to family members and interact with persons outside of the family, including schoolmates, they may bring these responses with them, whether appropriate or not. They may also be adversely affected by an event during their growing years.
Bringing a child to talk with a trained professional therapist may be indicated in the case of long-term learning problems. These may be related to ADHD, Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder, or Oppositional/Defiant Disorder. Some of the more obvious signs are:
- Aggression and anger
- Towards peers and adults
- Towards animals
- Destruction or theft of property deceitfulness
- Inattention
- Doesn't listen or respond when spoken to
- Difficulty organizing and doing tasks
- Easily distracted by outside stimuli
- Impulsivity and hyperactivity
- Excessive Worries
- lack of patience
- Obsessive fidgeting
- Repetitive behaviors or motions
- Serious Violation of rules
- At home
- In school
Therapy for Attachment Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
We specialize in helping children with Attachment Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Attachment is a natural and interactive process between child and caregiver(s) that results in a child feeling safe, secure, and able to develop healthy relationships. Attachment is also known as bonding.
Attachment problems or traumatic stress cause a child to have trouble with their emotional development and with their social, inter-personal, development. Major causes are:
- Sudden or traumatic separation from a primary caregiver
- little to no stability in home environment
- Undergoing invasive or painful medical procedures
- Being born with drug or alcohol exposure
- Persistent emotional or physical neglect
- Persistent emotional, physical or psychological abuse
Our therapists are specially trained to work with children as young as one year from varied family histories. Mild to severe effects of attachnw11I problems or PTSD may show up in a child's:
- Maintaining a rigid control of surroundings, or having little discernment around personal space
- Self-imposed isolation; not allowing touch and comfort
- Showing an outer confidence, expressed as charming or bullying, which isn’t matched by their inner sense of themselves.
- Suffering from high anxiety or depression
- Developing substance abuse problems
Play Therapy / Theraplay ®
Pay is a child's natural language.
Our therapists are specially trained in play therapies designed to build trust between the therapist and the child and to allow the child an alternative to spoken language. They enable a child to externalize their experiences and safely act out what they may not be able to say.
These non-invasive therapies enable a therapist to determine the causes of distributed behavior in a child and then plan a course of action to help the child change their behavior through relearning techniques.
We use two highly effective therapies in working with children. In Sand Tray®, the child arranges miniature people, animals, cars, plants, and buildings to create a story. With Theraplay®, a child's ability to be nurtured and comforted are the main concern. Using gentle sounds and words, and holding a child protectively, an abused or neglected child will develop a sense of being loveable and trustworthy and build a foundation that invites a caring attitude toward others.
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