Children and Adolescents

Helping Children and Adolescents

For over 25 years I have specialized in working with children and adolescents.  I work with children and teens with a wide range of problems including:

Conduct and behavior problems                                                                     Underachievement and irresponsible behavior                                                                             Depression and issues related to low self-esteem                                                               Anger management                                                                                                               Anxiety (including panic attacks and OCD)                                                                   Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder                                                                      Substance Abuse

The focus of my work is to help children and adolescents learn to make better choices, develop greater self-control and develop an increased sense of responsibility. In addition, I focus extensively on ways that parents get better assist their children.

My approach to therapy with children and adolescents is family oriented.  I believe that parents need to be involved in the treatment problem to find ways to better help their children, to address and resolve problems with communication, and reduce stresses and tensions within the family (that may be contributing to the child’s or adolescent’s difficulties).  However, I do not blame parents.  Rather, I focus on ways that all family members can better work together to solve problems, reduce conflicts, and improve communication.