Child therapy in Palm Beach

We understand how stressful it can be to find out your child is having emotional or behavioral issues. Whether stemming from divorce, bullying, or other concerns, seeing your child struggle can be devastating. If you are seeking a child therapist in Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, or North Palm Beach, we are here to help.

We provide a comprehensive, holistic approach to child psychology utilizing psychotherapy along with functional nutrition consulting for mental health and the Safe and Sound Protocol.

We provide child therapy in Palm Beach for many mental health concerns ranging from anxiety to neurodivergence. Depending on your child’s specific situation, we’ll recommend a combination of individual and family therapy sessions.

In our individual sessions with your child, we’ll use modalities like play therapy, sand tray therapy, EMDR, and talk therapy to get to the root of their behavioral and emotional issues. You and your child will leave with practical tools for long-term behavioral wellness. We embrace all kinds of kids in our child therapy practice and offer a well-stocked playroom and state of the art sensory room to give your child the best therapy experience.

Parents throughout Palm Beach County seek out therapy from us for the following child mental health issues and treatment modalities:

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

ADHD in children cancome with many challenges beyond fidgeting and difficulty focusing. Childrenmay struggle with time management, completing tasks, forgetfulness,irritability, agitation, challenges with eating, sensory overload, and more. Weprovide ADHD therapy in Palm Beach Gardens for children struggling with any ofthese issues. Therapy for ADHD in Palm Beach County can help childrenself-regulate so they can feel better and achieve more, and help parents reducetheir stress.

Anger

It can be tough to express anger as a kid. Children typically do not have words to express their anger and can throw tantrums, get irritable, refuse direction, or even act out physically. Our child therapists in Palm Beach Gardens can help figure out if anger is driving your child’s behavior and teach children and parents strategies for calming children’s anger.

Anxiety

Anxiety in children can manifest in different ways including tantrums, irritability, trouble sleeping, arguing, trouble eating, refusing to go to school, separation anxiety, bedwetting, wetting pants, holding in bowel movements, nail biting, hairpulling, and other symptoms. A therapist for child anxiety in Jupiter can help identify the root cause of your child’s anxiety and support healing from a holistic perspective. Using play therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Sand tray therapy, nutrition consulting, and the Safe and Sound Protocol, our child anxiety therapists in Palm Beach help your child feel more regulated and calmer.

Autism

We provide therapy for children and teens on the autism spectrum. Most of our ASD clients are Level 1-2 in severity. Our therapy practice in Palm Beach Gardens has a state-of-the-art sensory room to help neurodivergent kids calm sensory overload and engage in behavior-based therapy.

Behavioral issues

Child behavioral issues can include acting out, refusing to follow rules, defiance, anger tantrums, and other concerns. Child behavioral issues can be the result of other problems, like anxiety, bullying, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, etc. A child behavioral therapist in West Palm Beach can help find the root cause of your child’s behavioral problems and improve behavior using various psychotherapy techniques as well as teach parents how to manage behavior at home.

Body image

Body image issues in children are starting younger and younger these days. Children as young as elementary school age are expressing interest in dieting and changing their bodies. Our qualified child therapists in Palm Beach can help your child feelgood about themselves and not engage in potentially harmful behaviors. Our pediatric nutrition consultant can work with you to help your child maintain healthy eating habits.

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy is a structured, play-based therapy used to help children with emotional and behavioral concerns. This therapy focuses on helping parents implement changes that can help their children improve long-term. Juno Counseling and Wellness has trained Child-Parent Relationship therapists in Palm Beach Gardens.

Bullying

It is sad that bullying is all to common. Whether bullying happens in person or online through social media, the effects on children can be devastating. Children who are bullied may withdraw, engage in self-harming behaviors (i.e. cutting), skip school, or act out aggressively themselves. Instructing children to tell a teacher usually doesn’t help and sometimes makes the bullying worse. Similarly, telling kids to fight back often doesn’t stop the bullying, and doesn’t heal the emotional wounds. If your child is exhibiting behaviors like isolation, not wanting to go to school, frequent stomach aches or headaches, or dropping grades, they might be experiencing bullying. Our skilled child therapists in Jupiter can help children who have been bullied feel better about themselves and regain their self-confidence. Therapy can help with anxiety or depression resulting from bullying.

Co-parenting

Parenting after divorce can be challenging. The same communication issues, or other problems, that led to your relationship dissolving can show up in coparenting. Parents who struggle to work together often see the results in their children- whether it is tantrums, acting out, separation anxiety, or other concerns. Some parents do well with high levels of communication while others do better keeping things separate. Coparenting therapy in Palm Beach can help you find the style that works for you and work together for your child. (Co-parenting link)

Coming of age

Growing up comes with lots of fun experiences and its fair share of challenges. Kids moving from young childhood to their tween and teen years experience lots of changes. From social changes, moving to middle or high school, bodily changes, to sibling dynamics and more, kids often need support to navigate these life changes. As a parent, you do your best, but kids often don’t listen. Having another trusted adult, like a child therapist can help kids have a space to vent their feelings and learn to make the right decisions. Our child psychologist in Jupiter can work with your child on any challenges they might face.

Concierge Child Counseling

In some instances, we can provide child therapy on site in Palm Beach County. We can come to other provider offices (doctors, physical therapists, occupational therapists) and some schools. We provide onsite child therapy in Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens, North Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Island, and Westlake.

Confidence/ Self-esteem

Kids are learning many things about themselves and the world. One of those important things is their self-view. Some kids can lack confidence or self-esteem. This can be from bullying, bad social media influence or other reasons. When working with a child therapist in Jupiter, children can learn to feel good about themselves, improve their self-esteem, and process any underlying issues.

Depression

It’s hard to imagine that even children can feel depressed, but it is possible. If your young one is sluggish and tired a lot, does not want to participate in activities they once loved, or shows sign of withdrawing or self-harm, they might be dealing with depression. Too many young people experience depression and do not even realize it. We provide therapy for child and adolescent depression.

Divorce transition

Divorce is never easy, especially for children. Children whose parents divorce might experience anxiety or depression and might act out in several ways. A child therapist can help make divorce easier for your child by helping them understand what is happening, process any feelings and thoughts that come up, and find coping skills to help with feelings.

Fears/Phobias

Children can develop all kinds of fears – fear of the dark, dogs, the doctor, shots/needles, going to school, being in bed alone, and more. It can be challenging when your child can’t go to sleep or the doctor because of fear. Our child therapists in Palm Beach Gardens work with all sorts of fears and phobias. We can figure out the root cause of the fear and provide children and families tools to manage fears as well as help children process their fears so they can let them go.

Fighting

Some children get into frequent fights at school or at home. These fights could be with other children or with adults and can even turn physical. Therapy can help children find better ways to manage their emotions. A child therapist can also give families the tools to reduce and prevent child anger outbursts at home.

Mood problems

Kids can fall into a low mood or experience lots of mood swings. This can be due to an underlying psychological or social problem, hormones, or their diet. Our child therapists take a holistic approach and work with our pediatric nutritionist to find out the root cause of children’s mood problems and mental health concerns.

Parent Coaching

Parents handle so much at once but sometimes they could use some guidance. Issues like tantrums, refusing to eat, refusing baths, resistance at bedtime, etc. can be frustrating. Parent coaching in Florida teaches parents how to handle all these issues and more, tailored to their specific needs. Needing parent coaching does not mean you are a bad parent. It means sometimes we all could use some support and targeted tools for dealing with more challenging issues.

School problems

School problems can include not wanting to go to school, not paying attention in class, failing to do homework, trouble taking tests, social anxiety, oppositional behavior, trouble making friends, and more. A child psychologist in Jupiter can help your child overcome many of these issues and help parents understand what is contributing to the problems. Parents can leave with useful tools for helping their children should any other issues arise.

Sensory Processing Issues

Sensory issues can include sensitivity to sound, light, touch, food, or texture. Children experiencing sensory overload can experience mood swings and exhibit oppositional behaviors which can be managed by managing their sensory input and response to it. These issues are commonly seen with neurodivergence like autism and ADHD but can also be associated with anxiety and other child mental health concerns.

Sibling problems

Unfortunately, siblings don’t always get along. Sibling rivalry or competition for attention can sometimes get out of hand. We have child therapists that work with siblings (individually and together) to help them work out problems. They don’t have to be best friends at every stage in life, but sibling relationships can be improved through counseling with a professional child therapist.

Sleep problems

Children, like adults, can have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep. Children can experience fear of being alone in bed or their rooms, fear of the dark, difficulty falling asleep, frequent awakenings at night, nightmares, bedwetting and other problems. Child counseling can address all these issues and help children sleep better.

Social media/technology use

For some kids, social media and technology use can get out of hand. Kids can spend hours a day on their devices. Even if parents limit screen time, kids can use their friends’ devices at school and at other homes. It can also be difficult to control what your children see and who they talk to online. Children with too much screen time have been found to have lower self-esteem, lower attention spans, and higher rates of acting out. A child counselor can help children find other outlets besides technology and help parents better regulate their children’s use of technology and social media.

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