Welcome to ClearMinds Psychotherapy Center

Do you ever wish your life was more fulfilling? Do you ever feel too overwhelmed to deal with issues you’re facing? If so, you aren't alone. Even though not often openly discussed, mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression are extremely common. If you are experiencing significant anxiety or debilitating sadness, therapy can help you.

Types of Therapy Used:

• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
• Insight-Oriented Psychotherapy
• Attachment-based Psychotherapy
• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Struggles that therapy can help with:

• Anxiety and Persistent Worry
• Anger
• Alcohol and Substance Abuse/Addiction
• Body Image and Self Esteem Problems
• Depression, Sadness, or General Unhappiness
• Eating Disorders
• Grief, Loss, & Bereavement
• General Life Dissatisfaction​
• Low Self Esteem & Self Confidence
• Marital, Romantic, and Peer Relationship Problems
• Self-Harm Behaviors
• Sexual Addiction
• Suicidal Thoughts
• Social Difficulties
• Stress Related Problems
• Trauma

Benefits of Consulting with a Child Psychologist

Many times, children face emotional, behavioral or academic struggles that can be tough for parents to understand or help with. A child behavior specialist can help parents understand if these challenges are a normal part of growing up or if they are more serious, requiring direct interventions from a child psychologist. In either situation, both parents and children can benefit from parent training, play therapy, and/ or family therapy.

Play is a child’s language and is the natural medium through which children express themselves and communicate. Because children do not usually have the language and cognitive skills to effectively communicate their emotions and experiences, play therapy is used to help them communicate.

The play therapy room at ClearMinds is fully equipped with carefully selected toys to allow the child to “talk” to the therapist through toys and stories. In the therapy room, a safe and free space is created for children to explore their fears, pain, and experiences.

Through play, children gain self- confidence, learn coping skills to manage their feelings and control their behavior, and develop their own ways of solving their problems. Our team has one of the best child psychologists trained in play therapy. She helps children with anxiety, behavioral problems, parent child relationship problems, school struggles and other difficulties.

Our team has one of the best child psychologists trained in play therapy. ​to learn more about play therapy click here.

She helps children struggling with:

• ​Anxiety and Persistent Worry
• Attention Problems
• Anger and Aggression
• Abuse
• Behavioral Problems
• Bullying
• Depression & Sadness
• Fearfulness, Nightmares, Bed-wetting
• Grief, Loss, & Bereavement
• Parent-Child
• Relationship Problems
• Separation Anxiety
• Sexualized behaviors
• School Anxiety & School Refusal
• Social Difficulties
• Shyness
• Trauma

Types of Therapy Used:

• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
• Psychodynamic Play Therapy
• Child-Centered Play Therapy
• Structured/Directive Play Therapy
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
• Attachment-Based Parent Training

Teenagers may experience several challenges in their lives. For example, they may have difficulties with their parents, difficulties with their friends, troubles at home, academic difficulties.
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It is not always easy for them to put in words what is bothering them. It may be because they don't really understand how they feel or they don't even know why they feel the way they do. Because children and teens may not be aware, they can act out with behavioral problems or other symptoms.

In therapy, teenagers can find a safe place to talk, in confidence, about their worries, insecurities, and struggles. Even though many teenagers are initially resistant or hesitant to coming to therapy, after experiencing that the therapy room is a non-judgmental and private space for them to be themselves, they end up wanting to come frequently.

Struggles dealt with:

• Anxiety and Persistent Worry
• Attention Problems
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Anger and Aggression
• Abuse
• Body Image and Self Esteem Problems
• Behavioral Problems
• Bullying
• Depression, Sadness, or General Unhappiness
• Grief, Loss, & Bereavement
• Parent-Child Relationship Problems
• Separation Anxiety
• School Refusal
• Self Harm
• Suicidal Thoughts
• Social Difficulties
• Stress Related Problems
• Trauma

Knowing whether or not your child or teen needs therapy can be a tough question for many parents. This is a question that plagues many parents. To answer it, you can objectively assess your child's needs.

First- Identify an area of concern, such as:

• ​Fears
• Anxiety
• Bedwetting
• Self esteem issues
• Relationship problems with family, teachers, peers
• School problems
• Behavior problems
• Teasing, bullying, rejection
• Extreme Perfectionism
• Shyness
• Aggressive behavior
• Inattentiveness
• Grief
• Depression
• Nightmares
• Fear of separating from parents
• Fear of dying
• Sexualized behaviors
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Second- After you've identified an area of concern, ask yourself the following questions:
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How often does the behavior of concern occur?

• Once in a while
• Several times a month
• Once a week
• Several times a week
• Daily
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How long does this behavior last once it has started?

• 15 to 20 minutes
• 10 to 20 minutes
• 20 to 60 minutes
• More than an hour
• On and off all day
• Nonstop
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Do others the same age act this way?

​What will happen to my child if my child doesn't receive help?

Many times children grow out of difficulties on their own, either over days, weeks, or maybe months. Other times, though, these difficulties can turn into larger problems and impact how others see the child and impact how the child feels about and sees himself/herself.

For Example,
A child may have difficulty controlling his anger and expressing his feelings when he is in a new setting, such as a new classroom or with a new teacher or new school. This behavior may improve after a week or so as the child adjusts to the new environment. However, the behavior may also develop into something bigger and may not improve on its own. The child may develop reputation for being a troublemaker. His behavior may affect his ability to make and keep friends. Ultimately, the initial problem may make him feel worthless and unlikable.

Parent Training Sessions

In parent training sessions, a child psychologist will work alone with parents to help them:

• understand and manage their children’s behavior
• learn strategies to support their children through life or family circumstances
• learn ways implement discipline and structure in the home.

These sessions are based on positive parenting and attachment parenting frameworks.