5 Ways Therapy Can Help Your Child
After helping countless families find success and confidence in more peacefully managing loud, overwhelming, and frustrating emotions and behaviors, I’m revealing specific ways therapy can help your child. By the end of this blog post, you will have a sense of whether therapy sounds right for you.
#1 Learn skills to better manage their emotions
In therapy, your kiddo can learn how to identify what they’re feeling, what sparked that feeling, and coping skills to handle it. In order to change how your child is dealing with their emotions (i.e., hitting, yelling, screaming, stomping, throwing things, flailing on the floor, etc.), they first need to be able to figure out what they’re feeling and have a toolbox of skills to use. The therapist will teach your child a variety of coping skills, practice them with your child, and teach you how to use them at home.
#2 Learn how to make transitions easier
Do you notice you brace yourself when you have to leave the house with your child, or that last-minute changes are a nightmare? Therapy can help your child get more prepared and comfortable with transitions by teaching skills and recognizing transitions and changes are a part of life. This means less meltdowns for you to handle.
#3 Build confidence & independence
You’ll begin to notice they’re feeling more confident in themselves and figuring things out when they aren’t asking you for guidance and help with everyday tasks and questions as much. The therapist can encourage more self-discovery and reflection, innately boosting your child’s confidence in themselves. Additionally, your child’s therapist can help them solidify who they are and feel confident in their own skin.
#4 Enhance their daily life skills like sharing, patience, cleaning up, etc.
Are you tired of reminding your child to share, be patient, use their inside voice, clean up, use their manners, etc. about a hundred times a day? Therapy can help your child master these basic skills.
#5 Create a relationship with a safe adult to talk about problems
You’d be amazed at the funny little things children share with an adult they trust (and know they won’t be in trouble with). Giving your child a space to talk about any problem they’re having can help them learn to manage their daily stressors and frustration. Not to mention, the therapist will help your child learn how to prevent and problem solve these issues!
Conclusion
As you can see, there are many benefits of therapy for children. If you’re wondering whether therapy may benefit your child, feel free to contact me for a free 15-minute virtual consultation to see how I might be able to help you and your child.
