Child & Adolescent Therapy

When your child or teen is struggling, it can be hard to know how to help.

You may notice changes in mood, behavior, or withdrawal—and feel unsure what to do next.

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LOTUS INTEGRATIVE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING

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Signs Your Child May Benefit from Therapy:

  • Anxiety or excessive worry

  • Mood changes or irritability

  • Difficulty managing emotions

  • Social or school challenges

  • Withdrawal or loss of interest

How We Help:

We provide therapy for children and teens in the Capital Region using a warm, developmentally appropriate approach. The technique used will depend on the chosen clinician.

We help young clients:

  • Understand and express their emotions

  • Build coping and regulation skills

  • Feel more confident and secure

Parent Collaboration:

We work closely with parents while also creating a safe, supportive space for your child.

  • Brainspotting works by identifying, processing, and releasing core sources of emotional and body pain, trauma, dissociation, and various other challenging symptoms.

    Brainspotting diagnoses and treats simultaneously. It is enhanced with Biolateral sound and is a valuable tool in addressing a wide range of emotional and physical challenges.

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that can help people manage mental and emotional health issues by changing how they think and behave. CBT is a combination of cognitive therapy and behavioral therapy that focuses on current problems and finding solutions. It's different from other psychotherapies because it doesn't deal primarily with the past.

    Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a type of psychotherapy that helps people live more meaningful lives by aligning their behavior with their personal values, even in the presence of difficult thoughts and feelings.

  • Creative Arts Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses artistic expression as a pathway for healing, self-exploration, and emotional growth. It integrates various creative modalities—such as visual arts, music, dance/movement, drama, and writing—within a therapeutic relationship to help individuals process feelings, access inner experiences, and foster personal insight.

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based therapy used to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by helping the brain reprocess traumatic memories using bilateral stimulation (such as guided eye movements). EMDR can relieve depressive and anxiety symptoms and help reframe negative beliefs, improve energy and mood, and create a more positive understanding of the self and others. EMDR therapy can be used alone or with other approaches to create and promote a safe environment for clients to achieve their goals.

    Key benefits include:

    • Reduces distress from traumatic memories, making them less emotionally overwhelming

    • Decreases core PTSD symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and avoidance

    • Helps shift negative trauma-related beliefs (e.g., “I’m not safe” → “I’m safe now”)

    • Does not require detailed verbal recounting of the trauma

    • Often works relatively quickly compared to some trauma therapies

    • Strong research support, recognized by organizations such as the American Psychological Association and the World Health Organization.

  • Person-Centered Therapy is a humanistic approach to counseling that emphasizes a client’s innate capacity for growth, healing, and self-understanding. It centers on the idea that people thrive in an environment of acceptance, empathy, and authenticity.

  • Somatic-Based Therapy is a group of therapeutic approaches that focus on the connection between the mind and body, particularly how the body holds and processes trauma, stress, and emotional experiences. Unlike traditional talk therapies that focus mainly on thoughts and emotions, somatic therapies incorporate bodily awareness, physical sensations, and movement as central elements of healing.

  • Trauma-informed counseling is an approach to therapy that recognizes and responds to the widespread impact of trauma on individuals. Instead of focusing only on symptoms or behaviors, it seeks to understand how past traumatic experiences shape a person's current emotional, mental, and physical health.