How to Find the Right Fit

As a parent, you child is all that matters to you. Seeing your child or teen struggling with the emotions, anxiety, behavioral changes, or difficult changes in life makes a desperate feeling of helplessness. But here is good news: you are not all alone, and among the people who can help you there is great support.

This resource will help you find a reliable child and adolescent therapist in Delaware, prepare you on what to look forward to during the treatment process, and how to ensure that your family and experience with the therapist are the most suitable. We live in these realities at the CCD Delaware where our caring staff is ready to help your child steer towards adulthood.

Is Therapy the right thing to do to your child? Symptoms To be Observed

• Incessant depression, or feelings of despair
• A sudden change or mood swings or change in personality without any reason
• Loss of interest in friends, family or activities previously enjoyed
• Difficulty or discipline problems in school or falling grades
• Troubles with Alertness or repeated nightmares
• Distinguishable alterations in tariffing behavior
• Inability to deal with stress trauma, or loss of something important
• Partaking in risky behavior or saying self-harm

With the assistance of a professional child and adolescent therapist in Delaware, you can give your child a chance to restore his or her balance, develop resilience, and finally thrive.

Learn About Therapy Treatment Solutions for Children and Teens

Not all treatment is a one size fits all situation. A therapist can employ the following evidence-based techniques, depending on the age, personality, and other specific needs of your child:

• Play Therapy:
  • Perfect with little kids.
  • Assists children in processing feelings and experience by means of concentrating on imaginative games, art, and tale telling.
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT):
  • Exceptionally effective in anxiety and depression and behavior problems.
  • Trains children and adolescents to discover and reshape un-helpful thinking and behaviors.
• Family Therapy:
  • Teams parents and in some cases siblings.
  • Pays attention to the enhancement of communication, conflict resolution, and enhancement of family life.
• Trauma-Informed Therapy:
  • Assists children to overcome abuse, tragedy, loss or injury.

At CCD Delaware, our trained professionals offer evidence-based therapy based on the culture and developmental age of the child that is most effective in healing and growth.

Locating the Correct Delaware Child and Adolescent Therapist

The process of finding a right therapist is probably overwhelming, yet the following steps can make the process easier:

1. Seek Recommended References: 
   • Begin at your pediatrician, at your school counselor, or with friends and family you trust.
   • There are frequently guarded lists of the best providers in the schools when it comes to teen therapy in Delaware.
2. Check Qualification and Experience:
   • Search practitioners (e.g., LPCMH, LCSW, LMSW, psychologists).
   • To consider clinicians with particular, demonstrated experience in child and adolescent mental health.
3. Ask about Specialties:
   • Does the therapist any specific fields of specialization which pertain to the needs of your child, i.e. anxiety, trauma, ADHD, or behavioral issues?
   • Are they providing you culturally competent care based on your family and their unique beliefs and background?
4. Consider Practicalities:
   • Consider where, how, and when.
   • Investigate face-to-face and E-therapy.
   • Learn in advance what is and what is not covered by insurance, session fees.
5. Request a Consultation:
   • A small talk or a short meeting on phone is important to consider rapport.
   • Follow your gut: neither you nor your child feel comfortable or feel a bond together with the therapist.

What Can You Expect in the Process of Therapy of Your Child?

Child and Adolescent Therapy at CCD Delaware is confidential, safe, and tremendously personalized. The sessions may include:

• Free talks of emotions, struggles and successes.
• Acquisition of functional skills in coping and efficient problem solving.
• Activities such as drawing, therapeutic games and role-playing to verbalize feelings too difficult to describe.
• Effective parent-involvement: We subscribe to the concept of teamwork, offering advice and techniques on how to provide parental support to your child.

Our therapists are also committed to providing a nurturing atmosphere where your child feels supported by creating an environment where he or she feels heard, understood, and empowered.

The reasons to select CCD Delaware as the right place to seek child and adolescent therapy.

• Trained Therapists: Our therapists have obtained a high level of license in child and adolescent mental health and are highly qualified individuals.
• Holistic, Trauma-Informed Care: We provide practice taking into consideration the entire child, and focusing on overcoming previous experiences and becoming resilient.
• Safe & Engaging Environments: We provide stimulating environments where kids and adolescents feel safe enough to explore, heal and grow in earnest.
• Collaborative Family Support: We partner with families and, when deemed necessary, schools to guarantee stability in maintaining the well-being of your child.
• A Promise to Your Childs Future: We strive to endow your child with what can help him/her meet the demands of life confidently and joyfully.

It is our belief that every child deserves an opportunity to succeed both in emotional and mental health. Each family has something. A thing which they deal with, either it is the routine pressure of life, or something more serious. At any rate we are here to help you.