Dallas Whole Life Counseling offers counseling for children and adolescents, ages 6 and up. For younger children, our specialists utilize play therapy and other less formal methods to help the child feel comfortable. For older children, such as teens, the specialist utilizes more traditional "talk therapy," similar to the adult process. A number of issues are typically treated in therapy for children and adolescents. A few of these:

In working with children of any age, there is an integration of family issues. Sometimes the therapist may recommend a few family sessions.

The family is a system, much like the human body. Just as the entire body suffers when one of its parts dysfunctions or fails to work in harmony with the rest of the body, the entire family suffers when one of its members suffers or is "out of synch."

Treatment that involves treating the family as a whole, in addition to addressing the child's specific issues, tends to be more effective toward long-term change.