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Parent & Child Therapy/Consultation
Relationship-based approach to gain a deeper understanding of your infant or young child's needs that are being communicated through maladaptive emotions and behaviors.
Sessions take place in your natural environment where strategies can be implemented through parent coaching.
See FAQs for fees & locations served.
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Key Concerns by age groups...
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Infants & toddlers (birth to 3):
- Chronic eating or sleeping difficulties
- Inconsolable "fussiness" or irritability
- Incessant crying with little ability to be consoled
- Extreme upset when left with another adult
- Inability to adapt to new situations
- Easily startled or alarmed by routine events
- Inability to establish relationships with other children or adults
- Excessive hitting, biting, pushing of other children or very withdrawn behavior
- Flat affect (shows little to no emotion at all)
Preschoolers (3-5 years):
-Engages in compulsive activities
- Despairing tantrums
- Withdrawn; shows little interest in social interaction
- Displays repeated aggressive or impulsive behavior
- Difficulty playing with others
- Little or no communication; lack of language
- Loss of earlier developmental achievements
- Anxious & fearful in most situations
Circle of Security™-Parenting (COS-P)
Is an 8-week parenting program for parents, caregivers, foster parents designed to help you respond to your child’s emotions and behaviors in a way that strengthens your connection with him/her.
Through this time together, you will improve your ability to:
Understand your child’s emotional world by learning to read emotional needs
Support your child’s ability to successfully manage emotions
Enhance the development of your child's self esteem
Honor the innate wisdom and desire for your child to be secure
Stay tuned for future Group dates
Reflective Supervision/Consultation for IMH Clinicians & Registered interns for licensure for mental health
R/SC uses a relationship-based approach where an infant mental health professional explores their thoughts and feelings about their work with infant/very young children and family. RS/C offers professionals the experiences of being heard, validated, and affirmed. RS/C focuses on all of the relationships involved, including the relationships between professional and supervisor, between professional and parent, and between parent and infant/toddler. It is critical to understand how each of these relationships affects the other.