Child and Family Therapy
You love your child and want the best for them, yet raising a family is no easy task and you and your child may need some emotional and behavioral support. At Perez Therapy we assess the unique needs and supports needed by children, adolescents and teens that we treat. Our therapists are trained in behavioral therapy, parent-child attachment therapy and family therapy.
Our Approach
At Perez Therapy, we believe that the relationship between the therapist and their client is chief among the healing elements of therapy. Most people will remember how a person made them feel more than the words that they said. Our approach is humanistic, person-centered, and culturally humble.
Each therapist assesses the problems presented by each client or couple upon assessment. Some clients want a solution-focused style, while others seek insight and awareness therapy for personal growth.
We focus on strengthening people’s experience in the following areas of life:
Resilience and healing from prior traumas
Insight and awareness
Relationships, connections and community
Peace, health, and happiness
Ambition, growth, and success
Areas of Expertise
Divorce and Separation
Fear and Anxiety
Grief and Loss
Parenting Issues
Sibling Rivalry
Social Development
Trauma
Weight Issues
Academic Underachievement
ADHD
Adjustment Issues
Behavioral Problems (in both home and school settings)
Blended Family Issues
Bullying
Coping Skills
Types of Therapy we Offer
Our therapists are trained in a variety of clinical approaches, but the following theories and therapies are commonplace in Perez Therapy. We encourage you to have a conversation with your therapist about what type of therapy might work for you.
Behavioral therapy
Most basic of the approaches in child therapy is to provide children with an environment to learn tools needed to function well at home, school and in the community. We work with children and parents to develop successful ways of promoting good behaviors and addressing challenges in performance. We work along side parents to support them in parenting in ways that create harmony and address family conflicts.
Art & play in therapy
There is no better way to engage some kids than with art and play. Our therapists are trained in the use of various art and play activities that help children, adolescents and teens open up and speak about issues that they might not otherwise. We also use these techniques to teach children skills behaviorally. In parent and child therapy, play can be utilized to help build attachment bonds which strength children’s emotional wellbeing and assists in discipline and mentorship.
Talk Therapy
You know, sometimes kids just need to talk it out. Adults in their lives don’t always feel safe. Because our therapists are personable and relatable, kids can open up and talk about issues that they wouldn’t otherwise speak with adults about. Often children experience shame about their thoughts and feelings. Therapy can provide children a safe space to talk and gain insight and awareness. Our talk therapy doesn’t simply allow kids to “process” but helps them learn how to gain assertiveness, discover their identity and heal wounds.
Resilience-oriented and trauma aware
We believe in the resilience capital present in each and every child. In that despite whatever trauma the child has experienced, they can be resilient and recover with the right family and community supports. Our therapists help parents understand the unique needs of a child who has experienced trauma.
Trauma-informed & Resilience-focused
We recognize that certain adverse childhood experiences can cause effects on children and adults especially depending on the number of these experiences or the severity and duration of these experiences. While not each of these are considered traumas, they affect a child in significant and persist ways even until adulthood.
These adverse childhood experiences are:
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Emotional abuse, persistent yelling, screaming, insulting or humiliation from parents
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Parental physical altercations including beating, pushing/shoving, gripping up violently, throwing objects or child
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A person 5 years or older touched or fondled your body sexually or in any other way
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Not feeling that you were love, important or special
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Not having enough to eat, had dirty clothes, or no one to protect you. Or parents were too drunk to take care of you or take you to the doctor.
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Parental separation or divorce
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Lived with anyone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic, or who used street drugs.
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Was a household member depressed or mentally ill, or did a household member attempt suicide.
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A household member went to prison
Was a parental figure:
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Often or very often pushed, grabbed, slapped, or had something thrown at her? or Sometimes, often, or very often kicked, bitten, hit with a fist, or hit with something hard. Or ever repeatedly hit over at least a few minutes or threatened with a gun or knife.​