Children's Therapy

Northern Therapy Practice accepts children from ages 6 and up.

Children are very resilient, however sometimes they can struggle with unfortunate events that have occurred in their lives. Children may internalize or interpret events as being their fault and struggle with expressing their emotions. This usually comes out in behaviours. It is important to know that children have stress too.

Northern Therapy Practice can provide therapy to assist a child in processing events that are causing a great amount of distress in their lives. Although at times, they may appear to be coping fine because there are not many obvious symptoms. However, this might not be the case at all. Children often show stress in other ways through their behaviours, sleep disturbances, stomach aches, and intolerances.

Northern Therapy Practice also works with children whom have experienced a traumatic event such as bullying, assaults, domestic violence or intimate partner violence, and separation between parents. 

NTP has a special program providing play therapy techniques for all ages including children under 6 years of age. It gives the child an opportunity to engage in the therapeutic process while enhancing confidence and solving problems in their lives. Play therapy offers complex approaches delivered in a way that is inviting and soft for clients to enjoy. Play therapy will assist with any difficulties, such as trauma, parent separation, bullying etc. and can meet the needs of children in complex situations, such as separated from parents (in care), neurodivergent children, and children with oppositional defiance disorder.

Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) is also available for children that are stuck in a traumatic event and are unable to move on or if they’re avoiding talking about an event, such as a car accident, violence, etc. 

Please reach out if you have any further questions.