Adolescent Therapy May Prove Beneficial for Your Child

As a parent, you always want what is best for your child. You ensure they are taken care of, they have food, water, shelter, clothing, an education, and probably more. Sometimes, it is hard to fathom that your child may need a psychologist. Society used to put a negative connotation on choosing to see a psychologist, but the stigma is lifting. There is never anything bad about seeing a psychologist. Child psychologists have the knowledge & experience to work with children specifically to ensure your child’s voice is heard. Every child is different and deals with stress, trauma, and mental health issues differently. A discrete change in school behavior for example may be an alarm to explore what's going on with your child. Make the teacher your partner and eyes away from home. Norman R. Klein, Ph.D. takes this into account and uses psychology to provide solution-based therapy to your child upon a diagnosis. Read below to discover reasons why you might bring your child to a child psychologist. 

Reasons to Bring Your Child to a Psychologist:

• Feelings of Sadness or Hopelessness: If your child has ever expressed immense sadness or hopelessness to you, it would be advised that you bring them to a child psychologist. Do not brush off the severity of the emotions.
• Persistent Worry and Anxiety: Your child may have been anxious about something once as we all are. But if your child expresses a lot of anxiety whether it be towards school, being social, or anything else, you should bring them to a child psychologist.
• Losing Interest: Losing interest in certain things is normal, especially if it is something that does not fit their age group anymore. But if your child is losing interest in things they once really loved or in multiple things they loved, please bring them to a psychologist.
• Loss of Appetite and Irregular Sleep: Again, any behaviors that are out of the ordinary for your child and can affect their well being are reasons to bring them to our child psychologist. 

There are many benefits to adolescent therapy including learning life-long coping mechanisms, helping your child build relationships with people, and showing your child there is always somewhere that can help them, even if they feel hopeless.

If you have determined that your child would benefit from seeing our child psychologist, don’t hesitate to contact Dr. Klein today. Norman R. Klein, Ph.D. proudly serves the Westport, CT community.