Helping Your Child Feel Safe, Seen, and Secure
Trauma-Informed Counselling for Children in Vancouver
When your child is struggling, it can be hard to know how to help, or where to turn for support (especially if you are a generational cycle breaker!).
Children are resilient, but traumatic experiences can leave lasting effects:
- Bullying
- Parental separation
- Family member
- addiction
- Witnessing domestic conflict
- Accidents
- Medical trauma
… to name a few. These kinds of experiences often end up showing up in our children as:
- Emotional outbursts or irritability
- Withdrawal from friends or activities
- Frequent crying or whining
- Trouble sleeping or recurring nightmares
- Difficulty concentrating in school
- Anxiety, depression, or intense fear
At The Trauma Therapy Group, our child counsellors help kids process through and heal from these experiences in a safe, supportive environment so they can return to the spontaneity, curiosity, and connection they were born for.
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What Is Trauma-Informed Child Therapy?
Our trauma-sensitive chid therapy services focus on:
- Creating a Safe Environment: A welcoming, non-judgmental space where children can express themselves freely.
- Building on Strengths: Highlighting each child’s unique strengths and inner resources to support confidence, empowerment and lasting growth.
- Understanding Trauma’s Effects: Recognizing how trauma can affect behavior, emotions, relationships, and development.
- Healing Through Play and Expression: Using age-appropriate methods to help children process, make sense of, and move beyond traumatic experiences.
How Will Counselling Help My Child?
We employ evidence-based techniques tailored to children’s developmental stages:
- Child-Centered Play Therapy: Uses play to help children express feelings, process experiences, and learn healthier ways of coping.
- Sandplay Therapy: Uses miniature figures and a sandbox to help children externalize emotions, explore their inner world, and process trauma symbolically.
- Art Therapy for Kids: Encourages children to express thoughts and feelings through drawing, painting, or other creative media which supports adaptive processing.
- Parent-Child Therapy: Enhances the parent-child relationship and improves behavioral challenges through structured, supportive interaction.
Is Therapy Right for My Child?
Child therapy may help if your child:
- Has experienced a stressful or traumatic event
- Shows sudden changes in mood, sleep, or behavior
- Has ongoing anxiety, fears, or difficulty focusing
- Struggles with relationships or social confidence
- Needs help feeling safe, calm, and more like themselves
What to Expect in Trauma-Informed Child Therapy
- Collaborative Involvement: Parents are engaged in the therapeutic process to support their child’s healing and growth.
- Ongoing Assessment: Regular check-ins to monitor progress and adjust treatment as needed.
- Safe, Calm Environment: Our therapy spaces are designed to feel welcoming, soothing, and child-friendly, helping your child feel secure and comfortable.
- Expert, Compassionate Therapists: Our team is trained in trauma-informed approaches, using evidence-based methods to guide children through their healing journey.
- Child-Centered Approaches: Therapy is tailored to your child’s age, personality, and needs, incorporating play, creative expression, and somatic techniques.
It says so much about your care as a parent that you are seeking counselling support for your child! We’re here for you, and we would be honoured to support.
Reach out to schedule a free 20-minute consultation to talk through your child’s needs and explore how trauma-informed therapy can help.
Proudly providing trauma-informed child therapy in Vancouver and East Vancouver, helping children feel safe, understood, and supported.