During the first session, your child's therapist will meet with you to learn more about the reasons you are seeking counseling. They will also ask questions that will help them get to know your child and your family. Questions will be asked about your child’s emotional, social, behavioral and academic adjustment, family relationships, early development [...]

Parent participation is typically essential to good therapy outcomes for children. Parents will provide important information to the therapist about the child's progress and about current concerns. Children and parents often have "therapy homework" which typically involves monitoring of specific behaviors and/or practice of new skills between therapy sessions. The degree to which the parents [...]

You may request a separate appointment, or you may notify the staff that you wish to speak to the therapist first. Typically, therapists touch base with the parent before the child's therapy session, but this is not always the case for every appointment.