Parent and Child Consultation

You are a parent.

You have questions regarding the well being of your child. You want professional and expert advice.

Often these questions arise because information communicated to you about your child creates concern.

Often your child’s teachers, family members, siblings, or your spouse notice a troubling shift in your child’s behavior.

Just as frequently, you may personally notice behavior that you cannot ignore.

Sometimes an event or series of events creates a crisis with your child or with the relationship you have with your child.

This can disrupt the whole family including the marriage/couple relationship.
 
You wonder, worry, and feel compelled to act. You want to find the best person for the tasks and troubles facing you.

Karen is an uncommon professional who has the expertise in the comprehensive services vital to providing the help you need, more help than you are likely to find elsewhere.

Karen not only understands and communicates well with children of all ages, but is equally qualified to do the same with their parents and other family members.

This concept is simple, but the gift is rare.

Karen develops a rapport with a child that allows them to express their feelings and describe situations that often remain elusive to others.

This interaction allows Karen to form diagnostic impressions. This includes, but is not limited to, the behaviors and other factors that sounded the alarm in the first place.

You as the parent(s) actively participate in the process, and Karen’s abilities include her capacity to maximize each parent's contribution to the diagnostic and healing process.

Thus, a process begins that will be driven by finding answers to key questions.

This therapeutic consultation remains attentive to the needs of the parents, in a manner that makes the child's situation understandable even if the answers become complex.

At this criticial point Karen can help the adults absorb this information both intellectually and emotionally.

Further recommendations, important discussions, and coordinated plans will be developed.

You will always have choices and options regarding how much and what kind of help you seek for your child.

You may wish an initial consultation, in-depth evaluation, expert advice, counseling or perhaps ongoing therapy.

You want precise details of what is wrong and what is right. This is known as a diagnostic evaluation and psychosocial assessment.

You also need to know what is required of all parties to effectively address any issues. This is defined as a treatment plan and therapeutic intervention.

These processes are related, interactive, and provide plans, goals, and objectives for each individual.

A well developed body of psychological knowledge and a multitude of complex skills are essential to getting this right.

The ability to quickly establish and successfully sustain a strong rapport with each client is also key throughout this process.

If needed reports will be written for interested parties to ensure the proper communication takes place to optimize treatment plans and facilitate the resolution of the problems.

This will involve the right people in decision making exchanges to determine the best course of action. These decisions will clearly communicate the essential elements needed to begin the road to successful therapeutic intervention.

This is what will allow you, your child, and your family to move forward.

Confidentiality and privacy are paramount for all those concerned and involved.

If you have an interest in any of this these services or you have any questions, Karen welcomes your call.