Initial Parent Visit

It's hard for parents who want to get started helping their child to hear that they need to meet with the therapist alone for the first visit. There are many reasons we do this, all of which directly relate to helping your child get the best help they can.

First, getting a complete background on your child and a feel for the issues at hand is imperative, as often children themselves won't (or won't be able) to articulate this themselves. In addition, although our intake personnel are well-trained, they are not therapists.

Once an individual comes in for an appointment, it may become clear that there are other issues complicating their treatment. Additionally, even if there is a good fit between a child and a therapist, it is difficult to make therapy work unless there is also a good fit with that child's therapist. It can happen that, after an initial meeting, the therapist, the parents, or both may decide a different course or provider of treatment would be more beneficial.

By setting up this initial meeting with the parents only, we avoid having a child feel rejected or hurt by any of these decisions or circumstances.

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