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Therapy/Counseling Services
Let’s face it - many children and teenagers don’t like therapy or counseling. It’s boring. It’s uncomfortable. They’re not sure how it’s supposed to work. They are asked questions about feelings they don’t recognize having, and asked about their progress on goals they never signed on for. No wonder they don’t feel listened to.
Dr. Edgette has spent the past twenty years developing an incisive, practical, and time-sensitive approach to helping kids and their parents when they’ve run out of ideas for making things at home or school better. Collaborative and conversational, her therapy style appeals to those who have felt self-conscious or put on the spot in more traditional counseling settings. Dr. Edgette enjoys a reputation for being able to hold her young clients accountable for their choices while at the same time showing them great respect, and she works well with children and teenagers who have had negative counseling experiences in the past.
Examples of the types of problems or issues dealt with:
- low academic motivation
- school performance lower than ability
- chronic family conflict
- excessive anger
- irritability, moodiness
- refusal to be involved with the family
- depression, withdrawal
- anxiety, panic, low self-confidence
- difficulties getting along with friends or family members
- difficulties getting along with teachers or coaches
- self-destructive behaviors (alcohol/drug use, excessive sexuality, cutting)
- adjustment to separation, divorce, new school, loss
Don’t see your child’s problem listed? Call or email to ask. |
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Ever wonder why teenagers don't jump at the chance to go to therapy?
Read Janet's most recent article, "Why Teens Hate Therapy," in the September/October issue of Psychotherapy Networker.
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| “Edgette is savvy about teens' reluctance to participate in therapy. She recognizes that they don't trust the therapist and that they find the entire process hopelessly contrived, potentially pointless, yet vaguely threatening. She knows too that therapists frequently make this bad situation worse by trying too hard to make teen clients like them, or taking on too much of the responsibility for making therapy work.
Book Review by Jim Naughton, senior editor, Psychotherapy Networker
Candor, Connection, and Enterprise in Adolescent Therapy, now published under the title, Adolescent Therapy That Works: Helping Kids Who Never Asked for Your Help in the First Place. |
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Parent Consultation
Sometimes a problem isn’t serious enough to need therapy, or maybe a parent isn’t sure whether or not professional help is warranted. Dr. Edgette invites parents to contact her about setting up one-time consultation sessions during which they can discuss the parent’s concerns and she can make recommendations. Examples of recommendations include specific advice about managing the problem, suggestions for a different approach to the problem, the use of other resources such as books or community workshops, bringing the child or teen in, and/or doing a family session.
Examples of the types of problems or issues dealt with:
- managing aggressive behavior in young children
- establishing limits/follow through
- dealing with a child or teen’s disrespectful attitude
- unpleasant family climate (yelling, sarcasm, excessive sibling rivalry)
- distinguishing between “typical teenage behavior” and real problems
- “how much of this is my kid’s ADD and how much of it is my kid just being irresponsible?”
- poor or very little communication between parent and teenager
- difficulty getting child or teen to take responsibility for choices made
- child or teenager’s insensitivity to the impact of his/her choices on others
- single parent feeling bullied or intimidated by an older teen
Parents can make a difference in their children’s behavior by changing how they respond to it. Just because a teenager refuses to go for counseling doesn’t mean that the parents are stuck with the problem as is. There can be tremendous benefit in parents of scheduling an appointment themselves. Sometimes, teenagers who have refused to go change their minds when they realize that their refusal won’t stop the counseling from taking place and will mean only that they’ll be absent from the conversation.
Professional Training
- On-site monthly supervision group in adolescent and family therapy, open to mental health professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, school counselors, mental health counselors, and psychiatric nurses.
- In-house workshops on adolescent and family therapy, open to mental health professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, school counselors, mental health counselors, and psychiatric nurses.
- Individual, private supervision, in person or by phone.
Services
Sessions generally last 45 minutes. Standard fees are $150 per session, payable at each appointment.
Thirty minute sessions are also available for $105. These are good for younger kids, brief parent consultations, and follow-up visits.
Longer sessions (90 minutes or more) are available for clients who come from a distance away. Longer sessions are also useful for large family meetings and for managing urgent situations.
Please note that I am a non-participating provider with health insurance. I can, however, provide a monthly statement of services for clients to submit to their
insurance company for reimbursement.
Daytime, afternoon, and evening appointments are available.
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