Therapy
Child and Adolescent Therapy / Therapy for Gifted Individuals / Parenting Consultation
Child and Adolescent Counseling/Therapy
Are you concerned for your child because they are having difficulty at home, in school or with friends? Perhaps you have tried talking to him or her and it just has not seemed to help? Lori Comallie-Caplan provides individualized counseling to meet the needs of Children and adolescents who are experiencing emotional, academic, psychological, family, or social distress.
Child Counseling/Therapy (ages 8-11) focuses on:
- anxiety
- depression
- impact of divorce and custody issues
- dealing with loss (death, illness, life transition)
- dealing with trauma
- sibling conflict
- defiance/aggression
- bullying
- passivity/social withdrawal
- lack of initiative
- underachieving
- emotional regulation – impulsive, fearful, clingy, avoidant
- perfectionism
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Adolescent Counseling/Therapy focuses on:
- depression
- anxiety
- self harming behaviors – cutting, running away, substance abuse, sexual acting out
- identity issues
- bullying/aggressive behaviors
- passivity/indifference
- underachieving/unmotivated
- emotional regulation – impulsive, anger, panic, social isolation
- excessive mood swings
- overly attached/avoidant
- excessive body concerns
- family conflict/impact of divorce
- dealing with loss ( relationship break up, illness, death )and trauma
- perfectionism
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Counseling the Gifted Individual
Gifted individuals think and feel differently than others. Their advanced intellectual and creative abilities lead them to experience life with greater complexity and intensity. Experiencing the world in this unique way leads to great joy and sometimes great frustration and even depression. These qualities may mistakenly lead to misdiagnoses by those who are not familiar with the unique characteristics of the gifted.
Counseling/Therapy for the Gifted Individual focuses on:
- Asynchronus Development
- Perfectionism
- Overexciteabilities
- Underachievement
- Stress
- Self Concept
- Idealism
- Depression
Online Therapy sessions are available for gifted children and adolescents in the case where no qualified therapist is available in the child's residential area.
Parenting Consultation
Parent consultation services focus on teaching parents or primary caregivers basic principles of behavior and helping them develop skills needed to promote positive social behaviors and ameliorate behaviors that interfere with learning and social interaction of their children. Parents may receive consultation on the following concerns:
- discipline
- social skills
- adoption issues
- special needs
sleep issues - sibling issues
- toilet training
- aggression
- readiness skills
- bullying
- school behaviors
- homework battles
- family stress
- ADHD strategies
- developmental skills
- managing anger