Are the “terrible twos” extending to “the threes”, “the fours” or “the fives?” 
Time out and behavioral charts not working to help improve your child’s behavior?
Is your child or adolescent having difficulties in the home such as talking back, defiance, homework difficulties, lack of motivation?
Is your school age child having learning difficulties or behavioral difficulties in the classroom?
Does your child or adolescent seem to be sad, withdrawn, unmotivated, or having difficulties coping?
Having difficulty getting your baby to sleep?
The Secure Child is here to help. We offer a variety of services to address a wide range of challenges faced by families with infants, children and adolescents of all ages. Click on the heading to view in more detail.
Therapy and Parenting Services including:
- parent coaching
- individual child or adolescent therapy
- couples therapy
- family therapy
- sleep consultation
Assessment and Educational Support
- in-class assistance as needed
- classroom observations
- psychological assessments / psychoeducational assessments
- IEP support
- parenting classes
- Circle of Security Groups
- CBT Groups for Teens
- DBT Groups
Insurance receipts are available upon request.
What to Expect?
Individual Therapy for Children, Teens, and Young Adults
At The Secure Child Centre for Families and Children, we offer individual therapy for a wide range of emotional, behavioral, and developmental challenges, including anxiety, anger, emotion regulation difficulties, attention and concentration challenges, hyperactivity and impulsivity, phobias, social difficulties, aggression, and so-called “oppositional” behaviors.
We work with children of all ages, as well as teens and young adults (for example, CEGEP students).
While we do offer individual therapy, our work is grounded in a family systems perspective and informed by interpersonal neurobiology and attachment theory. This means that, particularly for children, therapy rarely occurs in isolation from the family context. We see parents and caregivers as essential partners in the therapeutic process.
Our Approach with Young Children
For very young children (typically under age 6), individual therapy alone is rarely appropriate or effective. In these cases, therapy most often takes the form of:
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Dyadic therapy (parent and child together), or
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Family therapy, or
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Parent consultations, where the majority of the work is with the parent
This is not because parents are the cause of the difficulties, but because parents are the most powerful agents of change in a young child’s life. Supporting parents to better understand their child’s nervous system, emotional needs, and behavior is often the most effective intervention.
In some cases, the child may join sessions periodically, but the primary therapeutic work may occur with the parent(s).