for Kids, Teens, and College
Trauma Therapy St. Louis
Trauma and grief can have a big impact on kids, teens, college students - and on you, as their parent. We’re here to help.
Trauma therapy in St. Louis, MO for kids, teens, and young adults.
How on earth do you cope after grief, loss, or trauma? When something terrible happens, you may have an idea of how you’re actually supposed to get through it - but the reality is often so much harder.
When you’re a parent going through something really hard, you’re suffering. And when you’re child is going through that, too, it feels so difficult.
How do you help your family heal from trauma?
Bad events impact the whole family. It’s hard to know how to help your child get better when you yourself are trying to deal. When is it over? When will it be normal? Is my child’s anxiety and anger typical, or is it a symptom of this traumatic experience that needs to be addressed ASAP?
Trauma can lead to big behaviors.
Your child may be acting out more at school, getting in trouble with their teacher, and withdrawing from their friends. Or, they might be acting like a perfect angel, helping out and checking in with you all the time because they don’t want to make things worse. They’re not sleeping well anymore. They have a short fuse. They get a blank look on their face at times and seem to space out, and you wonder...are they reliving what has happened?
It’s a definite possiblity. And trauma therapy can help.
At Compassionate Counseling St. Louis, we use TF-CBT to help you through the hard stuff
All of our anxiety therapists are trauma trained.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, aka TF-CBT, is an evidence-based therapy that teaches your child the important skills they need to heal from their trauma - behaviorally, emotionally, holistically.
The Process:
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We learn about trauma generally, and your child or teen starts to gently identify with their own trauma experience.
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We build relaxation skills so that your child has a whole trauma toolkit to help with their big feelings.
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When they’re ready and have built emotional regulation skills, only then do we dig in to their trauma story to help them heal.
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We reframe unhelpful thoughts and feelings, like self-blame and guilt, so that the trauma becomes something that happened - NOT something that defines them.
Spotlight on:
Molly Shaffer
MA, LPC, TF-CBT certified
Molly is certified in TF-CBT and is trained to address the overlap between anxiety, anger, and trauma.
When trauma therapy works, families say things like, “My kid seems like themself again.” School issues settle down, clients sleep better at night, and tension and stress are released.
Ready to get your kid back? Get started with a free consultation for trauma therapy.
Let's schedule a free 15 minute phone consultation to talk further about trauma therapy in St. Louis, and if it’s what you and your child need. It’s scary to talk about bad things that happened, which is why our intake coordinators are mental health trained to make this first step easier for you.