Compassionate Child Therapy
for Children & FamiliesChildhood is a time of tremendous growth and discovery. It is also a time when children can experience worries, big emotions, changes in behaviour, social difficulties, school challenges, and family stress.
At Tikvah Family Services, we provide compassionate, individualized child therapy designed to help children understand their emotions, develop healthy coping skills, build confidence, and strengthen their relationships.
Our therapists create a supportive environment where children can express themselves in ways that feel comfortable and age-appropriate.
Whether your child is experiencing anxiety, emotional difficulties, behavioural concerns, school challenges, social struggles, or a major life change, therapy can provide the support they need to move forward.
Our Child Therapists Can Help Your Child
Understand and Express Their Feelings
Children do not always have the words to explain what they are experiencing. Therapy can give them developmentally appropriate ways to identify, understand, and communicate their emotions.
Manage Big Emotions
Children may experience anger, frustration, worry, sadness, fear, or overwhelm. Therapy can help children learn healthy strategies for recognizing and managing these emotions.
Build Confidence and Self-Esteem
A child’s sense of confidence can influence friendships, school, family relationships, and willingness to try new things. Therapy can help children recognize their strengths and develop a more positive sense of themselves.
Develop Healthy Coping Skills
Children can learn practical strategies for handling disappointment, change, frustration, anxiety, and other difficult experiences.
Improve Social and Communication Skills
Therapy can support children who have difficulty making friends, communicating their needs, understanding social situations, or navigating conflicts with peers.
Navigate School, Friendships and Family Challenges
Children can experience pressure and challenges at school, with friends, and at home. Therapy can provide a safe space to explore these experiences and develop healthier ways of responding.
Childhood Can Be Complicated
Children experience the world differently from adults.
A child may not always be able to say, “I’m anxious,” “I’m overwhelmed,” or “I need help.”
Instead, emotional difficulties may appear as changes in behaviour, sleep, school performance, mood, friendships, or family interactions.
A child who is struggling may become withdrawn, unusually quiet, angry, tearful, oppositional, worried, or reluctant to participate in activities they previously enjoyed.
Your Child Doesn’t Have to Navigate It Alone
Therapy can give your child a safe and supportive place to express themselves, develop new skills, and learn that their feelings can be understood and managed.
At Tikvah Family Services, we meet children at their developmental level and build therapy around their individual needs, strengths, interests, and personality.
How Do I Know If My Child Needs Therapy?
Parents often wonder whether a change in their child’s behaviour is simply part of growing up or whether professional support may be helpful.
There is no single sign that means a child needs therapy.
However, professional support may be worth considering when emotional, behavioural, social, or developmental concerns are persistent, increasing, or interfering with your child’s everyday life.
Your Child May Benefit From Therapy If They Are Struggling With:
Anxiety, Worry or Fear
Your child may worry excessively, avoid certain situations, have difficulty separating from parents, or frequently seek reassurance.
Anger or Emotional Outbursts
Frequent meltdowns, intense frustration, aggression, or difficulty calming down may indicate that a child needs additional support developing emotional regulation skills.
Sadness or Withdrawal
Changes in mood, loss of interest, social withdrawal, or frequent sadness may be signs that your child is experiencing emotional difficulties.
School Pressure or Academic Challenges
School can create emotional and social pressures for children. Therapy can help children explore worries, confidence, motivation, organization, and other challenges affecting their school experience.
Friendship and Social Difficulties
Some children struggle with making friends, maintaining friendships, resolving conflicts, or understanding social situations.
Family Changes
Separation, divorce, relocation, a new sibling, loss, changes in family circumstances, or other major events can be difficult for children to understand and process.
Self-Esteem and Confidence
Children may compare themselves to others or feel that they are not good enough. Therapy can help them recognize their strengths and develop confidence.
Major Life Changes or Difficult Experiences
Children may need additional support following stressful or difficult experiences. Therapy provides a safe environment where they can process changes at a pace that feels comfortable.
How Child Therapy Can Help
Child therapy is individualized to your child’s age, developmental level, personality, needs, and goals.
Understanding Their Emotions
Children learn to identify emotions and understand what may be happening underneath their feelings and behaviours.
Learning Emotional Regulation
Therapy can help children develop strategies for calming their bodies, managing frustration, coping with disappointment, and responding to strong emotions.
Building Confidence
Children can discover their strengths and develop greater confidence in themselves and their ability to handle challenges.
Strengthening Social Skills
Therapy can help children develop communication, problem-solving, cooperation, and relationship skills.
Developing Positive Coping Strategies
Children can learn healthy ways to manage worry, frustration, sadness, change, and other difficult experiences.
Creating Positive Change
Therapy focuses on achievable steps that help children build skills and make meaningful progress over time.
A Safe Space Where Your Child Can Be Themselves
Children communicate in many different ways.
Some children enjoy talking. Others communicate more comfortably through play, creative activities, drawing, storytelling, movement, or other age-appropriate approaches.
Our therapists work to create a welcoming environment where children can feel comfortable being themselves.
We focus on building trust and creating a therapeutic relationship that allows your child to participate at a pace that feels appropriate for them.
Why Families Choose Tikvah Family Services
Compassionate Care
We understand that seeking therapy for your child can feel like a significant decision. Our approach is supportive, respectful, and focused on your child’s individual needs.
Professional & Experienced Therapists
Our team provides professional mental-health support for children, teens, adults, couples, and families.
Child-Centred Support
Children are individuals with their own personalities, strengths, interests, experiences, and ways of communicating. Therapy is adapted to the child rather than forcing every child into the same approach.
Family-Centred Care
Parents and caregivers play an important role in supporting children’s emotional well-being. When appropriate, therapy may include parent guidance and strategies that can be used at home.
Culturally Sensitive Care
We respect the values, traditions, culture, and circumstances that are important to each family.
Meet Our Child Therapists & Counsellors
Our Approach to Child Therapy
We look beyond a child’s behaviour to understand what may be contributing to it.
Our therapists consider the child’s emotional well-being, relationships, school environment, family circumstances, strengths, and developmental needs.
Therapy is collaborative and individualized, with the goal of helping children develop skills that can support them both now and as they grow.
How Child Therapy Works
We Get to Know Your Child
The first step is understanding your child’s strengths, challenges, experiences, and the concerns that brought your family to therapy.
We Develop a Personalized Plan
Your therapist develops an individualized approach based on your child’s age, needs, goals, and circumstances.
We Build Skills Through Age-Appropriate Activities
Children may learn through conversation, play, creative activities, problem-solving, stories, and other approaches that are appropriate for their developmental level.
We Support the Family
When appropriate, parents and caregivers may receive strategies and guidance to help reinforce positive changes outside of therapy.
We Provide Ongoing Support
As your child grows and develops new needs, therapy can adapt. Progress is reviewed and the therapeutic approach can change as appropriate.
Should Parents Be Involved in Child Therapy?
Parents Are an Important Part of the Process
Parents know their children better than anyone. Your observations, concerns, and understanding of your child’s everyday life can be valuable when developing an appropriate treatment approach.
Parent Guidance and Support
Depending on your child’s age, needs, and therapy goals, parents may receive guidance and practical strategies to support emotional development and positive behaviour at home.
Online Child Therapy Across Alberta
Finding the right therapist is not always easy, especially when families live outside major centres.
Tikvah Family Services offers online therapy options for children and families across Alberta, where clinically appropriate.
Child Therapy in Calgary
Families in Calgary can explore online child therapy options from the comfort of home.
Child Therapy in Edmonton
Online therapy can provide families in Edmonton with convenient access to professional support.
Child Therapy in Red Deer
Families in Red Deer may be able to access child therapy without travelling to an office.
Child Therapy in Lethbridge
Virtual therapy provides another option for families in Lethbridge seeking professional support.
Child Therapy in Airdrie
Families in Airdrie can explore convenient online child therapy options.
Child Therapy in St. Albert
Online therapy can provide families in St. Albert with access to professional support.
Child Therapy in Sherwood Park
Families in Sherwood Park can explore virtual therapy options that fit their schedules and circumstances.
Virtual Child Therapy Across Alberta
Where appropriate, online therapy can make professional support more accessible to children and families throughout Alberta.
Child Therapy for Jewish Families
A Respectful and Culturally Sensitive Approach
Family values, traditions, culture, and community can be important parts of a child’s world.
Tikvah Family Services provides a respectful environment where Jewish families can discuss emotional, behavioural, social, and family concerns.
Supporting Jewish Children and Families
Our goal is to understand each family as an individual and provide support that respects the values and circumstances that are important to them.
Helping Children Feel Connected and Supported
Every child deserves to feel understood, valued, and supported as they grow.
Questions About Child Therapy
What age can a child start therapy?
The appropriate age and type of therapy depend on the individual child and their needs. Contact our team to discuss your child’s situation.
Does child therapy involve parents?
Parent involvement varies depending on the child’s age, needs, goals, and circumstances. Your therapist can discuss the appropriate level of parent involvement with you.
Will my child have to talk about their problems?
Not necessarily. Children communicate in different ways. Therapy can incorporate age-appropriate approaches that allow children to express themselves comfortably.
How often should my child attend therapy?
The frequency of therapy depends on your child’s needs and treatment goals. Your therapist can discuss an appropriate schedule with you.
Can child therapy be done online?
Online therapy may be appropriate for some children and families. Suitability depends on the child’s age, needs, circumstances, and clinical considerations.
Have More Questions?
Choosing therapy for your child is an important decision.
You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out.
Our team can answer your questions, discuss your concerns, and help you understand whether child therapy may be appropriate for your family.
Life After Child Therapy
The goal of child therapy is not simply to help a child get through a difficult period.
It is also about helping children develop skills and confidence that can support them as they grow.
Building Emotional Skills for the Future
Children can carry the emotional awareness and coping strategies they develop into later childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Greater Confidence and Resilience
Learning how to handle difficult emotions and challenges can help children develop greater confidence and resilience.
Stronger Relationships
Improved communication, emotional awareness, and social skills can help children develop healthier relationships with parents, siblings, friends, teachers, and others.
How to Get Started With Tikvah Family Services
Book a Child Therapy Consultation
If you believe your child could benefit from professional support, the first step is reaching out to our team.
Speak With a Therapist
Tell us what you have noticed and what concerns you have. You do not need a formal diagnosis or a perfect explanation before contacting us.
Help Your Child Take the Next Step
With the right support, children can learn to understand their emotions, build confidence, develop healthy coping skills, and navigate challenges more successfully.
Child Therapy in Calgary & Across Alberta
Tikvah Family Services provides compassionate mental-health support for children and families, including online therapy options across Alberta.
Whether your child is experiencing anxiety, emotional difficulties, behavioural concerns, school challenges, social difficulties, family changes, or low confidence, professional support may help.
Tikvah Family Services
Helping Children Feel Heard, Supported & Empowered
Every child has unique strengths, challenges, interests, and potential.
Our goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment where children can develop emotional skills, build confidence, strengthen relationships, and grow into their potential.
Get Started
Take the first step and contact Tikvah Family Services to learn more about child therapy.
Our Services
Explore therapy and counselling services for children, teens, adults, couples, and families.
Meet Our Team
Learn more about the therapists and professionals who provide care through Tikvah Family Services.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about child therapy, counselling, online services, and getting started.
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