Child & Family Issues

Child, adolescent, teen & family services

Auckland Therapy offers a variety of child, adolescent and family counselling services by experienced registered therapists. The team works with children, teens and youth (0-20 years) and their families to help with emotional distress as well as social and behavioural difficulties including anxiety, depression, grief, sexual abuse, trauma, self-harm, attachment difficulties, adoption / fostering issues, and more.

Postnatal depression

• before or after birth
• can have a big impact on all the family and on the babies development
• most mothers find that counselling can help with their recovery
• for both women and men - dads get the blues too

Parents with babies

• difficulties adjusting to the arrival of a child
• babies who cry a lot, have difficulty sleeping, or feeding difficulties
• extra stressors - disability, premature birth, health issues, isolation etc

Parents with preschoolers

• young children with difficult behaviours (e.g. anger or anxiety)
• parenting issues such as separation anxiety

Primary school age children

• learning issues (ADHD, Asperger's, autism, etc.)
• bullying or being bullied
• struggling to manage socially
• behaviour problems

Younger teens

• struggling to cope with their emotions (anxiety, anger, teen depression, self harm etc)
• finding the challenges of growing up difficult
• relationship and family difficulties
• internet issues (cyber bullying, sexting, gaming, etc.)

Older teens & young adults

• emotional issues (anxiety, depression, etc.)
• behavioural issues (anger, self-harm, etc.)
• sexuality & gender issues
• internet issues (cyber bullying, sexting, video gaming, etc.)