Child therapists in Susanville, CA
Find experienced child therapists in Susanville, California who provide testing, counseling and support for children, and their families. Our directory features detailed therapist profiles so you can compare specialties, experience, and treatment approaches to find the provider that’s right for you.
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Child/Teen
Create You Therapy Services
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I work with children and adolescents to support emotional growth, behavioral challenges, and life transitions. Using a developmentally appropriate and supportive approach, I help young clients build coping skills, improve communication, and strengthen confidence while partnering with families when appropriate.
27 Years Experience
Online in Susanville, CA
Child/Teen
Fuller Life Concepts
Marriage and Family Therapist
Mood Modifier Program is an 10 week CBT-based program for teens (ages 13-18) struggling with anxiety, depression, or negative thought patterns. Through structured one-on-one sessions, teens learn to identify unhelpful thinking, challenge distorted beliefs, and develop practical coping strategies for managing stress and emotions. Parents are included through regular check-ins to support progress at home.
15 Years Experience
Online in Susanville, CA (Online Only)
Child/Teen
David Strah
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I have worked with several adolescents listening to them and helping to empower them.
Online in Susanville, CA
Child/Teen
Jonathan Kruger Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Your child is the most precious vessel in your life, and finding a trusted therapist to address your child’s emotional challenges is one of the toughest decisions a parent can face. Engaging with children in a safe, supportive way has been a lifelong passion of mine. I was blessed to be raised in a household that was joyous, accepting, filled with music, and also filled with children. My mother was a music therapist for children with special needs and disabilities, and observing her connect through music to deeply impaired youth had a profound impact on my life. Her example taught me to understand and engage children at their level, and I have taken those lessons into my therapeutic process, whether it be working closely with troubled children and teens throughout the Los Angeles County Unified Schools district, or engaging with children in my private practice.
My approach to child therapy is two-pronged. First, I seek to engage the child as an active participant in the therapeutic process. Deploying imagination, play, art, music, breathing, dancing, and energy work, the purpose is to build deep trust and communication at a level the child can embrace and that feels authentic to the child’s experience. Since children clearly do not have the communication skills of adults, building this connectivity, sense of safety, and environment of trust is vital. This is often accomplished through transitional objects, such as toys, dolls, and musical instruments. This signals to the child that our communication will take place at a level which is understandable to them, as well as comfortable and trusting. Once this attachment has taken place, it then becomes possible to infuse and suggest different thought and behavior patterns that address the child’s underlying issues.
Building this foundation of trust with the child is vital, but it is often just the first step. The second element of my child therapy practice is to fully enlist the family in understanding, supporting, and resolving the child’s emotional challenges. Clearly, the family and parenting dynamic is critical to the child’s behavior. Yet truly understanding that family dynamic is a sensitive process, especially given the enormous pressure parents are under in today’s world to be, simply put, perfect. My approach with parents is to, first, actively defuse this “perfection pressure.” No parent is perfect, and a key step is to uncover and explore the internal parenting dynamic absent the external pressures parents face today. Another key step is active “re-parenting” where I work closely with parents to identify different parenting techniques that will help support the child’s therapeutic process.
A holistic approach to child and family therapy is critical to long term healing and opening new, positive behaviors. Crafting a trusting, safe, and child-centric environment is a lifelong passion and a key part of my overall practice.
13 Years Experience
Online in Susanville, CA
Child/Teen
Allie Michie, MS
Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT159347
Teens are navigating a lot, school, friendships, relationships, family, identity, and a felt pressure to have it all figured out before they even know who they are. I work with teens in a space that's honest, warm, and completely judgment-free. No agenda, just genuine curiosity about who they are and where they want to go.
2 Years Experience
Online in Susanville, CA
Child therapists in Susanville, CA Statistics
Child therapists in Susanville, CA average 18 years of experience and charge around $209 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (75%), Family Systems Therapy (49%), and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) (45%).
Average years in practice
18 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$209
Accept insurance
44%
Offer sliding scale
49%
Gender ID
| 62% |
Female |
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| 30% |
Male |
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| 5% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 82% |
In Person and Online |
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| 18% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 75% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 49% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 45% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 38% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 36% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 35% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 35% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 95% | Adult |
| 91% | Teen |
| 67% | Young Adult |
| 66% | Children |
| 55% | Senior |
Client Focus
| 56% | Women |
| 46% | LGBTQ+ |
| 39% | Men |
| 32% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 31% | Black / African American |