Hi! I’m Courtney Littlewood. I am thrilled to join the practice as a teen therapist at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic. East Lyme adolescent and teen therapy with me is unique, personalized, and a different approach. Adolescent therapy with us is tailored to your child’s unique needs to bring out their best self and highlight their strengths!
Expert with Children and Teenagers
The welcoming, safe and supportive environment that Katie Ziskind has created empowers her clients and motivates them to grow. In addition, the work culture at Wisdom Within motivates me to constantly strive professionally. Furthermore, Niantic adolescent therapy with me integrates art because teens need positive skills. As an expert therapist with children and troubled teens, I am excited to help your teen build confidence and resilience. Additionally, I love guiding and encouraging more children, adolescents, parents and families to develop positive coping skills.
Why Do I Love Being A Therapist And Working With Children and Teenagers?
I am a licensed social worker, eager to further develop my clinical skill set working with this population of clients. I have experience working in an agency setting as an outpatient therapist, doing similar work with children, teens and their caregivers. Additionally, I have experience practicing social work in a high school setting and am familiar with the challenges teens face. Teen issues including peer conflict, social anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders, just to name a few, are all challenges frequently encountered when working with teens. Read an article about how to help your teen stop stress eating, here.
Help For Teen Depression, Eating Disorders, and Adolescent Anxiety
In Niantic adolescent therapy, your teen can work on depression management skills and anger skills. Through therapy with me, your troubled teen will learn healthier, better ways of expressing his or herself. Although I love offering support to all populations in need, I feel most passionate about working with troubled teens. Call or text to get your teen started today (860)-451-9364.
Troubled Teens Are My Passion
To begin, adolescence is such a tumultuous period for many. It is time when children are learning how to become independent and develop autonomy from their parents. But at the same time, children are simultaneously needing the support and guidance from positive adults in their lives. That is where I come in! Working with adolescents has been the most rewarding work I’ve done so far in my professional career. As a child and teen therapist at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, I would love to help your anxious adolescent gain the skills necessary to thrive and embrace the opportunities their future holds. Helping troubled teens build self-confidence is such an important piece when working with them in the therapeutic setting- whether that be group, or individual sessions. Read more about my background, here.
Teen Depression? I Use Art, Crafts, Vision Boards, and Get Your Teen’s Confidence Back
Moreover, I often utilize an art therapy approach in sessions with kids and teens and frequently integrate activities, crafts, collages, painting, drawing, journal prompts into helping a teen understand the origin of and meaning behind their emotions. These are important forms of creative expression and encourage reflection and self-empowerment in children and distant teens. However, my therapeutic approach at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic is not exclusively art-based. Reading a child’s strengths, challenges and barriers to change are all important when ensuring your teen feels accepted on an individualized, personalized basis. Read more about how creative, art therapy works for distant adolescents and depressed teens, here.
I Love Helping Reconnect Distant Teens and Parents and Teach Positive Parenting Skills
Also, I love working with parents and helping them identify positive methods of supporting their child. It takes a specialized child and teen expert to share and coach parents through teaching healthy communication skills. Likewise, I love providing psychoeducation about the specific challenges their anxious, overwhelmed, or highly sensitive child or family faces. Read more about parent support for self-harming teenagers, here.
What Is Most Important In How I Work?
But most importantly, I always practice through a lens of supporting that the client is the expert of his or her life. I am here for you as a parent and your teen.
Thank you for welcoming me to Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic. I look forward to working collaboratively to help you become the best version of you that you can be!
