Mental & emotional support for trauma

Recovering from a traumatic event isn’t easy, especially for young children. Discovering and developing resiliency and coping skills may be easier with the help of a mental health professional. Finding someone a child trusts and who understands trauma can play an important factor in their recovery from childhood trauma.

The whole family is affected when there is trauma, but each family member is impacted in different ways. For that reason, treatment in Stark County is typically a mixture of individual, parent and family sessions.

When working with children and adolescents, clinicians are likely to use art and play techniques to facilitate some components of the treatment models. Some children are better able to share their trauma by acting it out with dolls or drawing pictures of what happened instead of relying solely on words.

Learn more about children’s mental health and emotional support resources available for those who have experienced trauma in Stark County.