Posted: Jan 01, 2017 9:17 pm
Psychotherapy for children is a very broad field. The age of the child, cognitive abilities, culture, and family functioning all influence the decision. For younger children, play therapy and art therapy are quite common. Adolescents typically do ok with CBT, but delinquency is usually treated through strategic or structural therapy. Common mistakes are usually related to overestimating a child's abstract reasoning, or ability to manage emotions due to the underdeveloped frontal lobe.