Child Therapist for a 9 year old girl with self-esteem issues?
Does anyone have any recommendation for a child therapist for a 9 year old girl? She comes home at least once a week crying because she feels excluded and writes long graphic novels about being bullied at school. She needs help sticking up for herself and help building her self-esteem. We'd like to find someone who does play based therapy and is close to Montclair/Rockridge/Grand Lake area.
Oct 10, 2019
Parent Replies
Hi,
I'm sorry your daughter and you are going through this. For several years, our son saw Rebecca Spengler, who has an office close to Broadway/40th and does play-based therapy. He made a great connection with her, and she really helped him through some periods of difficult social dynamics at school. Her phone number is 415-494-4919 and her email is rebecca_spengler [at] yahoo.com (rebecca_spengler[at]yahoo[dot]com).
I think the connection your child makes with the therapist is the most important factor to success, and as that is something very personalized, you should be prepared to try different therapists until you find someone your daughter likes.
When my son was 8-9 years old he saw Reyna Cowan PhD and absolutely loved her. Among talking about his issues they played a lot of games and he thought it was a lot of fun and always looked forward to going. She is located in Rockridge near Trader Joes. Her number is (510) 601-0232