Therapy for
Your Child or Teen
Offering Online Therapy Across California & In-Person Therapy in Roseville, CA
Help when your child or teen has Anxiety, ADHD, Depression, or Low Self-Worth
I help your child feel more like themselves.
It’s hard to watch your child suffer. Especially when it affects their emotional well-being. This can look like anxiety and fear, depression, emotional outbursts, low self-worth, or the overwhelming feelings and struggles that often come with ADHD
All of a sudden, they are shutting down or having big emotions. The trigger seems so small from the outside, and this makes things feel so unpredictable. You hate to see them hurting like that.
Other times, their anticipation and worrying can create a lot of stress or even despair, and it doesn’t seem to matter if it’s from something innocuous or even fun.
If they talk about what’s bothering them, all you hear about is whatever has triggered the feeling of overwhelm. Or they might shut down completely and withdraw.
Your child might have obsessive thoughts and compulsions, where all of a sudden they can’t leave the house without doing something like tying their shoes over and over again, or checking their stuffed animals. It’s scary and doesn’t make any sense to you, but they get super angry or upset if you try to push them to let it go.
Or your child might have panic attacks where, all of a sudden, they are upset and terrified, but often you aren’t sure what happened.
It’s terrifying to watch your child struggle with something that you don’t understand.
And it feels so helpless to watch them suffer when you don’t know how to help.
They might be talking negatively about themselves and seem to feel really hopeless.
They might have anxiety around socializing at school, even though it seems like everyone likes them. They are scared that no one does, and this impacts how they feel about everything they say and do.
Or simple things like school drop-offs are a huge ordeal because they don’t want to leave your side.
They might not know how to help themselves do better in school, and are really hard on themselves for the things they aren’t able to do that they see their peers doing.
Or they might have expectations of themselves that just don’t seem realistic and are unattainable.
All you want to do is protect your child, and you do…
They are safe. But you wouldn’t know it from the way that they seem to feel.
These feelings that they are having are getting in the way of everyday life. Some days, getting them out of bed and to school takes forever. And the mornings are overwhelming for both of you.
For them because they are struggling so hard, and for you because you don’t know how to get them out the door. You don’t know how to make it better.
Part of you is angry because all of this makes life so much more complicated than it could be. The effort that goes into avoiding the triggers and getting them out of bed. Talking them down from a panic attack or helping them sleep when their anxiety is out of control. Or just dropping them off at a friend's house.
You never know if the kid that you’ll wake up to in the morning is going to be the happy, excited child you’ve always known or the grumpy, scared child that doesn’t know how to get out of feeling so bad.
I help your child feel more like themselves when they are struggling with;
➤ Anxiety of all kinds;
Separation anxiety
Social Anxiety
Phobias
Panic attacks
➤ Obsessive Compulsive Behavior
➤ Low Self Worth
➤ Depression
➤ ADHD
Anxiety is controlling your world right now, whether it’s your anxiety or your child’s. And you want something different. Schedule a consultation to start making things better.
Helping your child heal from symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, Low Self-Worth, and the struggles associated with ADHD
You want your child to be okay. You want them to see the beautiful, kind, smart kid that they are. You want them to enjoy their life free of fear and full of love and the joy they had when they were little.
Most of all, you want life to be easier. You want to walk into a new situation (or an old one) and not have to be on the lookout for triggers.
You want to know that your kid can handle whatever the school day throws at them. To know you can get in the car and go about your day without having to talk a child down from a panic attack or reassure them that they are okay and safe.
You want the life that your friends have with their kids.
Goal-Directed Therapy to help life get back to normal
As a therapist who works with teens and kids, I have quite a few directive approaches in my toolbox. This means that there is a clear path through these therapy styles with a beginning and an end.
These therapies will help your child get back to themselves quickly so that they can get on with their lives.
I’ve effectively adapted these tools and techniques for children and adolescents, while connecting with them in a way that keeps them engaged.
Together, we’ll create a treatment plan that reflects both you and your child’s goals as well as the changes that you both want to see in their life.
As a therapist, my approach is active, collaborative, and results-driven.
I provide my clients, no matter what age, with concrete skills to overcome their anxiety, depression, and fears. These skills will help them get back to living a more satisfying and enjoyable life.
I will encourage your child to work hard to get better and include them in the process so they can achieve the results they desire. I strive to develop a caring and supportive relationship with my clients and their families.
Modalities of Therapy I Offer
SPACE (for parents of anxious kids)
SPACE stands for Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions. This treatment is specifically for the parents of children with anxiety. It focuses on changing your response to your child’s anxiety.
This empowers you as the parent to know what to do.
You will learn to help your child when they are anxious in a way that fosters independence and helps them learn that they can face whatever challenges come their way.
One of the main things you will learn as parents is how to reduce the things you do to help your child avoid and alleviate anxiety in the moment. Often, parents don’t realize how their help can inadvertently worsen anxiety in the long run.
SPACE helps to break this cycle, by teaching you to develop strategies that decrease these accommodations while maintaining empathy and emotional support.
Exposure Therapy
Exposure therapy is most often used for obsessive-compulsive disorder and Phobias. During exposure therapy, I help your child face their fears and obsessions in a safe and controlled environment. Exposure therapy can be really hard work, but the relief your child will experience is worth it. There is also a method called Interoceptive Exposure that is used for panic attacks, which I also use when appropriate.
Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or I-CBT
I-CBT is another treatment for OCD that many of my clients decide to pursue. It can feel less overwhelming than exposure to many people struggling with OCD.
It is just as effective as Exposure and Response Prevention. This treatment focuses more on the doubts that trigger obsessions and focuses on them instead of the compulsions.
It helps the child to develop awareness of the stories their obsessions are telling them, so they can break free from the hold of OCD.
TEAM CBT
This is a version of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) that is designed for maximum results in a short amount of time. I liken it to summer school for mental health. This approach is designed to help your teen with anxiety, depression, habits and addictions, and relationship problems.
Your teen will learn a lot, and if this is done in an intensive, they will learn a lot in a short period of time. We’ll set a goal around what will help your teen get better and work in a very structured way to help them achieve that goal.
By the time they're done, your teen will feel better and know how to address similar issues in the future.
Ryan Moeller: Your Child and Teen Therapist
My therapeutic style is very directive and goal-oriented. You will find that I will teach you or your child a variety of practical skills that will lead towards feeling better. There will be concrete steps on how to move forward.
But I’m still a warm therapist, and will spend time getting to know your whole family so that we can tailor your child’s treatment plan to who they are.
My overall goal as a therapist is to work my way out of a job. I want your child or teen to get better quickly so that you all can get on with your life.
I will teach you and your child or teen strategies that will help them to feel better, and then together help them pick what is most effective for them so that they can use them in their daily life.
I want all of you to know what to do and how to help the next time an issue comes up.
If you're ready to get started…