When to Seek Help

    Seek professional counseling when the problems listed below are persistent and impact your child's daily living:


        •    Sleep problems
        •    Change in appetite
        •    Aggressive behavior
        •    Cruelty to animals
        •    Social withdrawal
        •    Fearfulness
        •    Regressing to earlier stages of development such as bedwetting or soiling
        •    Problems with attention
        •    Frequent injuries
        •    Fire setting
        •    Prolonged sadness and/or excessive crying
        •    Property destruction
        •    Inappropriate sexual behavior
        •    Lying and stealing
        •    Self-mutilation (e.g., cutting)
        •    Concerns about use/abuse of alcohol and/or drugs
        •    Non-compliant behavior
        •    Academic decline
        •    Pulling out hair or eyelashes


    By:    Pam Capp, LMHC
    Program Director, Outpatient Services