Are you worried about your child or teen’s emotional well-being?

Maybe they seem more anxious, sad, reactive, withdrawn, or easily overwhelmed than usual. They may struggle with big feelings, transitions, attention, motivation, perfectionism, friendships, school stress, family changes, or expressing what they need. You may sense that something feels harder for them, but you are not sure how to help.

At The Art of Healing, we offer warm, creative, and developmentally responsive therapy for children, teens, parents, and families. Our therapists help young people build emotional awareness, strengthen coping skills, process difficult experiences, and feel more understood.

We meet each child and teen with curiosity, respect, and care. Whether your child is sensitive, spirited, creative, neurodivergent, gifted, twice-exceptional, anxious, grieving, or navigating a major life transition, we focus on helping them feel seen, supported, and more connected to themselves and the people who care about them.

Therapy for Children and Teens Can Help With

Anxiety, worry, or stress

Big feelings and emotional dysregulation

ADHD, autism, AuDHD, giftedness, and twice-exceptionality

Sensory sensitivity or feeling easily overwhelmed

School stress, motivation, attention, or executive functioning challenges

Friendship struggles, social stress, or low confidence

Perfectionism, self-doubt, or low self-esteem

Grief, loss, divorce, moves, or family transitions

Trauma, medical stress, or overwhelming experiences

Identity development and self-understanding

Parent-child conflict or communication challenges

Behavioral concerns that may be connected to unmet emotional or developmental needs

Our Approach

Children and teens do not always have the words to explain what they are feeling. Therapy at The Art of Healing may include talk therapy, art therapy, play therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, mindfulness, DBT-informed skills, parent-child work, family therapy, and other creative or experiential approaches depending on your child’s needs and the clinician you work with.

Our approach is relational, trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and rooted in respect for each child’s nervous system, identity, strengths, and pace. We do not view children as problems to be fixed. Instead, we work to understand what their emotions and behaviors may be communicating, while helping them build tools for regulation, expression, connection, and resilience.

Art therapy gives children and adolescents another way to express what may be difficult to say out loud. Through drawing, painting, sculpting, collage, or other creative processes, young people can explore feelings, memories, identity, stress, relationships, and inner experiences in a way that often feels safer and more accessible than talking alone.

Art therapy is not about artistic skill. It is about using creativity as a pathway for communication, self-understanding, emotional expression, and healing. The artwork can become a starting point for reflection and conversation, helping children and teens make sense of what they are carrying inside.

Art therapy can support emotional awareness, self-esteem, problem-solving, stress reduction, trauma processing, and more flexible ways of expressing feelings and needs.

Play is one of the most natural ways children communicate, process emotions, and make sense of their experiences. Play therapy provides a safe and supportive space where children can explore feelings, practice coping skills, strengthen confidence, and work through challenges in a developmentally appropriate way.

In play therapy, children may use toys, stories, movement, art, sandtray, imaginative play, games, or role play to express what they may not yet be able to explain with words. The therapist follows the child’s cues while creating a safe, attuned, and structured environment for growth.

Play therapy can be especially helpful for children navigating anxiety, grief, trauma, family transitions, peer struggles, emotional dysregulation, social challenges, and neurodivergent needs.

Neurodivergent-Affirming Child and Teen Therapy

We support children and teens who are ADHD, autistic, AuDHD, gifted, twice-exceptional, highly sensitive, sensory-sensitive, or otherwise neurodivergent. Our work is not focused on masking, compliance, or changing who a child is. Instead, we help children and families better understand nervous system needs, emotional intensity, sensory experiences, executive functioning challenges, communication styles, and strengths.

Therapy may support emotional regulation, self-advocacy, confidence, flexible coping, parent understanding, and environments that help children feel safer and more fully themselves.

Children heal and grow within relationships. Family therapy and parenting support can help strengthen communication, deepen understanding, and create more secure, connected patterns within the family system.

Parents often come to therapy feeling worried, exhausted, confused, or unsure how to respond to their child’s emotions or behavior. Parenting support offers space to better understand what may be happening underneath the surface while building practical and compassionate ways to support your child.

Family therapy and parenting support may help with communication, conflict, co-regulation, attachment, emotional safety, transitions, repair, and strengthening the parent-child relationship.

Supporting the Whole Child and Family

At The Art of Healing, we understand that every child and family has a unique story. We consider the whole child, including emotions, relationships, identity, development, nervous system, school experiences, family stressors, culture, strengths, and lived experience.

Our goal is to help children and teens feel more understood, more capable, and more connected. We also support parents and caregivers in feeling more grounded, confident, and equipped to respond with clarity and compassion.

Child, Teen, and Family Therapy in Edina and Online

The Art of Healing offers in-person therapy in Edina, Minnesota, and secure telehealth for clients located in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and California. Our experienced, licensed mental health providers offer compassionate support for children, teens, parents, and families navigating anxiety, ADHD, neurodivergence, grief, trauma, school stress, emotional regulation, family transitions, and relationship challenges.

Contact us to learn more or schedule an appointment.