Child and Adolescent Therapy

A contained space for children and teens to express, regulate, and grow.

Children and adolescents often communicate distress through behaviour, play, withdrawal, emotional outbursts, or changes at school and home. Therapy creates a developmentally appropriate space where their experiences can be understood and supported.

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What this can support

  • Emotional outbursts, anxiety, withdrawal, or low mood

  • Identity, relationships, self-esteem, and emotional regulation in adolescence

  • School-related worries, friendship concerns, and adjustment difficulties

What to expect

For younger children, play-based methods support emotional processing and resilience. Adolescents are offered a respectful, contained space to explore identity, relationships, and the pressures they are carrying.

How therapy can help

A gentle process for children, teenagers, and families

What may bring you here

Children and adolescents may express distress through behaviour, play, changes in mood, school difficulties, withdrawal, or conflict at home. Therapy helps translate those signals into understanding and support.

The therapeutic focus

Cindy works in a way that is age-appropriate and collaborative, helping young clients feel safe enough to express themselves while also supporting caregivers with insight and next steps.

Common focus areas

Play-based emotional expression

Parent guidance where appropriate

Support for coping, regulation, and resilience

If this feels like the right kind of support, Cindy can be contacted by WhatsApp or email.

If this feels like the right kind of support, Cindy can be contacted by WhatsApp or email.

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A warm, trauma-informed counselling practice supporting children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families in Hartbeespoort and online.

A warm, trauma-informed counselling practice supporting children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families in Hartbeespoort and online.

© 2026 Cindy Baloyi Psychological Services. HPCSA-registered counselling practice.

© 2026 Cindy Baloyi Psychological Services. HPCSA-registered counselling practice.