Counseling Services
Pediatric Counseling Services in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, and Stafford, VA
Children’s Mental Health Specialist in Fredericksburg, VA
At The Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg, we understand the importance of emotional and behavioral well-being in a child’s overall health. Our Behavior & Mental Health Unit provides a compassionate and supportive environment where children and adolescents can receive the care they need. From navigating life’s challenges to addressing specific mental health concerns, our team is here to help each child build a foundation for a healthy, fulfilling future.
Our approach to children’s mental health integrates medical and behavioral health services, allowing us to provide seamless, holistic care. We believe that every child deserves access to high-quality mental health services in a setting that feels safe, supportive, and tailored to their unique needs.
Meet Our Expert Mental Health Team
At The Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg, we understand the importance of emotional and behavioral well-being in a child’s overall health. Our Behavior & Mental Health Unit provides a compassionate and supportive environment where children and adolescents can receive the care they need. From navigating life’s challenges to addressing specific mental health concerns, our team is here to help each child build a foundation for a healthy, fulfilling future.
Our approach to children’s mental health integrates medical and behavioral health services, allowing us to provide seamless, holistic care. We believe that every child deserves access to high-quality mental health services in a setting that feels safe, supportive, and tailored to their unique needs.
Play Therapy
Designed for younger children, play therapy allows kids to express thoughts and emotions through play, a natural medium for them. Our play therapy sessions help children feel comfortable and engaged while addressing emotional and behavioral concerns.
Creative Art Therapy
Art therapy taps into a child’s creativity as a means of expression, offering a way to communicate feelings that may be difficult to verbalize. This approach is particularly effective for children who feel more comfortable expressing themselves through creative outlets rather than words.
Individual and Family Counseling
Whether through one-on-one sessions or family-centered therapy, our counselors work collaboratively to address behavioral, emotional, and family dynamics that may impact a child’s mental health.
Our interdisciplinary approach ensures that each child receives individualized care, and we emphasize family involvement throughout the process. Families are invited to participate in sessions, discuss progress, and gain strategies to support their child’s well-being at home.
Integrated Medical and Behavioral Health Care
Our unique integrated model allows us to provide physical and mental health services in a cohesive care plan. At The Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg, we recognize that children’s mental health is closely connected to their physical health. This integrated approach allows us to address both aspects comprehensively, fostering better outcomes and a more supportive experience for each child and family.
In cases where a child’s physical health may impact their mental well-being—or vice versa—our team collaborates closely to develop a holistic treatment plan. This approach also allows us to coordinate primary care check-ups, nutritional support, and any necessary medical interventions alongside mental health counseling.
Addressing a Wide Range of Mental Health Needs
Our clinic is equipped to support children and adolescents with a variety of emotional and behavioral health needs, including:
Anxiety Disorders
From generalized anxiety to social anxiety, we help children understand and manage feelings of worry and fear, building coping strategies and confidence.
Trauma and Grief Counseling
Children who have experienced traumatic events or significant loss benefit from therapy that allows them to process emotions in a safe environment, helping them heal and build coping skills.
Depression and Mood Disorders
Our counselors work with children and teens experiencing depression, mood swings, or feelings of sadness, using tailored therapy to build resilience and improve mood.
Self-Esteem and Social Skills Development
Our team supports children in building self-confidence, improving communication, and developing the skills needed to form healthy relationships with peers.
ADHD and Behavioral Challenges
We offer specialized support for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other behavioral conditions, helping children learn skills for focus, self-control, and positive behavior management.
By tailoring our approach to each child, we ensure that they receive the type of care and level of support that best suits their needs.
Our Approach:
Building a Path to Well-Being
We recognize that mental health support involves both the child and their family. At The Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg, our approach is child-centered and family-inclusive. This means involving parents or guardians in the therapeutic process and offering guidance and strategies for supporting their child’s progress at home.
Our sessions are designed to be welcoming and engaging. We use methods like games, activities, and creative exercises to help children feel comfortable. These methods help our counselors build trust and establish a strong therapeutic relationship, essential for effective treatment.
We are the Top Pediatric Doctors in Fredericksburg, VA
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Accessible, Trusted Care Pediatric Mental Health Care in Fredericksburg
Our clinic is conveniently located to serve families in Fredericksburg and surrounding counties. We provide trusted children’s mental health services under one roof. We aim to make the process as accessible and comfortable as possible, offering flexible scheduling and a welcoming environment.
We encourage you to contact our team if you are concerned about your child’s emotional or behavioral health. We’re here to answer questions, discuss options, and help guide your child toward well-being and resilience.
Why Choose Us
Integrated Healthcare
We offer general and urgent medical care with mental and behavioral health services integrated into our practice including, but not limited to, multidimensional mental health assessments, and individual, group, and family therapy.
The Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg evaluates and provides treatment and care along your child’s entire range of physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs with our experienced team of physicians, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, expressive therapists, social workers, and dietitians.
Partnered Care
Although the focus of treatment will be on your child, parents will be expected to participate in family therapy.
Parents and guardians are critically important in improving outcomes in their child’s treatment and life.
We need you!
Care Coordination
The Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg believes that care coordination is vital to any healthcare practice.
It allows us to connect and support your prescribing physician and other allied health professionals such as asthma and allergy professionals, dental, ophthalmology, radiology, etc. to ensure a seamless continuum of care.
Our method eliminates the need for stressful medical transfers and gives you some sense of control over your healthcare.
Who We Serve
Children, Adolescents & Adults/Caregivers ages 5+
The Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg is a fully integrated medical and behavioral health clinic that specializes in the physical and mental health care of children, adolescents and parents/caregivers.
As a primary and urgent healthcare provider, our philosophy and practice is to intervene as early as possible to identify any medical or behavioral health condition before it becomes a problem.
Sometimes patients come to us, and medical and/or behavioral health conditions are already present. At other times, patients are referred to us that are already in crisis and require hospitalization or a patient may be ready to discharge from a hospital or treatment center.
No matter what your child’s condition, The Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg’s goal is to provide each patient with the medical and behavioral health treatment and supports necessary to maintain themselves in their homes, schools and communities, so that they may live healthy and satisfying lives.
Our Reviews
I brought my brother to The Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg, and the experience was outstanding!
Noor A.
This level of professionalism, paired with such genuine care, is rare to find. We are so grateful!
Shoja M.
I appreciate Dr. Johnson's gentle mannerism and understanding. His outstanding bedside manners along with his many years of experience have my husband and I feeling more confident regarding the care our baby is receiving.
Sun S.
We had an outstanding experience at the Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg with both Dr. Blake Johanson and NP Amanda. From the moment we arrived for our son’s strep test, the entire team made us feel welcomed and cared for.
Farhad M.
This office is truly exceptional! From the moment you walk in, you’re greeted by friendly staff who go above and beyond to make you feel welcome. I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with several providers here, and each one brings something unique and wonderful to the table.
Spaisalay M.
Behavioral and Mental Health
Conditions We Treat
Treatments & Services
At The Children’s Clinic of Fredericksburg, our practitioners treat a multitude of conditions that are listed below. If you do not see your situation here, please call and consult with us. If we can't help, perhaps we can suggest someone who can.
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Anxiety and panic
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Depression
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Stress
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Trauma
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Loss and grieving
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Relationship difficulties
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Difficulty following rules and respecting others
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Hopelessness, helplessness
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Bullying
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Problems concentrating, paying attention, or are easily distracted
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Emotional regulation and distress tolerance
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Academic struggles
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Child behavior
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Adjustment to parental divorce, separation
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Performance in academics, sports, and other life areas
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Multidimensional mental health assessment
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Patient-centered treatment plan
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Individual therapy
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Family therapy
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Group therapy
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Play therapy
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Cognitive behavior therapy
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Dialectical behavior therapy
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Mindfulness
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Crisis stabilization
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Alcohol and drug assessment, intervention and resource referral for treatment
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Care coordination with physicians, psychiatrist, dental, and other allied health professionals. Additionally, we collaborate with schools, courts and criminal justice systems, community service boards, departments of social services, employers, etc.