Understanding Separation Anxiety: Signs, Symptoms, and Support

Understanding Separation Anxiety: Signs, Symptoms, and Support

Separation anxiety can turn everyday goodbyes into overwhelming challenges for children and families. At Counseling Corner, our experienced child therapists specialize in compassionate, evidence-based treatments—including CBT, play therapy, and family counseling—to help children build resilience and confidence during transitions. Whether anxiety has appeared suddenly or grown over time, we're here to help restore calm, courage, and connection. Serving Orlando and all of Florida in person and online since 1998.

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A Guide to Preventing Childhood Obesity

A Guide to Preventing Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity is more than a weight issue—it’s an emotional, behavioral, and family-wide challenge. At The Counseling Corner, we empower parents with practical tools, expert strategies, and compassionate therapy to help children thrive physically and emotionally. From nutrition and movement to sleep, stress, and family routines, our guide supports real change—without shame. Whether your child struggles with emotional eating, low confidence, or unhealthy habits, our Orlando-based therapists are here to help your family grow stronger, together.

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Storms, Hurricanes, and Children

Storms, Hurricanes, and Children

Storms and hurricanes can deeply affect a child’s emotional well-being, often leading to fear, anxiety, or trauma. At Counseling Corner, we offer expert therapy and compassionate support to help children feel safe again—before, during, and after natural disasters. Whether your child is experiencing PTSD from a past storm or simply fearful of severe weather, our trauma-informed team uses evidence-based therapies like TF-CBT, EMDR, and ART to help them process, heal, and build emotional resilience. We walk with families through every season, restoring peace and safety—emotionally and physically.

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Childhood and Teen Abuse: Healing and Renewal Strategies

Childhood and Teen Abuse: Healing and Renewal Strategies

Abuse leaves lasting emotional scars—but it doesn’t have to define the future. At Counseling Corner, we offer compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for children, teens, and adult survivors. Whether you're seeking healing for yourself or your child, our team in Orlando specializes in evidence-based approaches like TF-CBT, EMDR, and ART to support lasting recovery. From rebuilding trust to restoring safety, we help clients find peace, strength, and hope—one step at a time.

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School Anxiety, Academic Struggles and School Refusal

School Anxiety, Academic Struggles and School Refusal

When school becomes a source of panic, tears, or emotional shutdown, your child may be dealing with more than just nerves. At The Counseling Corner, we specialize in helping children and teens overcome school anxiety, refusal, learning struggles, peer challenges, and emotional overwhelm. Through play therapy, CBT, family support, and school collaboration, we help students rebuild confidence, regulate emotions, and reconnect with the joy of learning—because every child deserves to feel safe, capable, and connected in the classroom and beyond.

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Adoptive Family Counseling: Support, Identity, and Hope

Adoptive Family Counseling: Support, Identity, and Hope

Adoption is a beautiful journey—but it comes with questions, emotions, and unique challenges. At The Counseling Corner, our adoption-competent therapists help children, teens, and parents navigate identity, attachment, grief, and connection. Whether you're wondering how to talk about adoption, supporting a child with trauma, or facing emotional struggles in the teen years, we offer compassionate, research-based counseling to help your family grow with confidence and clarity. You're not alone—we're here every step of the way.

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Children and Teen Stealing: Counseling and Parental Support

Children and Teen Stealing: Counseling and Parental Support

When a child or teen steals, it’s easy to panic—but the truth is, this behavior often signals an unmet emotional need, not a character flaw. Learn why kids steal, how to respond with compassion and clarity, and when to seek professional help. Our Orlando-based therapists are here to support you with expert insight and family-centered care.

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Problems At School and Resistance

Problems At School and Resistance

School and Work Problems: Navigating Challenges, Unlocking Potential
Struggling with focus, anxiety, or burnout at school or work? You’re not alone—and help is here. At Counseling Corner, we support children, teens, and adults facing learning challenges, ADHD, school refusal, procrastination, impostor syndrome, and workplace stress. Whether it’s a child avoiding school, a teen drowning in academic pressure, or an adult battling burnout, we offer targeted counseling that helps individuals regain clarity, motivation, and emotional resilience. Serving Orlando and Central Florida with in-person and virtual sessions, we help families and professionals break through obstacles and thrive.

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Chronic Medical Illness and Children

Chronic Medical Illness and Children

When a child is diagnosed with a chronic illness, it impacts more than just their physical health—it affects their confidence, friendships, school life, and emotional wellbeing. At The Counseling Corner, our licensed therapists provide compassionate therapy and coaching to help children, teens, and families build resilience, reduce stress, and find healing—emotionally and mentally. Whether your child is struggling with isolation, fear of treatment, or anxiety about the future, we’re here to walk with you every step of the way.

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Self-Injury Help for Parents

Self-Injury Help for Parents

Self-injury—often misunderstood and hidden—affects teens and adults alike. This compassionate guide from Counseling Corner explores why people self-harm, how to recognize the signs, and what evidence-based treatments help promote healing. With insights for families, practical tools, and therapy options like DBT and somatic experiencing, this article lights a path toward hope and recovery

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Managing Childhood Conduct Disorders

Managing Childhood Conduct Disorders

At The Counseling Corner, we provide expert, compassionate guidance for parents navigating childhood behavior challenges, including conduct problems, Conduct Disorder (CD), and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). Learn how to recognize serious behavioral patterns like aggression, rule-breaking, or persistent defiance—and take practical steps to create structure, improve communication, and strengthen your parent-child relationship. Our therapists specialize in proven methods such as CBT, PCIT, and trauma-informed care to support healing and growth. You don’t have to face these challenges alone—help is here.

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Relocations, Moves, and Children

Relocations, Moves, and Children

Relocation can be one of the most emotionally complex changes a child faces—especially when it's tied to grief, divorce, or major life upheaval. At The Counseling Corner, we help families navigate these transitions with compassion and evidence-based tools. Whether you're moving across town or across the globe, our team supports your child in processing change, maintaining connection, and building resilience. From cultural adjustment to post-divorce transitions, we're here to help your family grow stronger—wherever life takes you.

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Your Child Online

Your Child Online

Navigating the digital world with your child can feel overwhelming. At Counseling Corner, we offer a clear, compassionate guide to protecting your child from online threats—like cyberbullying, deepfakes, and excessive screen use—while also helping you model healthy digital habits. Learn practical strategies to ensure your child’s safety and emotional well-being in today’s ever-connected world.

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Your Child and Divorce

Your Child and Divorce

Divorce can feel like a tidal wave in a child’s life—sweeping away their sense of security and understanding. At The Counseling Corner, we offer compassionate, child-centered counseling to help kids and teens make sense of big changes, manage difficult emotions, and stay connected to both parents. We guide families through healing with age-appropriate therapy, emotional safety, and tools for expression. Because your child’s emotional future matters—let’s help them navigate it with care.

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Forgiveness and Reconciliation for Kids

Forgiveness and Reconciliation for Kids

Families don't just carry pain—they often carry it silently. At The Counseling Corner, we help parents and children confront the emotional weight of past hurts and begin a path toward true forgiveness, healing, and—when safe—reconciliation. Whether you’re struggling with guilt, resentment, broken trust, or deep family rifts, our therapists provide trauma-informed guidance rooted in proven models. Through counseling, families can learn to let go of bitterness, restore emotional bonds, and model compassion that empowers the next generation. Forgiveness is hard, but it’s also transformative—and it’s possible

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Grief, Loss and Kids

Grief, Loss and Kids

When children grieve, their sorrow doesn't always look like sadness—it may appear as silence, confusion, or sudden emotional storms. At The Counseling Corner, we offer gentle, expert support to help little hearts process the unimaginable. Whether a child has lost a parent, sibling, or grandparent, our trauma-informed therapists use play, art, and conversation to help families heal together. Grief doesn’t disappear—but with care, kids can grow through it, reclaim joy, and carry their loved one’s memory with peace and resilience.

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