Child Psychologist in Addison/North Dallas
Child Psychologist in Dallas offering compassionate, personalized care for kids and teens. Visit our Addison office to start your child’s care journey today.
If you searched “child psychologist Dallas,” you’re probably after someone your kid can talk to week after week, not a one-time testing appointment. That’s the kind of ongoing support Mosaic Way Counseling – Addison/North Dallas offers. Dual-career families along the Preston Road corridor near Addison Circle and the Galleria often need evening slots or flexible hours for the kids and for themselves. That reality shapes how we schedule.
This page walks through the child psychologist services at our Addison/North Dallas office, from child and teen therapy through trauma, grief, and couples support. Read through each one below and see what fits your family, then reach out to set up an intake session. Our Addison office opened July 10, 2026 on Preston Road, minutes from Addison Circle and the Galleria, with a wheelchair-accessible entrance, parking, and restroom.
Practice Director Hannah Bridges, MA, LPC, NCC, EMDR-Trained, leads the office. Our clinicians carry manageable caseloads and complete advanced trauma and EMDR training. That means you can match your child, your teen, or yourself with the right service instead of guessing.
Contact us to schedule an intake session with a licensed clinician.
Child Therapist Sessions Build Coping Skills at Home and School
Maybe your child’s teacher mentioned a change in behavior. Maybe your 9-year-old has started melting down over homework that used to be no big deal. If your child is roughly 5 to 12 and something feels off, a child therapist is usually the right first call. A clinician works one-on-one with your child using talk therapy suited to their age, and checks in with you regularly. You won’t be left guessing how things are going.
Requests for child therapy in North Dallas tend to climb at the start of the school year and again around exam periods. New classrooms, new social groups, testing pressure – it all lands at once.
Child Therapist uses talk-based methods across the general childhood age range. If your child is younger and struggles to put feelings into words, Play Therapist below uses play-based methods instead. Once your child hits the teen years, Teen Therapist shifts focus to what comes with adolescence.
Teen Therapist Care Addresses Identity and Peer Pressure
Teenagers carry a different kind of weight than younger kids. Identity questions, peer pressure, social media comparison, and school stress pile on all at once, especially in the high-achievement school culture common across North Dallas.
If your teen is 13 to 18 and seems withdrawn, irritable, or overwhelmed, a teen therapist works through that with talk therapy built for adolescent development.
Family sessions are available too, for when communication at home has broken down and everyone needs a neutral space to sort things out.
The split from Child Therapist above isn’t about method. It’s about age and stage. Teen Therapist covers the identity and social pressure issues that come with adolescence.
Child Therapist covers what shows up in the younger years. Picking between the two usually comes down to your child’s age more than anything else.
Child Therapist Sessions Build Coping Skills at Home and School
Some kids just don’t have the words yet. A 4-year-old who’s suddenly clingy, or a 7-year-old who acts out but can’t explain why, needs something other than sitting and talking about feelings. That’s where play therapy comes in.
Our clinicians trained in RPT, RPT-S, or CCPT use toys and art materials so kids ages 2 to 10 can process what’s going on through play instead of conversation. For the youngest kids, ages 2 to 7, PCIT is also available.
A few signs play therapy might fit your child:
- Big emotional reactions that seem out of proportion to the situation
- Trouble naming or describing feelings
- Regression in behavior, like tantrums or clinginess that had already faded
- Withdrawal after a family change, like a move or a new sibling
Play Therapist is a specific play-based modality, not the broader child therapy category described above. Child Therapist covers talk-based approaches across a wider age range. Play therapy fits better when your child simply isn’t ready to talk it through yet.
Anxiety Therapist Support Targets Worry and Avoidance
What does anxiety look like day to day? Usually it’s constant worry, a racing mind at bedtime, or avoiding things that used to feel normal – school, sleepovers, new social situations. This shows up in kids, teens, and adults alike. It’s a frequent reason families reach out to us.
Our clinicians use CBT and ERP to build practical tools for daily worry and panic responses. The goal isn’t to erase every worried thought. It’s to give your child, your teen, or you a way to respond to worry instead of getting stuck in it.
Anxiety-focused care centers on worry, panic, and avoidance. Depression Therapist, covered further down, centers on low mood and low energy instead. Some clients deal with both, and that’s fine. Your intake session sorts out which pattern is driving things most.
Trauma Therapist Care Draws on Multiple Treatment Methods
Trauma doesn’t look the same in every person. Treating it shouldn’t either. A child who witnessed a car accident needs something different than a teen processing a difficult home situation, or an adult carrying the weight of military service. Trauma therapist care covers all of that.
Our clinicians are trained in TF-CBT, CPT, PE, and Somatic Experiencing. They choose the method that fits the person’s history and age rather than forcing one approach on everyone.
Mosaic Way Counseling has experience supporting veteran, active-duty, and military families here in North Dallas (a good number of service members and their families live along this corridor, which matters more than people realize).
Trauma Therapist is the broad specialty covering several treatment methods. EMDR Therapist, right below, is one specific technique inside that broader specialty. If you already know you want EMDR by name, skip ahead. If you’re not sure which approach fits, trauma therapist care is the place to start that conversation.
EMDR Therapist Sessions Follow a Structured Trauma Method
Some clients come to us already knowing exactly what they want: EMDR. It’s a structured method for processing traumatic memories, and it’s become well-known enough that people search for it by name.
Every clinician here is EMDR-trained. Sessions move through the method’s set phases at your pace. Not on a fixed timeline that ignores where you are.
EMDR Therapist is one named technique inside the broader trauma therapy specialty described above. It’s the right pick when you already want this specific approach rather than a general trauma evaluation to figure out which method fits.
Depression Therapist Care Addresses Mood and Low Energy
Low mood that won’t lift. Losing interest in things that used to feel good. Running on empty even after a full night’s sleep. These are the signs we hear about most from teens and adults dealing with depression, and they’re different from the worry-driven pattern anxiety usually brings.
Our clinicians use CBT and DBT to help rebuild routines, motivation, and coping skills over time. This isn’t a quick fix, and that’s the part people sometimes want to rush past. Steady, small progress tends to hold up better than a fast turnaround.
Depression therapy addresses a mood pattern that often has no single trigger. Grief Therapist, just below, addresses a mood shift tied to one specific loss. If you can point to the event that started it, grief therapy may be the closer fit.
Marriage Counselor Sessions Help Married Couples Reconnect
Married couples don’t usually show up in our office during a good stretch. It’s more often after months, sometimes years, of the same argument on repeat, or a big life transition that knocked things off balance, like a new baby or a job change.
Our clinicians trained in the Gottman Method and EFT help couples rebuild communication and work through conflict patterns that keep resurfacing. The work is practical. It’s less about assigning blame, more about changing how you two talk to each other.
Marriage Counselor serves couples who are legally married. If that’s not your situation, Relationship Counselor below covers any committed partnership, married or not. The distinction is about legal status, not how serious or long-term the relationship is.
Grief Therapist Sessions Support Families After a Loss
A death in the family. A divorce. The loss of a pet, a friendship, or a familiar routine after a move. Grief shows up after all kinds of loss, and it doesn’t follow a set timeline for anyone, child or adult.
A clinician helps you or your child process the loss at your own pace. For younger clients, that often means age-appropriate methods rather than sitting down for a straight conversation about what happened.
A few situations where grief therapy tends to help:
- A recent death of a parent, grandparent, sibling, or close friend
- A divorce or major family restructuring
- Loss of a pet, especially for younger children
- Grief that resurfaces around anniversaries or holidays
Grief Therapist is tied to a specific loss or bereavement event. Depression Therapist, covered above, addresses an ongoing mood pattern with no single clear cause. The line between the two isn’t always sharp. The intake conversation usually makes it clear pretty fast, though.
Relationship Counselor Sessions Support Any Committed Partnership
Not every couple working through conflict is married. That shouldn’t matter when it comes to getting help. Dating couples, engaged couples, and unmarried partners all deal with the same communication breakdowns and recurring arguments that married couples do.
Our clinicians trained in SYMBIS, Imago, and EFT shape sessions around wherever your relationship stands right now, whether you’re a few months in or years into a committed, unmarried partnership.
Relationship Counselor serves any committed relationship stage. Marriage Counselor, described above, specifically serves couples who are legally married. If you’re unsure which term fits your situation, that’s a fine thing to bring up on your first call. We’ll point you the right direction.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is your Addison office located, and is it accessible?
Our office sits on Preston Road, just minutes from Addison Circle and the Galleria. We built the space with a wheelchair-accessible entrance, accessible parking, and an accessible restroom. This location makes it easy for families across North Dallas and Addison to reach us without fighting traffic on Central Expressway. If you have mobility needs, let us know when you book so we can help you plan the visit.
What happens during a first appointment at Mosaic Way Counseling?
Your first visit is an intake session with a licensed clinician, not a full therapy hour. We talk through what’s going on with your child, teen, or yourself, and match you with the right type of care. Practice Director Hannah Bridges, MA, LPC, NCC, EMDR-Trained, leads our office and keeps caseloads manageable so you get real attention from day one.
How do I know if my child needs a child therapist or a play therapist?
It usually comes down to whether your child can talk about their feelings. If your 5 to 12-year-old can sit and talk through what’s bothering them, a child therapist is the better fit. If your child is younger, ages 2 to 10, or struggles to put emotions into words, play therapy reaches them through toys and art instead of conversation.
When should I take my teen to therapy instead of waiting it out?
Take your teen in once withdrawal, irritability, or overwhelm sticks around for more than a couple weeks. North Dallas’s high-achievement school culture piles identity questions, peer pressure, and academic stress on teens fast. A teen therapist works through that with sessions built for adolescent development, and family sessions are available if communication at home has broken down.
My child has both anxiety and low mood. Which service fits better?
Start with an intake session, since anxiety and depression often overlap and one clinician can sort out what’s driving things most. Anxiety-focused care targets worry, panic, and avoidance using CBT and ERP. Depression-focused care targets low mood and low energy instead. Many families deal with both at once, and that’s common, not unusual.
Do you offer evening appointments for busy families near Addison and North Dallas?
Yes, we build our schedule around dual-career families along the Preston Road corridor who need evening or flexible slots. We know parents are often juggling their own work hours with a child’s school day. Reach out and tell us your schedule constraints, and we’ll work to find a time that fits your family.
Start With a Free Consultation
A complimentary 30-minute consultation is your first step. No commitment. Just a conversation about what has been going on and whether Mosaic Way is the right fit.