Child and Adolescent Psychology
What does this specialty do?
The Child and Adolescent Psychology Service of the Fundación Valle del Lili It is staffed by professionals specializing in the care, diagnosis, and treatment of emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and relational disorders in patients under 18 years of age. Care is tailored to each stage of development—infancy, childhood, and adolescence—allowing for the differentiation of growth milestones from mental disorders and the establishment of therapeutic goals that meet the needs of the patient and their family.
Diseases it treats
The service addresses alterations in social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral functioning, as well as mental disorders diagnosed in childhood and adolescence, including:
- Coping with changes associated with the developmental stage
- Grief due to loss, life changes, or illness
- Emotional support in situations of psychosocial risk
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Mood disorders
- Behavioral disorders
- Eating disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Adjustment disorders
Procedures and treatments
The Child and Adolescent Psychology service offers comprehensive and personalized care that includes:
- Initial clinical assessment process
- Interview with parents or caregivers
- Psychological assessment sessions with the patient
- Feedback to the family with a diagnostic impression
- Definition of therapeutic objectives
- Psychoeducation for the patient and their family
- Individual, family or group psychotherapy
- Interdisciplinary care with other pediatric specialties
- Monitoring and adjustment of the therapeutic plan according to evolution
The frequency of sessions is defined according to the clinical assessment, the patient's needs, and the therapeutic objectives.
Therapy can be carried out from different approaches, depending on each case:
- Psychodynamic approach
- Cognitive-behavioral approach
- Systemic approach
Techniques such as play therapy, narrative therapy, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and other specialized psychotherapeutic resources are used.
Subspecialties
- Child and adolescent psychology with a psychodynamic approach
- Child and adolescent psychology with a cognitive-behavioral approach
- Family therapy
- Pediatric Neuropsychology
- Pediatric psychiatry
- pediatric neurology
- Phonoaudiology
- Occupational Therapy
- Nutrition
- pediatric endocrinology
- Pediatric gastroenterology
- specialized programs:
- Eating Disorders Clinic
- Autism Clinic
- Myelodysplasia Board
- Cochlear Implant Board
- Pediatric Palliative Care
Schedule an appointment
Request your appointment with the specialists in child and adolescent psychology.
Contact
Call us: (+57) 602 331 9090 ext. 7121
