Category: Mental Health

Pediatric Mental Health: Identifying Signs of Stress and Anxiety

Many young couples today have made the decision not to have any children. If you ask them their reasons, they will tell you they don’t want to bring children into a world with turmoil, hate, and uncertainty about their future. After years of living through COVID, now there is war and economic stress which certainly filters down to the kids. Unless you cut your children off from all social media and news, it is going to affect them. Now is the right time for promoting pediatric mental health and learning how to identify signs of stress and anxiety.

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Offering Mental Health for Children and Families: Stacy Peterson, LCSW

Beginning in 2024, Petite Pediatrics will begin offering a new, vanguard program we are ecstatic about. Through our social and emotional service line, we will be able to offer psychotherapy and supportive service for our patients. Recognizing the state of the times, and the surge of mental health needs for children and families in the past three years, we want to offer a holistic approach to medicine and expand our practice in this exciting integrative way.

We know navigating care for children with social and emotional needs is an investment of your time, your own mental energy, and impacts the whole family. We are here to help!child in counseling.

Our program will include:

  • perinatal services for new and expectant mothers
  • parent education
  • family therapy
  • counseling for children
  • help with care coordination.

Stacy Peterson, LCSW, will begin leading this program and will have limited slots open to meet with our patients.

Are you interested?

Sign up fast so you can secure your spot with this amazing expert leader, specialized in perinatal mental health, family wellness, and advocacy for children in our community. Members can secure their access to this service by contacting our office. We expect volume and demand to grow, and trust that with Stacy at the lead we will be able to expand this program as needed to meet your needs.

Another exciting update!

Petite Pediatrics will also partner a local nonprofit, Daisy Drake, to offer scholarship care to community members who can’t afford the costs of the direct patient care model. We are invested in equity and making an impact.

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