Child and Adolescent Trauma Therapy | The Brannen Center

Child & Adolescent Trauma Therapy in Alpharetta, GA

Supporting Your Child's Nervous System Through Life’s Hardest Moments

It is incredibly painful to watch your child or teenager struggle. Maybe you have noticed sudden shifts in their behavior, intense emotional outbursts, sudden withdrawal from friends and activities, chronic school anxiety, perfectionism, or unexplainable physical complaints like frequent stomachaches and headaches. When young people experience traumatic events, chronic stress, or overwhelming life changes, they rarely have the words to say, "My nervous system feels unsafe." Instead, their trauma speaks through their behaviors and bodies.

Traditional talk therapy that requires kids or teens to sit on a couch and logically explain their feelings often falls short. At our Alpharetta clinic, we work with children and adolescents from a neurobiologically informed, compassionate perspective. We don't view your child as a "problem to be fixed." Instead, we work gently with their unique nervous system, utilizing specialized, evidence-based trauma models to help them safely process distressing events, build true emotional regulation, and return to the resilient, vibrant kids they are meant to be.

Our Approach to Youth Trauma & Healing: EMDR, DBT, ACT, and CBT

Led by our specialized child and adolescent clinician, our framework blends advanced trauma-informed tools with developmental sensitivity.

Preventive Trauma Intervention: We step in following critical incidents or acute stressors to process difficult events early using EMDR and other tools, preventing acute stress from hardening into long-term PTSD.

Trauma Processing Using EMDR: If your child has experienced trauma, big or small, we help them clear and release the emotions and physical sensations that may have gotten stuck due to that trauma. This includes treating things like abuse trauma, bullying, grief, medical trauma, discrimination, and many other types of trauma.

Actionable Self-Regulation & DBT Skills: We equip teens with concrete Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) tools. These practical, real-world skills allow them to self-regulate outside of sessions, helping them navigate peer pressure, school anxiety, and big emotions.

Somatic & Mind-Body Grounding: Because kids store stress deeply in their bodies, we teach them how to safely identify and track physical sensations, helping them release chronic anxiety or "freeze" states.

Collaborative Family Integration: We recognize that healing happens within a system. We partner closely with parents to provide insights and tools so you can confidently support your child’s emotional regulation and decompression at home.

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Frequently asked questions

What modalities do you use with children and teens?

We utilize a highly customized, developmentally appropriate blend of evidence-based trauma treatments, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills for emotional regulation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), ACT, somatic tracking for body-based anxiety, and trauma-informed parts work to help them understand their internal emotional system.

Do you offer after school appointments?

We do offer some late afternoon and evening appointments for children and teens. Reach out to us directly to inquire about our current after-school availability.

Where is your Alpharetta office located, and is there parking?

Our office is located at 12700 Century Drive, Suite E, Alpharetta, GA 30009. We are about 1 mile north of downtown Alpharetta, just off Main Street, and we feature free, private parking right in front of our suite for easy, stress-free arrivals.