Child therapist in Boston area?

May 24, 2013 10:30 AM

My husband of sixteen years and I are going through an amicable divorce. Our six-year old son seemed to be dealing with it very well for the past year but now we're about to sell the family home he seems to have broken down, resorting to mild self-harm and not eating, saying he hates himself because he is stupid. The school psychologist has suggested he might benefit from seeing a therapist. Can you recommend someone great, ideally in Somerville or Cambridge? Throwaway email: [e-mail]
posted by anonymous to Health & Fitness (4 answers total)

Ask a moderator to post your throwaway email address. In the meantime, if you'd like to MeMail me, I can offer a couple names that aren't in either Somerville or Cambridge but are reasonably close. I would also trust either name to give you a secondary referral to someone who is in Somerville or Cambridge.
posted by cribcage at 10:41 AM on May 24, 2013

Stephanie Erber with Harvard Vanguard in Harvard Square.
posted by mkb at 11:00 AM on May 24, 2013

I know parents who greatly benefitted from the services provided at the Boston University Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. They do testing, CBT, DBT and talk therapy with kids (and adults); sliding scale, easy T ride to Kenmore.

Also highly recommended from professional experience are:

Dan Rosenn (practices in Wellesley but can point you to other providers if you want);
Lea Gardner-Elkin (Lexington).

I've heard good things about Cambridge Child and Family Counseling in Somerville.

I've worked with many therapists over the years in my capacity as a sped teacher, and if you have a list of names, I'd be happy to ask my colleagues if there's anyone who jumps out, both negatively and positively.
posted by kinetic at 12:01 PM on May 24, 2013

You might try Mark D'Avila, who has a practice in Central Square in Cambridge. I think he specialises more in adolescents than children, but I'm sure he could make a good recommendation if he thought he was not a fit for your child's needs.
posted by amusebuche at 11:20 PM on May 24, 2013