Robert C. Van Siclen PhD LP is a Psychologist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include ADD and ADHD, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Depression, Developmental Disorders, Emotional Disturbance, Self Esteem, and Teen Violence. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
I am a Child Psychologist, not a “psychologist who works with children”. My training, internship, fellowships, and my entire career has been focused on children, adolescents, and their families. My patients know that I respect them, their ideas, and their feelings, no matter how young they are, no matter how disaffected. I especially like working with children with ADHD and those on the Autism Spectrum. I focus on helping them see the strengths in their nonstandard ways of being in the world, on how to cope with the expectations of the “normal” world, and how to succeed. Depression, anxiety, anger, and social isolation are not limited to adults. I would argue that these issues are, if anything, more intense for children and adolescents. Children can understand anything, can change anything, if it is presented to them consistent with their developmental level. And parents are the best therapists. I also see young adults who are having the 20-something version of developmental issues: Co