Anxiety disorders are a huge concern in college.

Stress disorders, self-harm, overwhelm and depression all become big concerns in college due to a couple of different factors: age, brain development, and the stress and independence that go hand in hand with starting college.

And rather than you being able to monitor any big changes in your student, you’re not there.

You only hear and know as much as they want to tell you. Whether you have serious concerns, or you just feel like you’re out of the loop, it’s tough to parent your college student and feel like you’re actually having an impact.

Parents will often reach out to me about their new college students, sharing concerns like:

• My college student never calls!

• I’m worried my college student has anxiety and depression.

• I’m not sure if my college student can manage stress.

• Is my college student depressed/anxious/too angry/too overwhelmed?

• And the ultimate concern: I don’t know how to help my college student deal with everything that’s going on.

It’s tough to figure out how to parent and deal with these concerns when your student no longer lives in your house. And even if you’ve noticed signs of anxiety in the past, the game plan can be so different when your child is in college vs. when they were at home.

So what can you do?

After 6 years of supporting anxious kids, teens, college students, and their parents, we check in with Kelsey about providing therapy in St. Louis!

“Parents are often aware that a divorce or separation will happen well before their children, so this will be brand new information for them to process.” Learn more about supporting anxious kids during divorce with Heather Barnett, MA, LPC, and Chief Program Officer at Kids In The Middle!

“When families work together with teachers and counselors, it makes a huge difference for their child.” Learn more about what Laura Griese, MS, has to say about school counselors, therapists and parents working together.

What is your fee for a 45-minute session and how is it calculated?

We work a bit differently here at Compassionate Counseling St. Louis and our process, schedule, and fees reflect that. Instead of working with dozens of kids each week in ongoing treatment, we focus on shorter term, focused work with a small group of clients.

Goal-oriented therapy:

Our goal is to get you (or your child) on track as quickly as possible with changes that maintain over time. We have a clear system for tracking progress that lets us know if we are progressing, if we are moving towards graduation, or if we need to change things up or refer out. Currently, our rates are $205 per 45-minute session. Some teens benefit from longer sessions, so we also offer a 70-minute option at times, which is at a rate of $307.50.

Yes, our fees are likely higher than you have found elsewhere.

And a big part of that is to make sure that our business can run as efficiently as possible, so that we can just focus on the kids, teens, and families we work with.

We provide specialized anxiety and anger management services, and we’re super comfortable with making sure that we’re getting you the targeted help you need - even if that means that we end up referring you out to another therapist.

Our biggest goal is helping you and your child feel better - so, our fee reflects those targeted services, the quality we provide, and all the background data analysis that goes into our counseling together.