Glen Rock, NJ
Children's anxiety and the parents working to support them is our focus. Not one of many things we do. It is what we do.
Years Experience
Conditions Treated
Evidence-Based
Parent Protocol
Years Experience
Conditions Treated
Evidence-Based
Parent Protocol
No Waitlist
Years Experience
Telehealth NJ and NY
Our Focus
Your child is struggling and you are not sure what you are dealing with or who to call. Maybe you have already tried a few things that have not worked. Maybe you have been watching this get worse and you are done waiting to see if it gets better on its own.
Aspire Psychological Group is a specialty child and family psychology practice based in Bergen County, NJ. Children’s anxiety and the parents working to support them is our focus. Not one of many things we do. It is what we do.
We see families in person in Glen Rock and throughout Bergen County, including Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Fair Lawn, Paramus, and Hawthorne. We offer telehealth for families anywhere in New Jersey and New York.
Serving Glen Rock families and all of Bergen County
About Glen Rock Families
Glen Rock is one of Bergen County’s most tightly knit communities. It is a small borough where people know their neighbors, where kids grow up in the same circle from elementary school through graduation, and where there is a genuine community investment in how children develop.
That closeness is a real asset. It can also create pressure that is hard for children to articulate. The social stakes feel higher when everyone knows everyone. Performance at school, on the field, at a piano recital: all of it happens in front of the same audience a child sees every day. Some kids carry that weight without anyone realizing it.
Glen Rock is also one of the more educationally engaged communities in Bergen County. Parents here read, research, and ask good questions. They come to us not just looking for someone to work with their child, but for a real clinical partner who can explain what is happening and why, and who can work alongside them rather than just reporting in from behind a closed door.
That is exactly how we work. Parent involvement is not an add-on at Aspire. It is a clinical requirement. What we do within the session and what you do at home are designed to work together. We coordinate directly with schools in Glen Rock and with any pediatricians or prescribers involved. The goal is a unified plan, not separate tracks.
What We Treat
Childhood anxiety looks different in every child. We specialize in comprehensive, evidence-based treatment for the full range of childhood anxiety disorders.
Constant worry that jumps from topic to topic and never really turns off.
Intense fear of judgment, embarrassment, or humiliation in social situations.
A child who speaks normally at home but cannot get words out at school or in public.
Intrusive thoughts paired with compulsive behaviors or rituals the child feels driven to perform.
Intense, disproportionate fear of specific things like vomiting, dogs, needles, or choking.
Excessive fear about being apart from parents or caregivers.
Refusing or struggling to attend school due to anxiety, not defiance.
Sudden episodes of intense physical fear that feel overwhelming and come out of nowhere.
Our Services
Kids do not walk in and say “I have anxiety.” They say their stomach hurts every Sunday night. They freeze completely when a teacher calls on them. They refuse to go to a birthday party even though they wanted to go. They develop rituals that have to be done exactly right or the whole morning falls apart. Our child therapists in Glen Rock know how to read those signals and understand what is actually driving them.
We use evidence-based treatments including CBT and SPACE, including Parent Management Training (PMT) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and we look at the full picture, including what is happening at school, at home, and with any other providers involved in your child’s care. Treatment is structured, goal-directed, and built around getting your child to a place where they no longer need us. We also work closely with you as the parent throughout, because you are not a bystander in your child’s treatment. You are a key part of it.
Our ADHD therapist in Glen Rock helps children build structure, manage impulsivity, and develop daily habits that actually work for them. We coordinate with parents and schools when appropriate so the support your child gets is consistent across every part of their life.
Trauma in children rarely looks the way parents expect. It shows up as irritability, nightmares, clinginess, or behavioral changes that seem to come out of nowhere. Our PTSD therapist in Glen Rock provides trauma-informed, evidence-based care to help children process difficult experiences and rebuild their sense of safety at their own pace.
When your child is struggling with anxiety or another mental health challenge, parenting them requires a different playbook. What works for other kids often backfires. You may be accommodating their anxiety without realizing it, or you may be pushing too hard and watching them shut down further.
Our parenting work in Glen Rock is clinical parent training grounded in evidence-based approaches including SPACE, Parent Management Training (PMT), and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). We teach parents how to understand what their child is experiencing, how to respond to anxiety in ways that help rather than maintain it, and how to set limits that actually move things forward. You will leave each session with concrete strategies to use at home right away. And what we work on with you is coordinated directly with what we are doing in the child’s sessions, so the whole treatment is pulling in the same direction.
We also work with adults dealing with anxiety disorders and depression. While child and family care is our specialty, we provide individual therapy for adults who are navigating these challenges, including parents and caregivers managing their own mental health alongside supporting a struggling child.
Our Approach
A lot of practices offer therapy. What we offer is something more specific than that. Every child who comes to Aspire Psychological Group gets a comprehensive, structured approach built around their particular situation, not a generic treatment template.
We start by looking at the full picture. That means understanding what is happening at school, what is happening at home, what the medical history looks like, what other providers are involved, and exactly how anxiety or the presenting challenge is showing up across every part of your child’s life. We do not just treat symptoms in a room once a week. We want to understand the whole child.
From there we build a focused, goal-directed treatment plan using the most effective evidence-based approaches available, primarily Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), including Parent Management Training (PMT) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), along with other methods matched to your child’s specific presentation. Every session has a purpose. We are always working toward something concrete, and we keep termination in sight from the beginning because the goal is not indefinite therapy. It is real, lasting improvement so your child can get back to being a kid.
We are also genuinely collaborative. We do not work in isolation. If your child’s school is involved, we talk to them. If there is a pediatrician or prescriber in the picture, we coordinate with them. Everyone who is part of your child’s care is part of the conversation, because that kind of coordinated support produces better outcomes than any one provider working alone.
We talk about what you are seeing and whether we are the right fit.
School, home, medical history, and every provider involved.
Goal-directed, built around your child, not a template.
The goal is your child getting back to being a kid.
Why Families Choose Us
Specialty practice focused on children, adolescents, and their families
Evidence-based treatment including CBT, SPACE, PMT, and PCIT
Comprehensive assessment covering school, home, medical, and all providers involved
Active collaboration with schools, pediatricians, and prescribers
Structured, goal-directed treatment with termination built into the plan from the start
Over two decades of clinical experience in pediatric anxiety and child mental health
Secure telehealth sessions available throughout New Jersey and New York
Serving Glen Rock, Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Fair Lawn, Paramus, and Hawthorne
What Parents Say
"What I noticed first was my son's steady progress. Small things, then bigger things. Week by week I could see him handling situations that used to stop him cold. That did not happen by accident."
H.G. — Bergen County Parent
Common Questions
Yes. Pediatric anxiety in all its forms is our primary focus, including generalized anxiety, social anxiety, OCD, selective mutism, specific phobias, separation anxiety, school refusal, and panic disorder. Our child therapists in Glen Rock use evidence-based approaches including CBT, SPACE, PMT, and PCIT tailored to each child’s specific presentation.
We work with children as young as 8 years old. We begin with a thorough evaluation that looks at the full picture, including school, home, and any other providers involved, before building a focused treatment plan.
Yes. We actively collaborate with schools, pediatricians, and any prescribers involved in your child’s care. Coordinated support across all providers produces better outcomes, and we make that collaboration a standard part of how we work.
Aspire Psychological Group is a private-pay practice. We do not bill insurance directly. Many families are able to use out-of-network benefits to offset the cost of care, and we are happy to provide documentation to support reimbursement requests.
Yes. Glen Rock residents can access our full range of therapy services through secure, HIPAA-compliant video sessions from home.
Our parenting work is clinical parent training grounded in evidence-based approaches including SPACE, PMT, and PCIT. Sessions focus on understanding your child’s anxiety and learning how to respond in ways that help rather than maintain it. You leave with concrete strategies you can use right away, coordinated with what we are doing in your child’s sessions.
Yes. We serve families in Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Fair Lawn, Paramus, Hawthorne, and surrounding communities. Telehealth extends our reach to families anywhere in New Jersey and New York.
If your child is struggling, the sooner you get the right support in place the better. Aspire Psychological Group serves families throughout Glen Rock and Bergen County. Contact us today to schedule a consultation.
Private-pay practice. Many families offset costs through out-of-network reimbursement. We provide all documentation needed.
