Many parents look for therapists because their child’s mental health is declining. Sometimes the visible diagnosis (e.g., autism, ADHD) doesn’t capture how the child actually receives, processes, understands, or shows distress. A child might be ‘labelled’ but still struggle with: understanding spoken instructions (receptive language), finding words (expressive language), social back-and-forth (pragmatic skills), or sensory processing that changes how they perceive the world. These are needs from within not just labels and if they’re missed, the child can become anxious, withdrawn, oppositional, or shut down at school and home.