Counseling, rather than medication, is the treatment of choice for separation anxiety disorder that is mild in severity. For children who either have not improved with counseling alone, suffer from more severe symptoms, have other emotional problems in addition to separation disorder, treatment should consist of a combination of approaches.
Nõustamine, mitte ravimeid, on ravi valik eraldatuse ärevus häire, mis on kerged. Lastele, kes kas ei ole paranenud nõustamise üksi, kannatavad raskemad sümptomid, on teised emotsionaalsed probleemid lisaks eraldamine häire, ravi peaks koosnema eri meetodeid kombineerida.