Evaluation and Treatment
After an initial meeting and completion of a diagnostic evaluation, we will agree upon a treatment plan that is realistic and designed to address your concerns. Treatment may include:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or “CBT” can be a powerful tool that involves retraining the brain to form new habits and helps with anxiety, depression, and stress.
Research suggests that CBT leads to significant improvement in day-to-day functioning and quality of life. It is based on the notion that psychological problems are, in part, caused by ineffective ways of thinking and learned patterns of unhelpful behavior. Through CBT, clients learn ways to change their thinking and behavior, challenge certain emotions, and solve problems differently.
Exposure Therapy
Exposure therapy has been shown to be an effective way to treat a number of anxiety disorders, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and specific phobias. It consists of slowly and safely experiencing the obsession or phobia so it no longer causes distress or interferes in one’s life.
Behavior Therapy
Behavior Therapy focuses on identifying and changing undesirable behavior. It’s based on the principle that behaviors are learned and can be changed. Techniques are taught to help improve unwanted behaviors of children and adolescents with oppositional-defiant behavior and other conduct problems. Behavior Therapy techniques can also be used to help children and adolescents with ADHD manage their inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
Accommodations and Structure
Accommodations and effective structure can be designed for children and adolescents with anxiety, depression, inattention and behavioral difficulties at home, at school, and during extracurricular activities.
Adults with anxiety, depression, and inattention can also learn to establish effective structure at work and at home.
Collaborative Problem Solving and Communication Techniques
Collaborative problem solving and communication techniques are taught to parents to use with their children and teenagers as a way to decrease conflict and acting out. Parents learn ways to help their children generate and evaluate a variety of solutions to problems they face. Children and teens learn how to get “unstuck” from entrenched thinking and challenging behavior. Both parents and kids learn how to more effectively communicate their feelings within the family.