Treatment of children, adolescents, adults, couples and families.
HOW WE CAN HELP
If you have concerns regarding the emotional well being of yourself or a loved one, you deserve to get the best care possible. We offer therapy with adults, children and adolescents around a variety of issues including:
Depression, Anxiety, behavioral disorders, anxiety disorders,
Bipolar, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Pain management
Parent training
Treatment of physical, verbal and sexual abuse victims
ADD/ADHD evaluations and treatment
Psychological Evaluations
Gifted and Learning Disorder evaluations
Adult Therapy
Therapy with adults involves help with identifying the stressors, developing a plan for coping with problems, and implementing a new approach so real change can occur.
Trauma Treatment
Trauma therapists use a wide range of techniques that help process the traumatic experience so that it no longer causes distress in everyday life. If you or a loved on is suffering from a past trauma, it is critical to find a therapist who is trained to work with trauma victims.
Child and Adolescent Therapy
During childhood there are many places where difficulties my emerge, such as within the family, finding and keeping friends, and mastering academics and athletics.
Therapy with children and their families can help find new ways to cope.
Helping children learn how to express their feelings appropriately is often a goal of therapy. in addition, therapy can help parents to learn to manage their children’s behavior.
Adolescence is often a conflictual time. The adolescent is attempting to establish his/her independence and going through body changes on a daily basis.
Helping teens through all of these adjustments is a great challenge and a trained and experienced therapist can help.
Psychological Evaluations
A psychological evaluations can answer many questions for children and adults.
Often children present for treatment with behavior problems, anxiety, depression, low self esteem, and/or school refusal. A thorough evaluation, including intelligence testing, achievement testing, and checklists for the child, parent, and teacher to complete, can uncover an underlying issue. Many times the child may be suffering from ADD/ADHD, a Learning Disability, or possibly Autism Spectrum Disorder.
In adults, psychological evaluations can help determine a proper diagnosis and assist providers with proper medication management and treatment.
How do I know if it is ADHD?
Not everyone who has problems paying attention has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Accurate diagnosis is crucial, because treatment for other difficulties are different from treatments for ADHD. The evaluation for ADHD should involve many sources, including: a clinical interview, behavior checklists, as well as the IVACPT, which is a computerized performance test. This test allows for a direct assessment of the person’s attention span.