My Approach to Helping
At the Child and Adult Behavior Center, we help both adults and children, as well as parents.
For adults, we help you find ways to cope with stress, anxiety, loss, and depression. Not only talking through and understanding, but also concrete "what to do about it" coping skills, lead to calmer, more stable emotions and relationships. We find cognitive behavioral therapy very useful, and within that, learning the skills of mindfulness, a form of in-the-moment meditative thinking, to calm and focus the mind when emotions overtake. This fosters a new way of viewing and handling stressful situations as they arise.
For children's therapy, we work with you and with your child. Parents' feedback is a critical part of helping children feel and do better. We help you with parent-child interactions to find your way as you navigate the seas of child behavior. Our specializations are the treatment for asperger's/autism, ADHD, oppositional defiance, obsessive compulsion, emotional self-regulation, the behavioral and emotional aspects of sensory issues, anxiety, and depression. Our special programs also treat a wide range of neuroatypical, developmentally challenged children. Neurotypical parent-child relationships, family relations, and parenting issues for all children and teens are also our focus. We help you help your child with ideas and techniques to put into action. Ideas that can greatly reduce the stress and strain of being a parent in the trenches. Peace in the home is possible!