types of therapy and how to find the right fit
Therapy is available for children ages 2 and up, teens, young adults and their families.
What is CBT?
CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Therapies that use a Cognitive Behavioral approach are grounded in the theory that altering the child’s thoughts and behaviors leads to an improvement in functioning. CBT involves teaching the child concrete skills, and having the child practice these skills outside of session. CBT can be used to treat anxiety, depression, trauma, and other areas in which children, teens and young adults struggle
What is Evidence-Based Treatment?
Evidence-based treatments are therapies that have been developed through the use of research. If a type of therapy is called an Evidence Based Treatment it means that research has shown that the therapy is effective in treating the problem it was designed to address. Many Evidence-Based Treatments use a CBT approach, such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Coping Cat for Anxious Youth. Some use behavioral approaches such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), PCIT Adapted for Selective Mutism (PCIT-SM) and Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE)
What is Play Therapy?
Children often feel most comfortable communicating through play. Play based techniques can be employed in CBT, and play therapy can be used as its own way of helping a child work through stressors.
What is Behavior Management?
Behavior Management involves teaching parents or caregivers strategies for managing a child's behavior. These can be through the use of behavior charts, privilege loss, time out, rewards and more. Therapies such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) teach these skills hands on.
What is Family Therapy?
Family Therapy involves multiple family members attending sessions together to work on improving family functioning.
Who Can Consent to Therapy?
A legal guardian is able to consent for a child's services. In Florida when parents divorce there are many different agreements that may be made regarding custody and medical decision making. Many times one parent can consent to therapy, but that is largely with the stipulation that the other parent does not object. Our practice policy when there is shared legal custody is to verify that neither parent objects to services. When one parent has sole legal custody our practice policy is to request documentation that stipulates the custody arrangement.
What is the therapist's role?
The therapist's role is to assess the child or teen's needs, develop a treatment plan and support the child/teen/family in working toward those goals. We do not provide custody evaluations and we do not routinely make custody recommendations in this role.
What is CBT?
CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Therapies that use a Cognitive Behavioral approach are grounded in the theory that altering the child’s thoughts and behaviors leads to an improvement in functioning. CBT involves teaching the child concrete skills, and having the child practice these skills outside of session. CBT can be used to treat anxiety, depression, trauma, and other areas in which children, teens and young adults struggle
What is Evidence-Based Treatment?
Evidence-based treatments are therapies that have been developed through the use of research. If a type of therapy is called an Evidence Based Treatment it means that research has shown that the therapy is effective in treating the problem it was designed to address. Many Evidence-Based Treatments use a CBT approach, such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Coping Cat for Anxious Youth. Some use behavioral approaches such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), PCIT Adapted for Selective Mutism (PCIT-SM) and Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE)
What is Play Therapy?
Children often feel most comfortable communicating through play. Play based techniques can be employed in CBT, and play therapy can be used as its own way of helping a child work through stressors.
What is Behavior Management?
Behavior Management involves teaching parents or caregivers strategies for managing a child's behavior. These can be through the use of behavior charts, privilege loss, time out, rewards and more. Therapies such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) teach these skills hands on.
What is Family Therapy?
Family Therapy involves multiple family members attending sessions together to work on improving family functioning.
Who Can Consent to Therapy?
A legal guardian is able to consent for a child's services. In Florida when parents divorce there are many different agreements that may be made regarding custody and medical decision making. Many times one parent can consent to therapy, but that is largely with the stipulation that the other parent does not object. Our practice policy when there is shared legal custody is to verify that neither parent objects to services. When one parent has sole legal custody our practice policy is to request documentation that stipulates the custody arrangement.
What is the therapist's role?
The therapist's role is to assess the child or teen's needs, develop a treatment plan and support the child/teen/family in working toward those goals. We do not provide custody evaluations and we do not routinely make custody recommendations in this role.