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Why do people seek therapy?
- Anxiety: excessive worry and fears, chronic stress
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: easily distracted, poor focus and concentration, fidgety, excessive talking
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder: severe temper outburst, verbal and/or physical aggression
- Oppositional Defiant/Conduct Disorder: anger and irritability, non-compliance, threatening, bullying, intimidating, disregard for rules and boundaries
- Trauma: frequent nightmares, intrusive memories and flashbacks
- School-related behavior: suspensions, truancy, failing grades, comprehension
What are different types of therapy?
A-CRA: Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach is an evidence-based behavioral treatment for adolescents and young adults between ages 12–25 with substance use disorders.
CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is evidence-based talk therapy that helps identify helpful behaviors and learn new ways of coping.
DBT: Dialectical Behavior Therapy helps manage strong emotions, build positive relationships, and develop coping skills.
TF-CBT: Trauma-Focused CBT is a short-term therapeutic model designed to help children and adolescents overcome emotional and behavioral impacts of traumatic experiences.
EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing can help the brain process distressing memories that feel “stuck.”
What is Telehealth?
Telehealth (online therapy) is another form of convenient mental health care and is also part of home-based therapy. If a client feels they prefer telehealth, they can request it.
Sometimes clients choose a hybrid of home-based and telehealth. The bottom line is clinicians do what is most convenient and helpful to the client.
You don’t need a professional setup, but it’s ideal to have a quiet, private space where you feel comfortable discussing personal matters. It’s also helpful to minimize distractions so you can focus on the session.
Situational FAQ’s
My child wants to terminate treatment — how does this work? If anyone is unwilling to participate in treatment, clinicians will work to empower youth to engage, but ultimately it is the child’s choice to be involved.
How involved can I be in my child’s therapy? In individual therapy, parents can have updates on how things are progressing and have access to information excluding process recordings.
What does my elementary aged student do in therapy? Younger children utilize art or play therapy to help learn an emotional vocabulary and skills like the zones of regulation and coping skills.