Mental Health Therapy

Mental Health Therapy - Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is a general term for treating mental health problems by talking with a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health provider. During psychotherapy, you learn about your condition and your moods, feelings, thought and behaviors. Psychotherapy helps you learn how to take control of your life and respond to challenging situations with healthy coping skills.

Therapy Associates provides mental health psychotherapy to children, adolescents, parents, and families in a positive, supportive, solution-focused environment. Our mental health professionals utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as a foundation for treatment. CBT is a form of treatment that focuses on examining the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. With children, this work is done through play and talking. Our therapists strongly value the parent-child relationship and work to balance individual work with clients, while supporting family dynamics and relationships.

AREAS AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST CAN ADDRESS:

Gross Motor:

Assessment & treatment of upper extremity, strength, range of motion, motor imitation of large muscle movements and coordinated use of both sides of the body.

Fine Motor:

Assessment & treatment of the small muscle movements of the wrist and hand. This includes coordinated use of muscles for manipulating fasteners, use of tools such as pencils, crayons, scissors, forks and knives.

Sensory Processing:

Assessment & treatment of how a body receives, processes & responds to information in the environment. Therapists will develop strategies to improve responses to touch/sound/visual input, improve motor planning & body awareness; as well as strategies to facilitate increased self-awareness & self-regulation.

Self-Help Skills:

Therapists will address increasing independence in self-care skills such as dressing and teeth brushing. Our therapists may also develop strategies for increased attention to task, task initiation & completion, and transitions..

Feeding:

Our therapists will address increasing food tolerances and choices for the resistant eater. Please see Food School page with more information.

Stuttering:

The smoothness, speed, and rhyme of speech. Therapists will target strategies to becoming a fluent speaker, along with suggestions in creating an environment within the home to overcome stuttering.

Visual Perceptual Skills:

Therapists can assess & treat coordinated use of eyes & hands together for skills related to handwriting, copying patterns & shapes, completing puzzles and throwing/catching a ball.