Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety, substance use problems, and severe mental illness. Numerous research studies suggest that CBT leads to significant improvement in functioning and quality of life. CBT focuses on modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts by changing negative or irrational beliefs. Considered a "solutions-oriented" form of therapy, CBT rests on the idea that thoughts and perceptions influence behavior.

Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE) is a 6 session dyadic treatment program for families that are interested in improving caregiver-child relationships and are willing to learn new child behavior management strategies. It serves families with children ages 1 to 10 years and a wide range of caregivers can participate. The program is designed for children who have problems with disruptive and/or deviant behaviors, those who may have experienced a traumatic event, and those that may be adjusting to a new home. Each week the caregiver and child attend a 1 hour session in which the provider in with the family, uses a brief child behavior screener to address behaviors in the past week, does a 10 minute didactic of new skills, and then coaches the caregiver for 30 minutes live in the moment to use the new skills during play with the child. At the end of the session the provider assigns “Daily CARE” to the caregiver to use the skills during play with the child for 5 minutes every day.​

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a positive and intensive treatment program designed to help both parents and children. The program works with parents and children together to improve the quality of the parent-child relationship and to teach parents the necessary skills for managing children’s behavioral problems. PCIT has two main components: (1) Relationship Enhancement; and (2) Strategies to Improve Compliance. In the relationship enhancement component of the program, parents are taught and “coached” on how to decrease the negative aspects of their relationship with their children and then to develop consistently positive and supportive communication. In this compliance component of the program, parents are taught and “coached” the elements of effective discipline and child management skills. In both components of this program, parents are taught specific skills, and are given the opportunity to practice these skills during therapy until mastery is acquired and the child’s behavior is improved. PCIT is appropriate for children between the ages of 2-8 that are exhibiting chronic behavioral problems in the home, school, preschool, or day care settings.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT) has been evaluated and refined during the past 30 years to help children and adolescents recover after trauma. TF-CBT is a structured, short-term treatment model that effectively improves youth posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and a range of other trauma impacts including affective (e.g., depressive, anxiety), cognitive and behavioral problems, as well as improving the caregiver’s personal distress about the child’s traumatic experience, effective parenting skills, and supportive interactions with the child. Research documents that TF-CBT is effective for diverse, multiple and complex trauma experiences, for youth of different developmental levels, and across different cultures.​

​EMDR is an extensively researched and effective therapeutic model for those who have experienced trauma. EMDR works on the premise that our emotional well-being is tied to our physical state. Thus, EMDR employs a body-based therapy technical called bilaterial stimulation in which the therapist guides the individual through eye movements, taps, or tones to access a memory that’s been incorrectly stored to a more functional part of the brain. This technique is associated with a reduction in the vividness and intensity of the emotions associated with the trauma memories. 

​Family Behavior Therapy (FBT) is a therapeutic treatment intended to accomplish goal performance within the family context. It is designed to treat adolescents with substance abuse and dependence, and associated problems such as conflict, depression, child maltreatment, trauma, noncompliance, or other risk-taking behaviors. FBT interventions are based on identified family needs and include support for establishing goals and rewards systems, controlling environmental stimuli, improving self-control, strengthening family relationships, and facilitating communication. 

Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) is an intervention model for children aged 0-5 who have experienced at least one traumatic event and/or are experiencing mental health, attachment, and/or behavioral problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A central goal is to support and strengthen the caregiver-child relationship as a vehicle for restoring and protecting the child’s mental health. Treatment also focuses on contextual factors that may affect the caregiver-child relationship (e.g. cultural norms and socioeconomic and immigration-related stressors). For children exposed to trauma,

caregiver and child are guided over the course of treatment to create a joint narrative of the traumatic event and to identify and address trauma triggers that lead to dysregulated affect and behavior. Therapeutic sessions typically include the child and parent or primary caregiver.