OUR APPROACH
When working with children, adolescents, families or adults, the Center for Mindful Families provides a unique, strength-based setting that focuses on overall mind-body wellness and utilizes play and mindfulness as therapeutic tools. Our approach is to create a collaborative and responsive plan for children, teens and their families, to act as partners in developing a more balanced family life and address emotional and behavioral concerns within your home.
Mechanisms for Change
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Child-Centered Play Therapy
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
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Infant Mental Health
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Sand Tray Therapy
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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
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Art Therapy Techniques
Adjustment to Change, Transitioning
Adoption
Anger
Anxiety
Attachment, Parent-Child Relationship Struggles
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
Behavioral Difficulties (Home or School)
Bullying
Depression
Divorce, Separation, Blending Families
Domestic Violence
Encopresis/Enuresis
Grief and Loss
Parenting, Discipline
Relational Aggression
Self-Esteem
Self-Harm
Selective Mutism
Social-Emotional Difficulties for Gifted Children and Teens
Social-Emotional Difficulties for Highly Sensitive Children and Teens
Social-Emotional Difficulties for LGBTQ Children, Teens and Adults
Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
For Those who have experienced
Abuse
Academic struggles
Adoption
Chronic Illness
Death of a Loved One
Divorce
Bullying
Family Changes
Gender Confusion
Grandparents raising grandchildren
Physical, Mental or Developmental Differences
Substance Abuse in the Environment
Trauma
Violence
Common Concerns Include
“When you’re free, you can play. And when you are playing, you are free.”
Heidi Kaduson