Evaluation and Consultation
A member of our specialty team will meet with your family to perform an assessment, which includes an interview and completion of questionnaires. Our goal is to help you understand your child's behavior and specific difficulties, and to provide you with treatment recommendations.
Treatment
Our services are based on scientific research that indicates which treatments are most beneficial for your child.
- Psychotherapy - Our treatment approach often begins with some form of psychotherapy that is tailored to your child's difficulties. We provide individual, group, and family treatment. We use a treatment approach called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) because of its documented success in treating children and adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders. CBT is a short term, skills based, problem focused approach.
- Medication - In instances where psychotherapy alone is not sufficient, we can provide a medication consultation. Our doctors are up-to-date and informed on the most effective and safe medications for children and teenagers.
- Adjunctive Services - We also offer parent coaching, consultation with schools, and specialized treatment programs.
To learn more about CBT, see Cognitive Behavior Therapy: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Other Forms of Treatment
Help for Shy and Socially Anxious Youth - Our cognitive-behavioral social phobia group is a program offered to youth (ages 13-19) suffering with shyness and social anxiety. The program duration is approximately 14 sessions.
Coping Kids - Involves both individual and family sessions for children and adolescents with generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, and phobias.
How I Beat OCD - Involves individual and parenting based sessions, typically involving exposure and response prevention, for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
School Smarts - An individual and family based program for the treatment of school refusal due to anxiety.
Habit Reversal Therapy Help for the treatment of Hair Pulling and Tics. Learn more.
Parenting an Anxious Child - Parents will learn to understand their child's anxiety and strategies on how to be the child's coach in her battle against anxiety.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy designed to treat individuals with difficulty regulating emotions and behaviors. Learn more.
Outreach
Our faculty is available for community public education presentations for parents, school personnel, health care providers, and community organizations. Please call (212) 404-3924 for more information or to schedule a speaker.
