New York City & Westchester County
Evidence-based therapy & evaluations for children, teens, & young ADULTS
Helping Youth and Their Families Navigate the Peaks and Valleys of Life
OUR APPROACH
At Balanced Mind Psychology, we provide evidence based treatments for children/adolescents, parents, and young adults. We strive to help youth and their families live rich and meaningful lives, so that they can achieve their goals based on what’s most important to them.
We provide Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBTs), which is the most widely researched evidence-based therapeutic treatment and is considered the "goal standard" for most emotional and behavioral difficulties. CBT aims to help people change their unhelpful behavioral patterns, thinking patterns, and emotional responses to those which are more effective.
Our areas of specialization are anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) across the lifespan, as well as behavioral challenges and emotion dysregulation in children. Patients often present with the full range of anxiety disorders (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, specific phobias, social anxiety disorder), OCD, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).
At the core of our approach is balance. Our aim is to help families work towards finding balance in their lives — whether that be with managing strong emotions, unhelpful thinking patterns, ineffective behaviors, or the demands of everyday life, such as school, relationships, etc. Youth embark on a journey to find their "wise mind" — understanding their challenges, responding to their emotions, and making changes based on a balance between our emotions and facts. Although change is crucial to achieving treatment goals, equally as importance is acceptance — acceptance of what we cannot control in life or our emotions as we are experiencing them in the moment.
Our therapeutic approach includes specific, directed interventions and is goal-oriented AND we strongly believe in the importance of flexibility and collaboration. Therapy is a team process, with the therapist acting as a "coach" on the sidelines and meeting patients where they’re at, while also helping them work towards therapy goals. When working with children or adolescents, parents/caregivers and schools play an integral role in treatment.