New York City & Westchester County
Evidence-based therapy & evaluations for children, teens, & young adults
Helping Families Find Calm in the Chaos of Life
OUR APPROACH
At Balanced Mind Psychology, we strive to help children, adolescents, and young adults live meaningful lives based on their values and goals. Understanding what's important to us, who we are, what we feel, and what brings up certain emotions are the backbones of therapy. Patients embark on a journey to find their "wise mind" — exploring life and making changes or decisions 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.
We specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBTs), such as exposure therapy, exposure and response prevention (E/RP), Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)-informed treatment, Child DBT (DBT-C), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) programs, such as Parent Management Training (PMT) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Although our therapeutic approach is rooted in evidence based-practice and goal-oriented, 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 AND helping them work towards therapy goals. When working with children or adolescents, parents/caregivers and schools play an integral role in treatment.
Our aim is to help families work towards finding balance in their lives — whether that be with managing strong emotions, unhelpful thinking patterns, behavioral urges, or the demands of everyday life, such as school, relationships, etc.