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 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), which is the most research evidence-based therapeutic treatment and is considered the "goal standard" for most emotional and behavioral difficulties, such as anxiety/OCD or mood dysregulation. CBT aims to help people change their unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns to those which are more effective. Although our therapeutic approach includes specific interventions and is 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, ineffective behaviors, or the demands of everyday life, such as school, relationships, etc.