Therapy For Girls Who Are Self Harming
Part 3 of 3 - There are a number of tried and true, research-supported approaches to therapy that can help adolescents manage and overcome the impulse to cut or self harm.
Relationship: The Key To Treating Self-Harm
Part 2 of 3 - The first step toward helping someone who can't seem to stop harming herself is to engage in a relationship of safety, respect, compassion, and trust.
Self-Harm: Why Teens Do It
Part 1 of 3 - Self-Harm is an increasingly pervasive symptom of emotional distress among adolescent girls.
Equine Therapy
With the help of a human equine therapist, human-horse interactions become powerful metaphors for human relationships and situations.
Manipulation Mitigation
In most cases, fortunately, the impact of manipulative behavior can be mitigated with some simple strategies.
Borderline Personality Disorder and Experiential Treatment
One of the hallmarks of borderline personality traits is a fear of real or imagined abandonment. Therapeutic experiences address the issue of abandonment at the core of borderline traits.
What Makes Dual Diagnosis Treatment Different?
Dual diagnosis can require an integrated approach to treatment that is delivered by a single team of caregivers whose approach is philosophically congruent, intensely collaborative and well coordinated.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical behavioral therapy, or DBT, is a synthesis of several therapeutic approaches that was designed primarily to treat disorders involving emotional dysregulation.
Substance Abuse Treatment as a Process
While substance abuse and addiction are treatable disorders, treatment does not always mean a discreet procedure or treatment, but an ongoing, multiphasic and systemic process.
Gifted, Talented & Troubled Teens
Troubled teens who eventually find their way into treatment programs often started their academic careers with the deceptively positive gifted and talented label.