Outpatient Counseling Services
Clinic based services include:
- Individual Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Marriage/Relationship Counseling
- Play Therapy
Each instance of psychology requires a unique and interactive plan. Our individual therapy consists of psychological support that includes: completing a thorough diagnostic assessment and treatment plan to resolve emotional or personal problems. At Family Innovations, we use a variety of therapeutic services to help find resolutions to concerns.
Family therapy is a process that supports couples and families address their concerns when they are in crisis or concerned about a problem. At times, people feel overwhelmed by their situation and have difficulty obtaining a productive perspective. Family therapy encourages the participants to become aware of themselves, their style of addressing concerns, and how their approach may or may not be useful to the situation. It then supports the family in making useful changes, which will help the family function better. Many family relationships go through challenges. These challenges include individuals and the groups that support them. Family therapy is a tool that can support both the individual and the family or group in order to create a successful situation.
Marriage and relationship support is necessary in a variety of different situations. Family Innovations helps by working with couples to enhance communication skills and explaining the power of connecting with each other and the importance in understanding each other. Therapists at Family Innovations are trained and experienced in a variety of relationship based therapies.
Play Therapy is used to establish an interpersonal process by which play therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial challenges and achieve optimal growth and development. Play therapy is a form of counseling that therapeutically engages the power of play to communicate with and help people, especially children, to engender optimal integration and individuation. Play Therapy is often used as tool of diagnosis. A play therapist observes a client playing with toys (play-houses, pets, dolls, etc.) to determine the cause of the disturbed behavior. The objects and patterns of play, as well as the willingness to interact with the therapist, can be used to understand the underlying rationale for behavior both inside and outside the session. Available at Anoka and Maplewood clinics.
Specialties include:
- Adolescent Struggles
- Adoption
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Social Phobia (or Social Anxiety Disorder)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Bereavement
- Blended Families
- Child Trauma
- Depression
- Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood
- Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
- Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
- Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed
- Divorce Care
- Domestic Violence Issues
- Employee Assistance Professional Services
- Evidence-Based Practices (child/adolescent)
- Family Conflict
- Grief/Traumatic Grief
- Infertility
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Parent Education
- Personality Disorders
- Physical, Sexual and Emotional Abuse
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Spiritual Issues
- Work Stress/Problems
Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. It helps one deal with a tense situation in the office, study harder for an exam, keep focused on an important speech. In general, it helps one cope. But when anxiety becomes an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations, it has become a disabling disorder. Five major types of anxiety disorders are:
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs), cause severe and pervasive impairment in thinking, feeling, language, and the ability to relate to others. These disorders are usually first diagnosed in early childhood and range from a severe form, called autistic disorder, through pervasive development disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), to a much milder form, Asperger syndrome. They also include two rare disorders, Rett syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder.
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) is a nationally recognized evidence-based treatment approach shown to help children, adolescents, and their caretakers overcome trauma-related difficulties. It is designed to reduce negative emotional and behavioral responses following child sexual abuse and other traumatic events. The treatment-based on learning and cognitive theories-addresses distorted beliefs and attributions related to the abuse and provides a supportive environment in which children are encouraged to talk about their traumatic experience. Therapists in our Anoka, Eden Prairie, and Maplewood clinics provide this evidence-based therapy.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a nationally recognized evidence-based treatment designed specifically for individuals with self-harm behaviors, such as self-cutting, suicide thoughts, urges to suicide, and suicide attempts. Many clients with these behaviors meet criteria for a disorder called borderline personality (BPD). It is not unusual for individuals diagnosed with BPD to also struggle with other problems -- depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, eating disorders, or alcohol and drug problems. DBT is a modification of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). DBT was the first psychotherapy shown to be effective in treating BPD in controlled clinical trials - the most rigorous type of clinical research. It is considered one of the best treatments for BPD in terms of documented success rates. Family Innovations has three therapists able to provide DBT.
Family Innovations has nine therapists able to provide Evidence-Based Practices services. These counseling services focus on school age youth dealing with depression, anxiety, attentional problems or disruptive behavioral concerns. These approaches use the latest research to inform the therapists what interventions are most effective in helping youth learn ways to better manage these issues.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, or military combat. People with PTSD have persistent frightening thoughts and memories of their ordeal and feel emotionally numb, especially with people they were once close to. They may experience sleep problems, feel detached or numb, or be easily startled.
Resources for:
- Books, Tapes, and Other Resources
- Divorce care
- Half and full day seminars
- Leadership Development
- Personal and Professional Coaching
- Pre-marital counseling
- Spiritual Direction
- Tailored Workshops