When a child is struggling with mental health, parents and guardians are often at a loss for how to proceed. Meanwhile, the illness can progress and make it harder to achieve a timely recovery.
Understanding how to approach this delicate situation and leveraging the right channels is key to helping improve your child's quality of life. A well-chosen therapy and a qualified mental health professional can make a real difference. Let's explore the children's therapy services our team provides.
At Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare, we give adolescents and their families the tools to work on their mental health needs. Our certified adolescent therapists accompany them through the recovery journey. Mental health needs we treat include:
In children, anxiety often shows up as excessive worry, fear, or avoidance of certain situations. It can impact their ability to concentrate and socialize. While occasional anxiety is normal, persistent symptoms may signal a deeper issue.
Depression in children isn't always obvious. It may appear as irritability or a lack of interest in school activities. They may struggle with self-esteem and express feelings of hopelessness. Early support can help them feel seen.
Children may not show the effects of trauma immediately. Symptoms may come much later and include:
Even if none of these symptoms manifest themselves, seeking professional assistance after traumatic events (abuse, loss, divorce) can be extremely helpful.
Substance use in youth often signals underlying emotional struggles. It may be a way to escape anxiety or trauma. Professional assistance can help adolescents develop healthier coping strategies and regain control.
At Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare, we offer comprehensive mental health support services. Our goal is to offer a safe space where healing can progress.
One-on-one sessions help children explore their feelings. Together, we develop coping strategies and work through emotional challenges at the child's own pace.
Involving the family can strengthen communication and improve understanding. Your family can create a more supportive home environment for the child's recovery process.
Our structured programs focus on emotional regulation and behavior management. Our team builds personalized therapeutic approaches and support systems. We aim to combine treatment tactics for physical and mental health to achieve the desired results.
We offer targeted interventions for different types of mental health needs. Since therapy for adults and children can differ dramatically, we have a team that focuses solely on the young patients' needs.
Our children's therapy services leverage evidence-based practices designed specifically for young people. We begin with a careful assessment to identify your child's strengths and challenges. Then, we select one or more approaches that match their needs:
Throughout the treatment, our adolescent therapists set clear goals and track progress. We collaborate with parents continuously to make sure the gained skills are reinforced at home.
Whether you just suspect your child needs help or know they can benefit from it, you need to take action. As a parent or guardian, the best step you can take is to initiate the healing process with the help of a qualified therapist.
At Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare, we offer a wide variety of children's therapy services. Our certified team of adolescent therapists can help change your child's life. Contact us to learn more today.
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Individual, Family, and Group Counseling services are provided to individuals of all ages for a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties.
Services Include:
An evidence-based prevention curriculum that is integrated into school programming. CAST is a 12-lesson skills training program used to help students develop coping skills and healthy behaviors, including how to ask for support.
For the parents of the students attending the CAST program, there is a four session Parent Engagement Program that focuses on family centered intervention where parents learn skills to support their students in mood management, drug use control, and improving school performance.
Home, school, and community-based counseling offers individual, group, and family counseling offered within the community setting to eligible families with services designed to assist in the development of a nurturing and stable family environment in which the children can grow.
Services Provided:
A selection of targeted services for justice-involved youth including Aggression replacement Training (ART), Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) and the Systems of care (SOC) program.
Functional Family Therapy (FFT): A family-based therapy that focuses on building skills to improve family relationships, reduce behavioral issues and improve school performance. FFT is a clinical model that increases a family’s motivation to change and tailor’s interventions to each family’s unique risk and protective factors.
Aggression Replacement Therapy (ART): A psycho-educational intervention geared towards adolescents ages 12-17. Specific cognitive interventions are incorporated with the goal to help children and adolescents strengthen social skills, moral reasoning, anger management and to reduce aggressive behavior.
Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT): An evidence-based program that combines education and structured exercises to assist participants in addressing negative thought and behavior patterns. MRT includes 12 steps which focus on issues such as honesty, trust, acceptance, healing, relationships, and goal setting.
SOC includes a wraparound approach to care coordination and service delivery for youth and families with complex needs. This approach is built on the values of being family driven, team-based, collaborative, individualized and outcomes-based. SOC helps families to navigate and access services, while also giving them the skills they need to become self-reliant.
Support for adolescents who are seeking individual and group therapy for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) with additional experience emphasizing co-occurring needs.
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Services include:
Therapy used in treatment of various mental health concerns, particularly related to trauma.
On-Track is an early intervention service that supports individuals ages fifteen through forty who've begun experiencing symptoms of psychosis. For more information call Lisa Freeborn at (605) 336-0503 or email the Sioux Falls team at ontracksd@southeastern.org.
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Play therapy is a therapeutic approach that uses play to help children overcome challenges. Therapists engage children in play-based activities to address emotional, social, and behavioral difficulties. By tapping into the natural therapeutic qualities of play, children can heal and achieve their full potential.
Theraplay is a family therapy approach. It emphasizes structured, nurturing, and challenging interactions between parents and children. By creating a deep emotional connection, theraplay helps children develop a positive self-image and view relationships as fulfilling and rewarding.
In addition to our outpatient counseling services, we also provide additional child & adolescent counseling services for those facing emotional and behavioral challenges. Our compassionate counselors help young individuals. Discover more about the specialized work we do.
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