Community Mental Health Resources
Mental health services
The Bridges Early Childhood and Adolescent Program serves the needs of the children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with, or at risk for emotional, behavioral, social and/or developmental delays. Bridges clinicians also work with children, adolescents and their families that may have educational challenges and or family related conflicts.
The Pediatric Service provides consultation and comprehensive evaluations for children between the ages of 3 and 17 for concerns with respect to cognitive, academic, behavioral, social-emotional and psychological functioning. The service includes consultation and advocacy for children's educational and behavioral needs by participating at school meetings. Specific recommendations can be made for behavioral, emotional and educational planning.
Child and Adolescent behavioral health
Promotes psychological, social and emotional development through psychiatric services and individual, family and group counseling, and community support. Services help children and adolescents address problems that interfere with daily functioning and school performance.
Builds on individual strengths and capacity for change while addressing special needs, behavioral and situational problems, or mental illness. Counseling and psychiatric services are offered for children, families, and adults. Services are provided in the office, client homes, schools, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and other human service agencies.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
A form of psychotherapy, CBT is a problem-focused, skills-based treatment that teaches clients how to identify and modify unhelpful behavior patterns and thinking patterns that may cause or increase anxiety and distress. CBT typically focuses on difficulties in the moment, and relies on the therapist and client to develop a shared view of the client's problem. CBT with children and adolescents will always involve the family, who are a key resource to support change.
a non-confrontational behavior modification program
We focus on teaching parents how to better manage a “difficult” child to restore order and peace to the home or school. A behavioral consultant works directly with the child’s parent/s (or caregivers) to teach them specific behavior management tools to use with the child. Fair but Firm is not psychotherapy—a process through which therapists work to reveal underlying, faulty thinking so they can teach children ways to behave more appropriately. Our goal is to change behavior. Our program can work before, during or after psychotherapy, as it is often important to address both the problematic behavior and the faulty thinking. That said, psychotherapy is not always necessary once behaviors are corrected.