We offer psychotherapy tailored to meet the needs of your child/adolescent. With an approach grounded in evidence-based techniques, our clinicians tailor their approach to meet the needs, interests, and preferences of your child. For most children, our clinical approach primarily involves the use of behavioral and cognitive behavioral techniques, with a focus on enhancing children’s ability to understand and communicate their own thoughts and feelings.

Our therapists offer couple and family therapy to address issues that affect not only the individual but the relationship unit (the couple or the family) as a whole. This form of therapy can be utilized on its own or as an addition to individual therapy and can be incredibly valuable for a wide range of experiences (infidelity, divorce, mental illness, family blending, adoption). With this approach, the relationship unit is treated as a system and the clinician works with its members together to restore harmony and balance and provide tools for effective communication. It typically requires all members of a couple/family to commit to attending a majority of the therapy sessions to work together on an issue.

Group therapy can be a powerful form of therapy for individuals who have similar presenting issues. With this model, one or more clinicians will meet with two or more clients who share certain life experiences (social anxiety, bereavement, parenting adolescents, foster/adoptive parents) and lead them through evidence-based steps that target shared growth, self-exploration, the instillation of hope, and negative symptom reduction. Group therapy is effective as a standalone or supplemental therapy for most—but not all—issues. Our clinicians can help you decide if group therapy might be helpful for you.

Healthy relationships are a crucial component of psychological health, and our clinical team utilizes their unique expertise in relationship dynamics to support individuals struggling socially. For children and adolescents who are having difficulties making friends or maintaining positive relationships, we offer social skills groups. By working with our clinicians in a group environment, clients can learn new behavioral techniques and practice them with each other in a safe environment. This allows clients to develop tools they can use in real-life social situations and empowers them to feel greater self-confidence. For those who wish to develop their social skills in a more private environment, we also offer one-on-one social skills coaching. In this setting, our clinicians work with clients to develop personalized social exercises and goals based on their unique circumstances.

Our clinicians also have extensive experience in the area of psychological assessment. Assessment involves a period of information gathering and analysis followed by the formulation of a professional opinion. Interviewing, observation, testing, and record review are methods that are often employed during the assessment process. At Compass, we offer diagnostic assessment (used to determine if a client qualifies for a psychiatric diagnosis), psychoeducational assessment (used to identify educational strengths and weaknesses and provide recommendations), and relationship/attachment assessments (used to establish attachment behaviors/strategies and provide suggestions for individuals seeking to improve their relationships or parents wishing to support their child’s development).

We are available to consult with universities, families, corporations, and professional teams regarding our areas of expertise—mental health, family dynamics, and relationships. If interested in working with us on a specific issue, please call give us a call, and we will tell you if it is within the scope of our practice.