Winchester Community Mental Health Center, Inc. offers a variety of specialized counseling services for child, adolescent, and adult clients. These services are not covered by insurance and are typically self-pay or funded by an agency. Please contact the Agency Liaison staff for more information.
Trauma Focused Counseling
Trauma Focused Counseling is an evidence-based treatment approach, shown to help children, adolescents, and adults overcome trauma-related difficulties. Trauma focused therapy is designed to reduce negative emotional and behavioral responses following sexual abuse, domestic violence, traumatic loss, neglect, and other traumatic events.
Trauma Focused Counseling Services are provided by Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), or a Resident in Counseling (RIC) under the direct supervision of an LPC or LCSW with training and certification as a Child and Adolescent Trauma Provider, Certified Clinical Trauma Provider, and a Certified Expert Trauma Provider or EMDR Trained.
Adoption / Foster Care Competency Counseling
Adoption/Foster Care Competency Counseling services utilize evidence-based and evidence-informed practices and interventions shown to help birth families, adopted children, adoptive families (current and prospective) with issues of trauma and attachment, loss, grief, separation, identity formation.
Adoption/Foster Care Competency Counseling Services are provided by Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT) or a Resident in Counseling (RIC) under the direct supervision of an LPC or LCSW who have completed the 9-month Training for Adoption Competency (TAC through C.A.S.E.)
Attachment Therapy
Attachment therapy takes place in the dyad between parent(s) and child. Since early attachment problems start in a problematic relationship to a birth parent or primary caregiver, healing must take place in session (and at home) in the primary relationship between child and biological or adoptive parents. In session the counselor will work with parents and child, to create active emotional connection.
Furthermore, the treatment is developmental, meaning that parent and counselor are helping the child through the first developmental phase of “Trust vs. Mistrust.” Often children with early life trauma have missed this important developmental stage. Building Trust is accomplished first through educating parents about the unique needs of their child, teaching them a set of emotional attunements, and limit setting skills, to help the child form a more secure attachment. The work relies on key therapeutic principles including empathy, emotional attunement, playfulness, curiosity, and acceptance.
Attachment Therapy Services are provided by Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), or a Resident in Counseling (RIC) under the direct supervision of an LPC, LMFT, or LCSW with training and certification as a Child and Adolescent Trauma Provider, Certified Clinical Trauma Provider, Certified Expert Trauma Provider, with training, experience, and/or certification in Attachment Therapy.
Art Therapy
Art therapy combines traditional psychotherapeutic theories and techniques with an understanding of the psychological aspects of the creative process.
Art Therapy is a form of expressive therapy using the creative process of making art, with materials such as paints, chalk, and markers, to improve a person’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being. The creative process involved in expressing one’s self artistically can help people to resolve issues as well as develop and manage their behaviors and feelings, reduce stress, and improve self-esteem and awareness.
Individual and/ or Family Counseling Services are provided by Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), or a Resident in Counseling (RIC) under the direct supervision of an LPC or LCSW with training and/ or certification in Art Therapy.
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