what we treat for parents (2017)

What we treat for parents

parents

Here is a fact: Anxiety disorders affect 1 in 8 children in United States (ADAA, 2016). If your child or teen has been dealing with chronic nervousness, shyness, or fears for over 2 weeks, and these reactions are affecting his school, social, recreation, and family life, he may be struggling with anxiety problems, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or trauma-related conditions.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), in particular exposure-based interventions, are the frontline treatment for anxiety disorders and related psychological conditions.

There is not need for your child or teen to struggle when there are skills for him to learn, get better at dealing with troublesome thoughts, emotions, sensations and learning other skillful behaviors to succeed in life.

What are the most common struggles?

symptoms

These are the four most common struggles that children and teens are dealing with

Social anxiety

Is your child or teen struggling with fears of embarrassment or being the center of attention? Does your child or teen avoid hanging out with others because fears of others could judge him negatively?

Learn more about social anxiety in children and teens

Mood problems

Is your child or teen dealing with mood shifts? Does your kid or teen gets cranky out of the blue?

Learn more about mood problems in children and teens

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Is your kid or teen struggling with sticky thoughts that are hard to let go? Is your kid or teen doing ritualistic behaviors that he cannot stop himself?

Learn more about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Emotion regulation problems

Is your kid feeling too much, too quick or too soon? Are you rising a super-feeler?

Learn more emotion regulation problems in children and teens

Conditions we treat

conditions

anger
behavioral problems
body image concerns
chronic worry
depression
hair pulling & skin picking
interpersonal problems
obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)
panic disorder

perfectionism
procrastination
school refusal
separation anxiety
shyness/introversion
social anxiety
social skills problems
specific phobia
trauma (PTSD)

What’s unique about working with us?

unique

Parental participation

Home Practice

Home visits

We cannot do our work without your support: your participation in your child’s or teen’s therapy significantly improves the treatment outcomes.

Every week you and your kid or teen are provided with different skills to practice at home.
“the practice makes the master.”

If your kid’s regular participation at home, school, or social settings is disrupted, we offer home visits and sessions outside the therapy office.

What are the symptoms that your child or teen is dealing with?

symptoms

Take our online assessment and get immediate feedback

Take a questionnaire

Is your child dealing with more debilitating problems?

debilitating problems

Our intensive outpatient program (IOP) for OCD and anxiety is what you’re looking for

Is your child or teen paralyzed because of awful, unwanted thoughts, and anxiety in general?

Learn more about our IOP

Emotion regulation training can help you and your teen.

Are you walking in eggshells because your child or teen is “highly sensitive?

Learn more about emotion regulation training

Why our clients love working with us

testimonials

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"Working with Patricia Zurita Ona has changed and saved my life. I have struggled off and on for years with sever anxiety disorder and OCD . I have been to therapy throughout the years and have found some helpful but nothing really got to the core of the problem. I often felt crazy and that my incredible fear and my phobias would remain with me thorough my life, I would not drive on the freeway, eat certain things and had constant catastrophic thinking, thus creating a lot of depression.

I needed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which I saw advertised on many therapists’ websites. When I would call most of them they said they offered it and specialized with Anxiety Disorder/ OCD which was not the case. I had felt alone, hopeless and frustrated for the past 9 years. Never feeling like I was getting the help I needed. It was not until I started meeting with Patricia that I actually started to feel better and feel as if I had control over my life and started to live again ...