Treatment Areas
Behavior Therapy for Autism and its Co-Occurring Disorders
One-on-one behavior support focuses on a highly individualized plan that is specific to the needs of the individual and family. John or Andrea will assess the individual's and family's needs through interviews, questionnaires and direct observations.
Examples of Co-Occurring Disorders:
- Anxiety-Related Disorders
- Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)
- Depression
- Hoarding
- Intellectual Disability
- Learning Disability
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Sleep Disorder/ Disturbances
- Tourette Syndrome or Tic Disorder
We nurture honesty and collaboration for the best possible care which will lead to a lasting and meaningful change. Our goal is to provide ongoing support as the person learns new skills during. We will continue to assess and evaluate client needs throughout the therapy process.
Common Goals and Behaviors Targeted include:
- Bathroom concerns and other bathroom deficits
- Increasing the variety of foods eaten and overall food intake
- Protocols to help with sleep problems such as difficulties falling asleep, night awakenings, nightmares, early morning awakenings and other sleep disturbances.
- Help with life transitions such as getting a sibling, going to school, moving, starting college, etc.
- Working to reduce unwanted behaviors such as yelling, hitting self and more.
- Increasing overall development of age-appropriate skills such as academics and activities of daily living
- Employment and other vocational concerns
- Executive functioning skills
- Relationship building
- School/ college concerns
- 504/ IEP support
Behavior Therapy for Anxiety-Related Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
John provides all of the evidence-based care for individuals experiencing an anxiety-related disorder or OCD that is preventing them from living their most fulfilled life.
Anxiety Related Disorders we treat include:
- Agoraphobia
- Body Focused-Repetitive Behaviors (BFBRs)
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Phobia-Related Disorders
- Separation-anxiety disorders
- Social-anxiety disorders
OCD and the subtypes we treat include but are not limited to:
- Contamination OCD
- Harm OCD
- "Just Right" OCD
- Obsessions without visible compulsions
- Relationship OCD
- Scrupulosity
- Trichotillomania (Hair picking or pulling)
John assesses the client’s and family's needs through interviews and questionnaires, direct observations and support from other providers such as schools, physicians, other family members, etc.
John will continue to assess and evaluate client needs throughout the therapy process.
The goal is to look at the whole individual and support that person in their journey to be their best self.
Common Goals and Behaviors Targeted include:
- Relationship building and improvements in existing relationships
- Emotional regulation skills in times of stress or uncertainty
- Communication difficulties due to anxiety, OCD or trauma
- Increasing activities of daily living and overall independence
- Gaining access or having more access to people, places, events, situations that improve the quality of your life
- Decreasing unwanted behaviors such as verbal outbursts, avoidance of difficult situations or environments, etc.
- Decreasing compulsions and obsessions associated with OCD and anxiety related disorders
- Increasing quality and duration of sleep
- Navigating a life that fulfills all your values
Family Support and Consultation for Behavioral Disorders
John or Andrea will assess the family's needs through interviews, questionnaires and direct observation of the individual and other important members in the person’s life. John and Andrea will continue to assess and evaluate family needs throughout the therapeutic process as skills are gained and goals are accomplished.
Examples of what we can help support:
- Body Focused-Repetitive Behaviors (BFBRs)
- Communicaton and Language
- Eating concerns
- Difficult Transitions
- Life Skills
- Phobia-Related issues
- School Readiness
- Separation-anxiety
- Sleep disturbances/ problems
- Social-anxiety
- Social Skills
- Toilet Training
The goal is to give family members the skills needed to best support their loved one. Behavior change is best accomplished when the family is empowered.
Common Goals and Behaviors Targeted include:
- Decrease repetitive, stigmatizing behaviors such as skin picking, hair pulling, biting nails, etc.
- Communicating emotional dysregulation and how to get your needs met
- Increasing variety and amount of food a person eats
- Transitions to high school, college and other big life changes
- Increasing fluency of activities of daily living such as cleaning, laundry, cooking, etc.
- Decreasing the aversiveness of things that cause anxiety and learning new ways to interacting with those things
- Increasing quality and duration of sleep
- Increasing overall independence
- Gaining access or having more access to people, places, events, situations that improve the quality of your life
- Decreasing unwanted behaviors such as verbal outbursts, avoidance of difficult situations or environments, etc.