Intensive Outpatient for 12-18 year-olds in Olathe, KS
Slide Deck: This presentation offers an evidence-based paradigm shift for clinicians working with dysregulated and self-critical youth. Drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and the DNA-V developmental framework, this training moves beyond traditional cognitive restructuring to teach clinicians how to help youth change their relationship with their negative thoughts, cultivate self-compassion, and boldly pursue values-driven lives.
Objectives:
Normalize the Negative Bias
Spot "Thinking Mistakes" and "Check the Facts"
Master "Unhooking" and Defusion
Shift from Self-Esteem to Self-Compassion
Activate the "Discoverer"
Use the BOLD Process toward Wise Mind Decisions
The Two Tents Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) utilizes Dialectal Behavioral Therapy - Skills (DBT-S), ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) for Adolescents in the form of DNA-V and exposure therapy. Our unique blending has become the BOLD Living Skills taught to help young people and their family find more effective ways to regulate their emotions and thereby, their behaviors. All three clinical models have decades of evidence in effectively treating anxiety, depression, and the complications of ADHD, shame and guilt.
Ongoing IOP Skills training is Monday through Thursday (4x per week) from 3:00-6:00 pm in a group setting over 6 weeks (~24 group sessions). Family Skills training weekly 4:30-6 pm on Wednesdays.
Skill building 6 week Intensive Outpatient Program meant to partner with and complement ongoing individual therapy around anxiety and depression. Utilizing Acceptance Commitment Therapy and DBT skills the program increases a teen’s cognitive flexibility/agility across multiple domains, including emotional regulation, relationship effectiveness and self-compassion.
This has changed my daughter’s life as well as our whole family’s. Four months ago, I didn’t know how much more I could take or how my daughter would ever be able to have a “normal” life. Immediately following the program things have changed. There is hope. There is communication. There is understanding.” -Parent
AM Closed Group Program: 9-12 am June 1st - July 9th: Only 12 slots available. Save yours now!
PM Ongoing Open Group IOP: 3-6 pm
Free Assessment. Accepts most insurance. More info: Call Erika at (913) 735-7220 or check out our webpage at https://adolescentservices.anxietycenterkc.com/
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Link to Search Institute a leader in positive youth development
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The Science of Awe Written by Summer Allen, Ph.D. A white paper prepared for the John Templeton Foundation by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley September 2018
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Four Awe-Inspiring Activities BY JULIANA BREINES | MARCH 8, 2016 Research-based practices for cultivating awe from the GGSC website Greater Good in Action.
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I’m a GenX, postmodern, question everything person who happens to be blessed with parents who took in orphans, prayed for food, answered their callings and sacrificed so their children knew they were loved. That mix created an irreverent soul that cares deeply for children, families and especially adolescents.
I have close to thirty years of experience working with and for children, youth and families catalyzing change at the individual, family, organizational and systems levels. With a Masters in clinical psychology, I have provided crisis management, intensive in-home therapy and wrap-around services for children with emotional and behavioral challenges. I have 20+ years’ working or volunteering with youth and young adults through youth ministry and community programs. In partnership with North Kansas City Hospital co-created the Quarky app to connect Kansas City 14-24-year-olds to articles, events and resources focused on mental health and well-being. Currently, I developed and direct the Two Tents Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for adolescents struggling with anxiety/depression. We are building strong partnerships with our area school districts and I am an invited speaker on Anxiety, Depression, Grit, SEL and Parenting. These opportunities have made me innovative, practical and taught me to think about enhancing the whole safety net surrounding at-risk children, youth and families.
I have a wonderful wife, Kori, who founded and runs the Renew Counseling Center in Olathe, a 15-year-old, Nora, twin boys (Grayson who is 10 and Jude who went to heaven way too early) and have recently adopted two foster siblings (10 & 8) Chandler and Milla into our home.
I want to be a resource to the families that are currently in or have completed our program and don't take on individual clients.