Intensive Outpatient for 12-18 year-olds in Olathe, KS
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/
Helping a young person move from waiting to feel "motivated" or "recharged" to creating their own vitality through valued actions.
Helping a young person develop a growth mindset by balancing stuck thinking and flexible thinking.
Helping a young person balance Acceptance and Change mainting self-compassion while still trying to reach their goals.
Helping a young person move toward transformation by balancing the uncertainty that they feel with the control that they try to take.
Helping a young person recognize some foundational needs before they escalate to a breaking point.
Helping a young person shift into Wise Mind where decisions are based both on how they feel and the facts.
Helping a young person know when & how to Take a Break (TAB) by focusing on something else for a while (distract forward) to reboot and them come back to deal with the crisis, issue or emotion.
Coming the Week of May 11
Helping a young person accept reality, including pain & what they cannot change while helpign them use their time & energy in ways that help them avoid suffering & move forward .
Coming the Week of May 18th
Helping a young person decide what their mind pays attention to so their thoughts & feelings no longer dominate or jerk them around making it easier for them to choose how to behave.
Coming the Week of May 25th
Helping young people notice their feelings without holding on to them by understanding the balance of stuffing & sticking of my emotions.
Helping young people understand that emotions are complex, full-system responses to events that happen around us or inside of us.
Helping young people to have the courage to take off their "mask" and be authentic without trying to control or push others off-stage. Helping them express their thoughts & feelings in a direct, honest, & respectful way.
Helping young people have the Relationship Agility to do things to connect with people who are important to them.
Boundaries are limits. Setting boundaries is the way we communicate what is Okay & not Okay in relationships. If you are unable to set boundaries by saying "no," you are not truly in charge of your own life.
Helping young have things that are important to them while accepting that to be in relationships means others have expectations of them and that both are part of an authentic life.
Helping young people understand that Choice Points come up all the time & that even though many things can pull them Away that moving ‘Toward" their values by acting effectively and behaving like the sort of person they want to be.
Helpingyoung people be patient & caring towards themselves & others
Helping young people to be trusted to make their own choices while also accepting that they sometimes need help from others.