Evidence Based Practices

Target Population:

  • Adults
  • Adolescents

Issues Addressed:

  • Used to resolve ambivalence around making changes
  • Ideal for intrinsic motivation to change
  • Client centered; meeting them where they are on the wheel of change
  • May address a variety of issues such as substance use, decision making skills, parenting strategies, motivation to access services…

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children

Target Population:

  • Caregivers
  • Children (age 2-12)

Issues Addressed:

  • Teach effective discipline strategies to parents
  • Address children with behavior problems involving compliance and oppositional issues
  • Targets “start” and “stop” behaviors
  • Improve the caregiver/child relationship

Target Population:

  • Caregivers
  • Children

Issues Addressed:

  • Improve parenting, relationships, and communication
  • Teaches caregivers how to relate and live cooperatively with children
  • Identify the functions of behavior and how to reinforce positive behavior and avoid reinforcement of negative behaviors

Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP)

Seeking Safety

Target Population:

  • Adults
  • Adolescents

Issues Addressed:

  • Used to address substance use, trauma, and PTSD
  • Target areas may include boundaries, healthy relationships, honesty, and asking for help
  • Cognitive, behavioral, interpersonal, and case management approaches are all integrated in this model

Target Population:

  • Caregivers for vulnerable adolescents and children

Issues Addressed:

  • Attachment-based and trauma-informed
  • Focuses on connecting, empowering, and correcting
  • Tools for caregivers to promote healing and well-being for children who have experienced trauma

Trust Based Relational Intervention

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Target Population:

  • Caregivers & Children (age 3-18)

Issues Addressed:

  • Conjoint child and parent psychotherapy model
  • Ideal for trauma history, symptoms of PTSD, and other mental health issues
  • Children with feelings of shame, distorted beliefs, acting out behavior problems
  • Caregivers with inappropriate parenting practices; parental trauma related emotional distress