Center for Positive Change Inc.

Our referral sources may include but are not limited to parent/guardian, interdepartmental services, law enforcement/judicial system, public/private schools and other agencies/facilities in the community.

Individual Treatment Services is a face-to-face service which is performed to assist persons who are experiencing significant functional impairment due to mental, emotional, behavioral condition and/or Substance Abuse including Alcohol disorders.  Individual counseling aids in increasing the skills and coping mechanisms necessary to perform activities of daily living, family and function in the community.  The individual counseling will aid in the person's self esteem, development and other cognitive abilities, with room to grow to their fullest potential.  Family and other support resources are encouraged to be a part of treatment.

The Family Service is to provide motivative, innovative interventions and supportive services directed at developing, strengthening, and promoting healthy family relationships.  The goal of the services is to enhance the relationship,  foundation of the family unit and the successful accomplishment of those goals. Other support resources are encourage to be a part of treatment.

The goal of the Group Therapy Services is to provide therapeutic enviornment that is conducive to treatment and may address a variety of needs to include, but not limited to conduct, abuse, stressors, family, grief, interpersonal relationships, mental health issues, and drug/alcohol substance abuse, intimate partner violence, and other related issues that have been shown to be successfully treated within a group dynamic.

Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a short term specialized behavior modification program created for young children experiencing behavior and/or emotional difficultiies and their families. PCIT works with the child and caregiver together to improve overall behavior and to reduce parenting stress.  The benefits are for the caregivers the stress level is decreased and for the child that the behaviors changes are positive, increasing prosocial behaviors and productivity/interactions.  Most importantly, children participating in PCIT with their caregivers increase their ability to reach their full potential.

The development of life skills are added like building blocks based upon each individuals abilities or preferences. Mastery of basic skills such as problem solving, values and decision making, Communication, Social Skills, Anger Management and Peer Pressure/Bully Prevention are the foundation for attaining more skills to apply in real world situations.  The application of these skills help the individual gain self worth, confidence pride and feeling self sufficient. This type of treatment reinforces the psychotherapy care because it incorporates aspects of every day living.

We provide innovate interventions for self improvement and change leading to pathways to responsible living from early adolescent to adulthood. We use the cognitive behavioral approach this particular program.   This program is challenging journey of renovation leading to positive pro-social outcomes not only for the individual but for the family and community as well. This program has a minimum of twelve treatment elements that are done in four segments that can be done in either an individual or group setting.  Each element has a detailed objective for the treatment session.  Those objectives are outlined with key ideas presented but not limited to worksheets and homework give to the persons to aid in prevention, relapse and personal achievement. Family and other support resources are encouraged to be a part of treatment.

Anger management group focuses on recognition and understanding of feelings of emotions, masking emotions, building on positive coping, problem solving and decision-making skills. Managing anger effectively and understanding the importance in self-control.  The objective of this program is to accomplish positive productive behavioral techniques to decrease impulsive and aggressive behavior by having the person learn how to identify sources of anger;  identify triggers of irritation, frustration, and anger; to introduce effective and innovative ways to handle situations which anger is the outlet and replace those negative coping mechanism with assertive behavior. Family and other support resources are encouraged to be a part of treatment.

Parenting program stems from our belief that parents make a profound impact the next generation and are essential in providing a foundation to pro-social behaviors.  We aid to develop, strengthen and promote healthy parenting skills.  This will allow the cultivation of pro-social behavior and to stimulate their families in their emotional, psychological roles intellectual and social growth.  Recognition the need for stronger, healthier families in our community and this program addresses the basic concepts of understanding behavior, use of time, developing self esteem, how to listen,  empowerment, increase confidence in yourself as well as your child,  developing sense of responsibility for your actions as a parent or child, addressing the issues of consequences for unacceptable behaviors for example I love you but your behavior is what is not acceptable.  This program will challenge not only you, the child but the whole family into living to it fullest potential.

Throughout our lives, we as children go through difficult times, such as the divorce of their parents, trouble making friends, or adjusting to changes at school or home. Some children need more help than others to get through these periods of need. As a child, we can develop early on a skill set that can assist them in continued development of making good choices. One way is Play Therapy.   Play therapy is to children what counseling is to adults. Play therapy is not the same thing as playing. Play therapy makes use of what children like to do most, which is play.  It allows and uses the child's natural tendency to "play out" their reactions to life situations. This is the child's natural medium of expression, a way of communicating on their level.  Play therapy helps them express their feelings more easily through toys instead of words. Children may not have the vocabulary or the knowledge to convey what is bothering them.  The toys are chosen carefully for the play therapy room to bring about creative and emotional expression from children. The types of toys used can be played with in many ways and therefore allow for decision-making in children. They are also very durable and sturdy to allow for repeated use and rough play. The ultimate goal is to help the child feel accepted and understood and gain a sense of control or understanding of difficult situations allowing to the child to grow to their utmost productive potential and carry on with the same vigor throughout their lifetime.Family and other support resources are encouraged in treatment.

Sexual abuse is not a topic often discussed in any arena. We have developed an approachable program an understanding and healing for those who have already been hurt. The program objectives include Sexual Behavior Rules, Personal Space and Boundaries, Maltreatment, Self –disclosure, sexual education, empathy, good touch bad touch, thinking errors, prevention plan, impulse control techniques and event sequencing.  The program also includes breaking the cycle techniques as well, predisposing risk factors include maltreatment experiences, lack of empathy insufficient social skills, gender identity and low self esteem, precipitating risk factors include poor emotional regulation, thinking errors low impulse control and poor use of conflict resolution skills.  Perpetrating risk factors include lack of supervision lack of appropriate sexuality education and displacement of responsibility. Family and other support resources are encouraged in treatment.

Trauma Preparedness

Our awareness is much more profound in the arena of Traumatic Events. Trauma can devastate the lives of individual and communities.  We offer services that would aid in trauma resiliency and posttraumatic stress.  Our focus is to give support to the person in what they are or are not feeling that expounded from the experience of the traumatic event. To be able understand the behavior that is resulting from the critical incident.  Recognizing the development of triggers or symptoms related to the event. Incorporate goals of intervention for resolution to those responses in these four stages: coping and stabilization, Stress management, Grief and Trauma Resolution and Loss Accommodation.

1. Coping and Stabilization-by recognizing basic needs and giving back the sense of safety and security
2. Stress Management-reduce stress by implementing positive mechanism of coping and support network
3. Grief and Trauma Resolution- by debriefing the events and restoration of self
4. Loss Accommodation-by recognizing the inability to feel emotion by using the 6 R’s (Rondo’s 6 Loss Accommodation functions) to regain feeling and functioning:
   1. Recognize
   2. React
   3. Re-experience
   4. Relinquish
   5. Readjust
   6. Reinvest

The person then can gain some closure, prevention, and resiliency skills will allow for growth and strength to continue with their life dreams and desires. Family and other support resources are encouraged in treatment.