Behavior Therapy Services for
Children and Families
In this space, we build resilient kids and families together. Below you will find therapeutic options specific to anxiety and emotion regulation . Request a consult for additional information.
Our team is your guide to the appropriate services.
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Child and Family Therapy
Evidence-based intervention tailored to your child’s unique needs.
Therapy is strengths-based and focused on skills to address challenges. We provide a range of services, including individual child and adolescent therapy, and parent coaching models.
CBT
Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on teaching your child about their thoughts, behaviors and feelings. Clinician works with you and your child to challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to develop personal coping strategies to achieve therapeutic goals.
Mindfulness Training
Mindfulness skills training teaches the body how to regulate and the mind to slow down. Mindfulness is often used imbedded into other treatments to increase awareness and regulatory skill.
PCIT
Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) builds positive relationships between parent and child through parent training and live coaching. See PCIT Clinic for more information.
ERP
Exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) is the process used to break down goals into smaller manageable steps. The therapist guides the patient through each step while keeping anxiety at a manageable level. ERP is very effective for children and teens with anxiety as they climb their ‘hierarchy’ to reach their goals.
SPACE
SPACE stands for Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions and is a evidence-based and parent-delivered treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related problems.
TF-CBT
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents impacted by trauma and their parents or caregivers. Research shows that TF-CBT successfully resolves a broad array of emotional and behavioral difficulties associated with single, multiple and complex trauma experiences.
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Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Clinic
PCIT is an evidence based treatment for children with behavioral problems. PCIT equips parents and caregivers with effective strategies to reduce challenging behaviors at home and in public settings.
PCIT is conducted through didactic parent training and live coaching sessions through ‘bug-in-the-ear’ to provide live-in-the-moment coaching to the caregiver.
PCIT is commonly used to treat:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Oppositional Behavior
Tantrums
Difficulty regulating emotions
Autism related symptoms
For more information on PCIT and the research behind the treatment, visit http://www.pcit.org/what-is-pcit.html
PCIT is a highly studied treatment and has been for the benefit of many populations of children. Our clinicians provide the below siblings of PCIT:
PCIT (age 2.5 to 7)
PCIT for selective mutism
PCIT for Autism
PCIT for Toddlers (age 10 months to 2.5 years)
** PCIT Child Directed Interaction Skills benefit so many children and families. These skills can be tailored to meet the needs of your family and specific needs of your child.
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Selective Mutism Clinic
Selective Mutism is a childhood anxiety disorder characterized by an inability to speak in social settings, despite the ability to speak at home or in other situations.
Our clinicians provide PCIT-SM and specialized therapy to support the symptoms that the patient experiences. Each person with SM has a unique presentation and we tailor treatment to each patient with selective mutism.
Parent, school, and community collaboration is used to create a plan for generalization of gains from the clinic setting to other environments.
Intervention options for SM:
Weekly Therapy Sessions
Mini-Intensives
Intensive On-Site Therapy
Intensive Off-Site Therapy
School consultation, advocacy and push-in sessions
Teacher training
504 and IEP consultations
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Teacher-Child Interaction Training
TCIT is a teacher training delivered similar to PCIT, but in the live classroom.
TCIT is designed to improve the social, emotional, and behavioral skills of students 3 to 7 years. Teachers participating in TCIT show increased efficacy and job satisfaction with live coaching acting as the key ingredient.
TCIT is a contracted service through the school. If your school is interested, please reach out to our Director for more information.
TCIT is used to reduce challenging classroom behaviors including the following:
Aggressions
Destruction of property
Noncompliance
Defiance
Hyperactivity
Inattention
Emotional dysregulations
Negative student-teacher relationships
Consultation and Training for Therapists
Individual Clinical Case Consultation
Therapist training for Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), dates TBD
Parent Child Interaction Therapy for selective mutism (PCIT-SM) Consultation and Training, ongoing
If you are a therapist interested in training with Eleanor, please email for more information.
Billing & Insurance
We offer a range of pricing options based on clinician experience and expertise. Please reach out to speak with our team about pricing questions in your free consultation call.
Child and Family Therapy Collective is a private practice and we do not accept insurance. However, we happily support you with the appropriate paperwork to submit for out-of-network reimbursement.
Pay is due at time of services in full.
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Frequently Asked Questions
+ Does my child need a diagnosis to see you?
No, you do not need a diagnosis to come to treatment. In the clinic, we will assess your parent concerns and determine if a diagnosis is appropriate for your child. Regardless of diagnosis, many children struggle in very specific areas and benefit from the same research that guides clinical cases.
+ Can you diagnose Autism?
A full comprehensive assessment is needed for an appropriate diagnosis of Autism. It is very important to look at a behavior profile in multiple settings to determine function of behaviors. We would send you to a local partner for a full evaluation for Autism if there are symptoms of concern. We do treat behaviors that are associated with Autism. Our Director specializes in the treatment of co-occurring disorders involving developmental delays.
+ I know my child has selective mutism (SM) and we need intensive treatment. Can you help us?
Yes! I do offer intensive treatment for SM. Please reach out to schedule your 15 minute consult and we will get started with treatment. We will determine, together, if intensive treatment is to the benefit of your child and the timing of such an intervention together.
+ Are you doing SM Group Intensives?
Maybe summer 2023! Keep in touch.
+ Can I get help if my child is fine but I am uneasy?
YES! You deserve to feel like your parenting decisions are on solid ground. Eleanor also is the Founder and Director of a consulting company, Growing Minds Wellness & Consulting, that helps non-clinical families with just this! A little training can go a long way to organize your home and solidify parenting strategies. Reach out and we will make sure you end up in the BEST spot for your family.
+ What is it like to be a patient at Child and Family Therapy Collective? What are the expectations?
When you enroll as a patient at CFTC, you receive our patient portal paperwork. In this you you will see the below commitment to treatment. You are the parent and guide to the treatment team, your involvement is at the center of our work.
“The Child and Family Therapy Collective (CFTC) is led by our Owner and Clinical Director, Eleanor Ezell, LCSW. Thank you for trusting our team with the care of your child and family. We are here for you!
With our core values at the heart of this work, we use intentional data driven evidence-based practices to inform clinical care as we work with you as a team. We believe that children deserve access to their childhood and it is our collective job to create opportunity and access for them to thrive. We are intentional in our treatments and are dedicated to helping you reach your goals.
Working with Child and Family Therapy Collective is a partnership, a collective team effort. You are the expert on your family and we are the expert guides of clinical care. This collective is build on partnerships with you at the center.
My signature below is an acknowledgement that I will be an active participant in the process and treatment of the patients care as is discussed with my clinician.”
+ What is the cost of therapy at Child and Family Therapy Collective?
Sessions typically last 45 or 55-60 minutes. Each therapist bills at their level of experience. Rates will be discussed in your consultation and enrollment call.
Intensive therapy is billed at a daily rate or multi hour rate, this is case dependent to serve the family most effectively.
+ Do you take insurance?
No. Child and Family Therapy Collective is a Private Practice and we do not take insurance. We do provide superbills on the 10th of each month through the patient portal. Superbills can be submitted to your insurance company for out-of-network reimbursement of mental health services.