OUR THERAPY APPROACH

MAC is dedicated to providing resources to promote healthy families. Therapy services are a tool to support family members in providing a healthy home environment by improving communication, understanding and solving special family situations.

What is psychotherapy?

Psychotherapy or therapy is a therapeutic approach to helping people with a wide variety of challenges and emotional difficulties. Its purpose is to improve mental health and overall well-being and is designed for individuals as well as families.

Some examples include processing a diagnosis, navigating shifts in familial roles or relationships, understanding and navigating interpersonal relationships, developing or improving self-care & self-advocacy skills, emotional regulation strategies, coping with environmental changes, navigating major life transitions including transitions to adulthood, and more.

What is the benefit of psychotherapy at MAC?

Clinicians at MAC have deep expertise assisting families impacted by ASD. As part of our “whole person” approach to treatment at MAC, we are able to offer psychotherapy, sometimes referred to as talk therapy or counseling, as a stand-alone service or in conjunction with the other services provided at MAC.

Our psychotherapy structures individual therapy, family therapy with a child present, and family therapy without a child present.

Who will be delivering these services?

MAC has a variety of licensed mental health professionals including licensed marriage and family therapists, licensed psychologists, licensed professional clinical counselors, and licensed independent clinical social workers. Our clinicians are trained in various therapy modalities including, but not limited to:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Solution Focused Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Art Therapy

Play Therapy, And more……..