instruction and/or intervention that provides parents with tools for improving their child’s behavior, facilitating parenting goals, and improving the parent-child relationship.

Your parenting plan or custody agreement outlines how you and the other parent will continue to care and provide for your child after you separate.

Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an evidence-based treatment program designed for caregivers and their young children who are experiencing social, behavioral, and/or emotional difficulties.

the need to be or appear to be perfect, or even to believe that it's possible to achieve perfection.

An overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal. Phobias are more pronounced than fears. They develop when a person has an exaggerated or unrealistic sense of danger about a situation or object.

therapy model in which trained therapists use play to help children with their psychosocial difficulties and personal growth and development.

As medical doctors, psychiatrists can prescribe medication, and while they may provide some counseling, a psychiatrist might refer a patient to a psychologist or therapist for additional counseling or therapy.

an assessment of a student’s functioning in learning ability, academic skills development, and personality or adjustment factors.

A psychological evaluation, or psychological testing, is a thorough process of assessment and screening administered by a psychologist. The methods used for the evaluation will depend on you or your family member’s needs.

A psychologist diagnoses and treats mental disorders, learning disabilities, and behavioral problems. They may provide treatment for chronic problems or acute problems, and they can do so in an individual, family, or group setting. The most common type of treatment used by psychologists is psychotherapy, or talk therapy. Psychologists can also provide testing services.

PTSD is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening or traumatic event. If symptoms last more than a few months, it may be PTSD. The good news is that there are effective treatments.