[Westport, 07/30/2021] The Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Health, a private group practice in Connecticut that has licensed psychiatrists and psychologists, addresses the psychological, behavioral, and emotional problems that afflict kids and adolescents through family psychotherapy.

The Center engages the family members of patients to participate in the treatment process. One of their goals is to help families heal and mend rifts that may have developed as a result of having one or more children with behavioral disorders.

Prevalence of Behavioral Problems Among American Children

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that behavior problems is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in American children, afflicting 7.4 percent or 4.5 million kids aged three to 17 years old. It is also often comorbid with other mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety.

There’s no age limit for behavioral disorders: it can even start as young as two years old. The CDC adds that one in six children between the ages two and eight has a mental, developmental, or behavioral disorder.

The Benefits of Family Counseling

The Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Health acknowledges the important role the family plays in a child’s mental and emotional development. It stands to reason that family can also make a positive difference for behavioral disorder treatment in children.

Family psychotherapy (or simply family therapy or family counseling) focuses on developing effective communication and conflict resolution skills among family members. It is often used to solve family conflicts, such as marital discord, financial problems, and friction between parents and children or between siblings.

Family therapy can also help when one of the members is suffering from a mental illness, such as addiction, or behavior problems in children and adolescents. Families facing situations that cause grief, conflict, and anger between family members can also benefit from counseling.

The Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Health maximizes the benefits of family therapy to help young children and their parents work together to address behavior problems while building trust and preserving their loving and trusting relationships with one another.

About the Center:

The Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Health is an advocate of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as a treatment method for mental disorders. Its treatment programs apply CBT principles in individual, group, and family counseling.

For more information on how CBT works alongside family psychotherapy, get in touch with the Center at http://ccbhtherapy.com.