This program and model is equally applicable to families with growing children as well as adult children.
The clinicians within this program have extensive experience in work with children and adolescents with a wide range of presentations and needs (i.e Autism, ADHD, Attachment Disorders, PTSD, OCD, etc). This background allows for family work to effectively draw children and adolescents into the sessions in a positive and supportive manner. Work with children within the sessions is guided by effort to reach them with playfulness, acceptance, curiosity and empathy (PACE). Younger children are involved in Theraplay informed sessions with parents and adolescents are seen individually and in the context of dyad, sibling and full family sessions.
Areas of specialization for FTV is support to families dealing with loss/grieving, parenting of a child with special needs, post divorce stabilization and reintegration of a child from a residential treatment setting, or specialized school.
Our clinical team is open to collaboration with community based therapists with whom couples or individuals are currently working. If requested, Dr. Stewart will contact and collaborate with outside therapists both before and after the retreat.
When requested, a formal pediatric psychological/diagnostic assessment and report can be provided as part of this program.
Clinical Model
Our clinical model is informed by the work of researchers and clinicians such as: Sue Johnson, Dan Hughes, Alan Schore, Dan Siegel, Bruce Perry, Michelle Garcia Winner, Ricard Schwartz, DW Winnicott, Marsha Linehan, Virginia Satir, Salvador Minuchin and Louis Cozolino.