SPACE
Treatment
SPACE is a parent-based treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related problems. Although children do not have to attend SPACE sessions - they are the patients! When SPACE treatment is successful children feel less anxious and function better following treatment.
Parents who participate in SPACE will learn skills and tools to help their child overcome anxiety, OCD or related problems.
The treatment focuses on changes that parents can make to their own behavior, they do not need to make their child change.
The two main changes that parents learn to make in SPACE treatment are to respond more supportively to their anxious child and to reduce the accommodations they have been making to the child symptoms.
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
FAQs
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Parents (and other caregivers) participate in SPACE treatment sessions. In most cases, the child or adolescent does not need to attend the treatment sessions.
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No, this treatment was specifically developed to provide caregivers options for effectively responding to their child’s anxiety, regardless of the child’s participation.
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This treatment is designed to be a relatively short-term intervention. Caregivers will typically attend weekly sessions for 12 weeks, though this can vary.
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The cost of individual sessions in SPACE are the same as typical individual therapy. Please see fees and rates here.
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I meet with most caregivers on a weekly basis. In some cases, there may be reason to meet more or less frequently.
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Reach out here to get in touch. I offer a free 15-minute phone consultation to provide information and answer questions. Then, if you choose to move forward, we would schedule an hour-long intake session to get more information about your family and to determine if SPACE is a good fit.
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SPACE treatment has been tested and found to be efficacious in randomized controlled clinical trials.
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