At Mindful Innovations, we are dedicated to providing exceptional therapeutic services tailored to the unique needs of children and adolescents. With a longstanding commitment to fostering emotional and psychological well-being, we have been serving children and teens for over 20 years, offering a range of specialized services designed to support their developmental and mental health needs.

Our Expertise and Experience

Our team brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the table, with a distinguished history of creating and managing effective therapeutic programs. Our background includes:

• Intensive In-Home Services: We have provided comprehensive support through intensive in-home therapy, addressing complex issues within the child's familial environment. This experience is foundational to our efforts to support the whole family system and promote sustainable progress.

• Residential Treatment Programs: Our staff has a proven track record in developing and overseeing residential treatment programs for adolescents. These programs were crafted with a focus on creating safe, structured environments that facilitate meaningful therapeutic interventions and long-term healing.

• Hospital Based Services: Our staff has many years of acute care services provided to individuals in crisis and in need of stabilization. During this time, our staff has gained knowledge in navigation of crisis situations, methods of de-escalation, and strategies for ensuring clients are afforded the appropriate level of care to meet their mental health needs.

• Correctional Facility/Rehabilitation Services: During time providing services to individual who are incarcerated, our staff worked directly with high risk offenders and individuals seeking rehabilitation for sexual offending.

• Leadership in Child and Family Services: As a former Director of Child and Family Services across three counties in Virginia, our leadership has been instrumental in shaping effective strategies and ensuring the highest standards of care. This experience equips us with a deep understanding of community needs and resource coordination.

Effective Therapeutic Strategies

Our approaches integrate evidence-based practices and innovative strategies to ensure comprehensive care. Each approach is focused upon the individual need of the client and family. Trained clinicians will employ proven, evidence based skills and techniques from the following treatment modalities:

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): We utilize EMDR therapy to help children and adolescents process and overcome trauma. This technique is proven to be effective in alleviating symptoms of post-traumatic stress and promoting emotional resilience.

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): DBT is employed to assist individuals in developing skills for emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance. This approach is particularly beneficial for managing intense emotions and fostering healthier relationships.

• Play Therapy: Understanding the importance of play in child development, we integrate therapeutic play into our sessions. This method helps children express their feelings, work through challenges, and develop coping strategies in a safe and engaging manner.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): CBT is an essential part of our therapeutic toolkit. This evidence-based approach helps children and teens identify and challenge negative thought patterns and behaviors, promoting healthier coping strategies and improved emotional regulation.

• Polyvagal Theory: We incorporate principles of Polyvagal Theory to help children and teens understand and regulate their physiological responses to stress. By focusing on the autonomic nervous system and its role in emotional and behavioral regulation, we guide our clients in developing strategies to achieve greater emotional stability and resilience.

• Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT): RO DBT can assist in challenging rigid or inflexible thinking patterns, difficulty establishing social connections, struggles with being vulnerable, perfectionism, high self-criticism, difficulty adapting to new situations or difficulties in making change.

• Family Based Therapy (FBT): Incorporation of family can help to improve communication, reduce conflict, reach solutions as a family unit, and improve familial relationships.

• Interpersonal Therapy (IPT): Use of this approach is time limited and focused upon improving interpersonal relationships and engagement socially within a teens social system. This approach works to improve communication and resolve conflict.

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): ACT is beneficial in helping adolescents to accept strong emotions and thoughts. It focuses upon engaging in goal aligning choices in the face of difficult thoughts and emotions.

• Art Therapy: Useful to explore underlying emotions and thoughts that may be hard to articulate. This approach may help with verbalization of needs, exploration of emotions, stress relief, increasing self-esteem, and processing of trauma or difficult to process events.

Creating a Safe and Regulated Therapeutic Environment

Our therapeutic dynamic is designed to ensure safety and promote physiological regulation. We recognize that children and teens often need additional support in managing their physiological responses to stress and trauma. By creating a supportive environment and using strategies that integrate both psychological and physical regulation, we empower our young clients to develop effective coping mechanisms and achieve emotional stability.

At Mindful Innovations, we are committed to providing a nurturing and effective therapeutic experience for children and teens. Our comprehensive services and experienced staff are here to guide your family through every step of the therapeutic journey, ensuring that your child receives the highest level of care and support.

For more information or to schedule a consultation, please contact us. Together, we can build a brighter, healthier future for your child.