Getting Started
There is a mental health crisis impacting Children, Teens, and Young Adults.
That’s why we created a center uniquely focused on Evidence-Based CBT Tools to empower children, teens, and young adults to enhance their mental health, build resilience, and promote life-long well-being, and to provide consultation and training to the professionals who support them.
Ready to take the first step?
Schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation with a CBT Tools for Life Center team member.
Step 1: Request an appointment time for an Initial Inquiry 15-Minute Free Consultation
Request a convenient time for the Initial Inquiry Consultation.
Please note that all new inquiry meetings for individual services will be conducted by telephone only.
For New Prospective Clients, please request a “ Telephone Inquiry Consultation” on the availability calendar for a Prospective Client Initial Inquiry Telephone 15-Minute Consultation at No Charge.”
For Professional individual services, please request a “Professional Telephone Inquiry Consultation” on the availability calendar for a “Professional Initial Inquiry Telephone 15-Minute Consultation at No Charge.”
For Professional group services, please request a “Licensed Professional Initial Inquiry OCD Consultation Group 15-Minute Consultation at No Charge.”
After requesting a date/time, you will be asked to complete some brief questions securely through our HIPAA-compliant platform.
Submit your responses to initiate your consultation appointment request.
Click the I’m A New Client button.
To get started you’ll be redirected to our New Client scheduling site
Step 2: Receive a Response
We will review your question responses and will reply within one week (Monday through Friday, excluding holidays). If we determine that we might be able to assist you, you will receive a confirmation for your free 15-minute inquiry consultation meeting.
Step 3: Initial Inquiry Meeting
For individual clients and professionals, you will receive a telephone call at the designated time at the phone number provided. In this call, we will learn about your needs, discuss our services, and determine if we are a good fit to work together.
For professionals interested in groups, we will meet by video and you will receive a HIPAA-secure video link. Please click on the link at the designated time for your video meeting.
Our Typical Treatment Process
If the CBT Tools for Life Center is the right fit for you after our initial evaluation call, here’s what to expect:
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We work closely with you as parents or guardians to assess your child’s or teen’s needs, develop goals, create a plan to achieve those goals, provide practice outside of the meetings, and monitor and evaluate progress throughout treatment. We have an evidence-based approach that we use to develop an initial treatment plan, tailored to the specific, individual needs of each child or teen with whom we are working, and considering the whole child within the many important contexts that the child or teen functions.
Summary of our process:
90-minute parent intake consultation
Clinical assessment of the child’s or teen’s specific diagnostic and treatment needs’
Development of a personalized, evidence-based treatment plan
Parent 90-minute feedback meeting to review the treatment plan
Summarize treatment plan for the child or teen in developmentally appropriate language
Implementation of the treatment plan including practice exercises. We provide exercises to take home and practice tools they have learned. Research shows that the practice of new skills and tools is important to internalize the tools learned and begin using them in our daily lives
Ongoing review and monitoring of progress
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When working with young adults over 18 years old and living outside of the home, we conduct our initial clinical assessment and develop our treatment plan directly with the young adult. We obtain a signed release from the young adult to speak with the parents or guardians as needed.
Summary of our process:
Initial 90-minute intake consultation
Clinical assessment of the specific diagnostic and treatment needs
Development of a personalized, evidence-based treatment plan
Young Adult 90-minute feedback meeting to review the treatment plan
Implementation of the treatment plan including practice exercises. We provide exercises to take home and practice tools they have learned. Research shows that practice of new skills and tools is important to internalize the tools learned and begin using them in our daily lives
Ongoing review and monitoring of progress
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We work with parents or guardians who want their own consultation to learn tools and strategies to help and support their children, teens or young adults and to manage their own responses to their kids. We assess your needs, develop goals, create an evidence-based plan to achieve those goals, and to monitor and evaluate progress throughout treatment.
Summary of our process:
Initial 90-minute parent intake consultation
Clinical assessment of parents’ specific diagnostic and treatment needs
Development of a personalized, evidence-based treatment plan
Parent 90-minute feedback meeting to review the treatment plan
Implementation of the treatment plan including practice exercises. We provide exercises to take home and practice tools they have learned. Research shows that practice of new skills and tools is important to internalize the tools learned and begin using them in our daily lives
Ongoing review and monitoring of progress
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We meet with each professional individually, and tailor our consultation and support to meet their specific needs, whether they are seeking 1:1 consultation, group consultation, or are part of a larger organization seeking our services.
Summary of our process:
Development of a personalized, evidence-based plan for working together, tailored to the specific needs and goals of each professional
Ongoing review and monitoring of progress toward goals and adjustments needed to ensure consultation is effective and impactful