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At WNC Counseling, we provide a range of evidence-based professional services designed to support families, parents, and youth to improve the quality of their family relationships. Our offerings include both counseling services to promote emotional well-being and guidance services to help families navigate specific life challenges.
PCIT is an evidenced-based 12-16 week parent/caregiver training delivered in clinic or home-based for families with children 2-7 year olds, when the child has behavior problems, there are problems in the parent-child relationship or in cases of abuse.
PCIT Goals: Improve the quality of the parent-child relationship; increase parent effectiveness in managing children's misbehavior, and teaches appropriate discipline and reduction of parental stress.
PCIT works when the parent and child are together at least 3-4 times a weeks to practice the language skills and work on relationship enhancement and safe discipline practices.
PCIT Languages: English and Spanish
Promoting First Relationships (PFR) is a parent/caregiver intervention model that is used for families with infants and children from birth-3 years to lower risks of child maltreatment and increase child safety. It is a 10-14-week in-home program. PFR supports parents to experience joy and confidence in their relationships with their infants and toddlers.
Goal of PFR: build lasting, healthy, positive attachment relationships between parents and their infant or toddler.
Triple P is an evidenced-based 10-15 week parenting training and skill-building intervention to help parents safely cope with the daily challenges of parenting. Triple P has been effective in helping parents learn appropriate methods of discipline, behavior management, and improving the parent/child relationship. WNC therapists use the CANS-F assessment tool when working with families.
Project SafeCare is an 18-21 weeks in home skills building and educational services for caregivers of children 0-5 years. The focus is usually on neglect related issues. SafeCare Home Visitors and Coaches work with at risk families to improve parenting skills in 3 domains including home safety, child health/management of illness and injury and child/infant and parent interaction through use of assignments, skill mastery and role modeling.
SafeCare Goals: Reduce incidents of child maltreatment, increase positive parent-child interaction, improve how parents care for their children's health, enhance home safety and parent supervision.
FPS is an in-home service designed to improve family functioning in order to promote the child's health, safety, and welfare and thereby allowing the family to remain intact and allow children to remain or return home.
FPS Goals: help with establishing or restore safety in the child or youth's home to: prevent the need for an out-of-home placement when the child or youth is considered to be at substantial likelihood of placement due to abuse, neglect or severe family conflict; or facilitate the return of a child or youth from out-of-home care.
CANS-F is the assessment tool used by Washington National Counseling therapists in working with families.
Incredible Years in-home services increases parenting skills, improves relationships, and decreases child behavior problems. The Incredible Years program includes video, modeling, DVDs, and role play. Short-term outcomes typically include increased school readiness, improved emotion regulation and social competence, as well as improved parenting interactions and relationships. Long-term outcomes include increased academic achievement, lower school dropout rates, reduced youth criminal activity, and reduced drug and alcohol problems.
The purpose of these services is to provide professional level mental health services as authorized by Children's Administration (CA) to improve the safety of children and the functioning of individuals and families. Services may include assessment, counseling, therapy or treatment services.
Counseling, therapy, and treatment services use evidence-based, and recognized therapeutic techniques, to assist an individual, individuals, or a family in amelioration or adjustment of mental, emotional or behavioral problems. Our therapists are available to provide consultation to social workers on specific cases including a concluding report following the end of treatment.
Restore Parenting Skills with Proven Support
Washington National Counseling helps parents who are working to restore their parenting rights by providing trusted Family Court support services backed by over 30 years of experience. We utilize evidence-based tools, including the Positive Parenting Program (PPP), Family Preservation Services (FPS), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Project SafeCare, to equip parents with practical skills that strengthen family relationships and reduce conflict.
Parents who complete their program receive a certificate of completion, which they can provide to the court, demonstrating their commitment to change and readiness to meet Family Court requirements. These services are offered on a private-pay basis (Child Protective Services (CPS) is not involved) and are custom-designed to support parents who know they are struggling but want to create a healthier, safer, more stable future for their children.
Build Stronger Family Relationships and Reach Your Goals
We designed our life coaching services for parents and grandparents who want to achieve personal or professional goals but struggle to stay focused due to the challenges of parenting. With over 30 years of experience strengthening families, our coach utilizes proven, evidence-based strategies to help you address home-related obstacles, reframe limiting beliefs, and adopt an empowering mindset, enabling you to move forward with confidence.
Through coaching, you can clarify your goals, create clear and actionable plans, and have support and accountability to help you stay on track. By learning practical techniques for emotional regulation, stress management, healthy routines, and habit formation, you can create stability in your home, enabling you to stay on track with and committed to your goals. Our life coaching services are private-pay and customized to your specific situation, providing you with the tools to achieve success for yourself and your family.
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Building the knowledge, skills, and abilities that can keep families together.
