Individual Therapy
The Harris Center offers psychotherapy for adults, children, and couples. Psychiatric consultation to assess need for medication is also available. Treatment is provided for a full range of issues, including but not limited to:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Insomnia
- Stress management
- Anger management
- Trauma and post-traumatic stress
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Grief and loss
- Adjustment and life stage difficulties
- Parenting
- Child and adult ADHD
- Child behavior problems
- Social skills deficits
- School difficulties
- Child and adult learning disabilities
- Couples' conflicts
- LGBTQ and diversity issues
Groups
Adult
DBT Skills Training Group - Ongoing
Focus: Coping skills training for persons with borderline personality disorder, based on Linehan's dialectical behavior therapy model.
Format: Weekly sessions for one year for adults.
Content: Topics include regulating emotions, being more effective in relationships, and dealing with stressful situations. Sessions consist of lectures, discussion, and homework activities.
Classes
Children
Happy Healthy Kids, Coping Skills for Children - offered periodically
Focus: Teaching skills to effectively manage frustration, anxiety, stress, and other difficult emotions.
Format: 6-week after-school class for children grades 3rd to 5th.
Content: Topics include understanding and recognizing emotions, learning how to control your emotions, appropriately expressing emotions, problem solving, and perspective taking. Classes consist of lectures, group discussions/activities, and homework activities.
Assessments
Assessments of learning disabilities, attention deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD), intelligence and personality for both adults and children may be obtained at the center. Assessments range in price from $450 to $500. UK staff and students are eligible for a 10% discount on assessment services at the Harris Center. Please call (859.257.6853) for more information.
