Stairways Behavioral Health Opens New Family Therapy and Training Institute
Erie, PA, October 04, 2011 --(PR.com)-- In response to increased community demand for emotional support to families and neighborhoods dealing with trauma – and to best serve all families throughout Erie County – Stairways Behavioral Health announces the opening of a new clinic, on Erie’s East side, dedicated to the practice of family therapy.
“The Family Therapy and Training Institute is the product of Stairways’ vision of services delivered to families, and a rich history of best practices in the Erie community,” says Jeff Natalie, director of program development and supporting director of Stairways’ child and family services.
Sharing a campus with Stairways’ Center City Arts center on the grounds of the historic Rose Koehler Curtze estate at 138 E. 26th Street, the new “Family Therapy and Training Institute” provides a centrally-located retreat for children, adolescents and their families.
Recognizing that children and youth get better in the context of their families and with the support of other important relationships, Stairways dedicates this new practice to the very best of prevailing family therapy models - those which address the needs of each family member in context of the full family dynamic.
“If your child breaks their leg, you don’t drive him or her to the doctor or emergency room and drop them off, then come back and pick them up once the cast is in place,” says Natalie. “Similarly, a child who is experiencing anxiety or depression or effects of a trauma, heal best when treated with family by their side. For too long we’ve been dropping our kids off at therapy, in hopes that they’ll get better. And they don’t.”
Stairways’ existing continuum of child and youth services, including the Stairways Mobile Adolescent Rehabilitation Team, Child and Adolescent Blended Case Management and Youth in Transition, is now complemented by this community outpatient mental health program.
The Family Therapy and Training Institute is now available to accept counseling cases for children, adolescents, couples and families. And while Erie County residents with private insurance have come to expect this high standard of care from their privately paneled therapists, FTTI is open exclusively to families receiving medical assistance, and centrally located at the corner of 26th and Holland Streets in Erie.
Families may obtain more information or schedule an intake appointment by calling the FTTI directly, at 814-878-2094, or toll free at 888-453-5806.
Stairways CEO, William F. McCarthy, and Stairways Director of New Program Development, Jeff Natalie, are available for additional interviews.
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“The Family Therapy and Training Institute is the product of Stairways’ vision of services delivered to families, and a rich history of best practices in the Erie community,” says Jeff Natalie, director of program development and supporting director of Stairways’ child and family services.
Sharing a campus with Stairways’ Center City Arts center on the grounds of the historic Rose Koehler Curtze estate at 138 E. 26th Street, the new “Family Therapy and Training Institute” provides a centrally-located retreat for children, adolescents and their families.
Recognizing that children and youth get better in the context of their families and with the support of other important relationships, Stairways dedicates this new practice to the very best of prevailing family therapy models - those which address the needs of each family member in context of the full family dynamic.
“If your child breaks their leg, you don’t drive him or her to the doctor or emergency room and drop them off, then come back and pick them up once the cast is in place,” says Natalie. “Similarly, a child who is experiencing anxiety or depression or effects of a trauma, heal best when treated with family by their side. For too long we’ve been dropping our kids off at therapy, in hopes that they’ll get better. And they don’t.”
Stairways’ existing continuum of child and youth services, including the Stairways Mobile Adolescent Rehabilitation Team, Child and Adolescent Blended Case Management and Youth in Transition, is now complemented by this community outpatient mental health program.
The Family Therapy and Training Institute is now available to accept counseling cases for children, adolescents, couples and families. And while Erie County residents with private insurance have come to expect this high standard of care from their privately paneled therapists, FTTI is open exclusively to families receiving medical assistance, and centrally located at the corner of 26th and Holland Streets in Erie.
Families may obtain more information or schedule an intake appointment by calling the FTTI directly, at 814-878-2094, or toll free at 888-453-5806.
Stairways CEO, William F. McCarthy, and Stairways Director of New Program Development, Jeff Natalie, are available for additional interviews.
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www.StairwaysBH.org
Heather May Caspar
814-449-5390
www.StairwaysBH.org
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