Psychotherapy encapsulates a variety of techniques and methods to help children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties. The REACH Institute was developed to bridge the gap between science and current child mental health practices, and to offer psychotherapy training courses for clinicians that believe in the prompt application of research findings. In the past decade, evidence based psychotherapies for children have come to the forefront of clinicians’ minds. The over 500 therapies that have been used for children and adolescents have prompted questions and curiosity about psychotherapy, but have also left practicing clinicians wondering how they can receive training in evidence based psychotherapy for children. Evidence based psychotherapy requires an active therapist who, instead of applying older psychodynamic treatment models that focused on a patient’s past, spends considerable time assisting the child and family to develop skills to deal with the present. Evidence is derived from rigorous tests of psychotherapy performance against some type of comparison method, and such therapies can the applied to a specific child or adolescent with greater confidence that they are likely to be effective – hence the name evidence-based psychotherapy – it is based on evidence. At the REACH Institute, we believe that this scientific approach can reveal truths about what works for child mental health, behavioral and emotional problems, so as science progresses, these new findings must be brought to bear on clinical practices. The REACH Institute offers training in evidence based psychotherapy of children to child mental health therapists, to do exactly that. Our CATIE program, the Child and Adolescent Training in Evidence-based Psychotherapy, includes a variety of psychotherapy training programs that cover specific emotional disorders including ADHD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and PTSD. These training sessions, usually based on cognitive behavioral therapy or behavior therapy techniques, equip clinicians with evidence-based treatment skills that work for children and adolescents as well as benefit their families. For those wishing to become truly expert, we also offer "Master Clinician" training, enabling learners to become expert in the major forms of therapy for most childhood behavioral and emotional disorders. Master Clinicians may qualify to become trainers in their own right, enabling them to offer REACH psychotherapy training to other therapists in their own clinical treatment settings. The REACH Institute also offers courses on Evidence-Based Approaches for Systems Serving Youth (EASSY). This program is tailored to the needs of a specific organization, whether a school system, mental health program, or juvenile justice setting, and offers comprehensive training in integrated methods, ranging from mental health assessment and diagnosis, child mental health treatment, and parent empowerment. For more information, we encourage you to browse our website or contact us at
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