Area of Focus

At Addison Behavioral Health, we support children, adolescents, and adults as they navigate a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges. Treatment is individualized and grounded in evidence-based care.

Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Support for anxiety, chronic stress, depression, bipolar disorder, sleep difficulties, and emotional overwhelm. Therapy focuses on building coping skills, stabilizing mood, and restoring a sense of balance.

Trauma & Emotional Regulation

Specialized care for trauma and PTSD, domestic violence, self-harming behaviors, suicidal ideation, and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Treatment emphasizes safety, stabilization, and long-term healing.

Children & Adolescents

Support for behavioral issues, peer relationship challenges, teen violence, self-esteem concerns, and emotional disturbance. Developmentally appropriate approaches, including play and expressive therapies, are used to help young clients communicate and process emotions effectively.

Life Transitions & Identity

Guidance through divorce, grief, career counseling, body image concerns, spirituality, and major life changes. Therapy creates space for reflection, clarity, and intentional growth.

Therapeutic Approach

Treatment at Addison Behavioral Health is collaborative, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. We integrate multiple therapeutic modalities to meet each client’s unique needs.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Builds skills in emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and healthy interpersonal relationships.

EMDR

A structured therapy used to process and heal traumatic experiences in a safe and guided way.

Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)

Supports behavioral change through structured, goal-oriented interventions.

Play & Expressive Arts Therapy

Uses creative and developmentally appropriate techniques to help children and adolescents express and process emotions.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

Combines mindfulness practices with cognitive strategies to reduce stress and prevent relapse in mood disorders.

Motivational Interviewing

Encourages insight and strengthens internal motivation for positive change.

Emotionally Focused & Interpersonal Approaches

Focus on improving relationship patterns, emotional awareness, and communication.

Humanistic & Feminist Frameworks

Center empowerment, identity, autonomy, and social context in the healing process.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Helps identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns that influence emotions and behaviors.