Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Rapid Resolution Therapists Who See Children


Guess what?! Rapid Resolution Therapy is effective for children too! And our RRT community is blessed with many Certified Practitioners that work with children in many different settings. Unfortunately some children are also survivors of sexual violence, childhood abuse, etc. Their minds will also have emotional, and behavioral responses to those traumas that isn't helpful to them. Children are no less haunted by the things they have survived than adults are.


In my private practice I do not work with children; the age range I work with is high school and up. However, I'm always amazed at how quickly and excitedly the teens respond to RRT. I suspect part of it is they come in with some natural curiosity and another part is very few of them have been to counseling where it wasn't helpful. But the fact remains that they get it fast, and their minds update fast!

So this week I want to give a shout out to all our Certified Practitioners who do use RRT with the children they see (this list may not include everyone and is in no particular order but it's a start!)

Be well, Be happy - Tara




Tara S. Dickherber, M.Ed, LPC
573-754-0348
1360 S 5th St., Suite 394, St. Charles, MO 63301












RRT Certified Practitioners Who See Children:


Molly Sanford, LCSW
Bridgewater Professional Park
4929 Van Dyke Rd., Lutz, Florida 33558

Jennifer Stinson, LMSW
Child & Adolescent Therapist
Hauppauge, NY 11788

Karen Q. Grannis, LPC
Mental Health Therapist, Success for All Students
Office: 678-331-8131 / Cell: 678-756-6509
(Se habla Espanol)

Jaime Armstrong, LMHC, CHT
Life Improvement Therapy
735 Arlington Ave North, Suite 301, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
 www.LifeImprovementTherapy.com

Gayle Skovron, LCSW-R
239 North Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591

Maureen T. Harper, LMHC
4400 Marsh Landing Blvd. Suite 6, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082

Kelly Plouffe, LMFT
KSP Counseling, Inc.
New Port Richey, FL

Erin Grupp, LCSW, CAP
4100 W. Kennedy Blvd. Suite 327, Tampa, FL 33609

Erin Grupp, LCSW, CAP
1501 Belcher Rd. Suite B4, Largo, FL 33771

Patricka (Patty) Caldera, MSW, LCSW
1360 S 5th St, Suite 398, St Charles, MO 63301

Angela M. Torp, M. A., LPC-S, CART, LBSW, RRT
Torp Counseling
600 Lake Air Dr. #24A, Waco, TX 76710

Deb Middleton, LCSW ACSW
Lifesong for Growth and Wellness, LLC
3405 W. Truman, Ste. 101, Jefferson City, MO 65109

Josephine B. Burleson, Ma, LPC, RPT (Registered Play Therapist)
3212 Collinsworth, Suite 1, Fort Worth, TX 76107

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

How RRT Cleared A 7-Year Old Girl's Trauma



By Joy Finch, M.S., NCC
Certified Practitioner, Rapid Resolution Therapy


This 7-year-old child was referred by the psychiatric hospital upon release. One year prior to her hospitalization she was physically and sexually assaulted by two babysitters. Her presenting issues prior to treatment were escalating behavioral issues, anxiety, suicidal ideations, threats and attempts which led to being hospitalized three times within one year. Her suicidal attempts included cutting, hanging and suffocating herself. She had also been through four months of therapy. Her single mother was desperate for help with several younger children to care for while providing 24/7 suicide watch.


When I met with her for treatment she refused to leave her mother's sight so I sat with her on the front steps of her mobile home with the door open and her mother sitting just inside. I established connection with her and created a baseline visual metaphor with her which is a visual symbol created by the participant for the way her mind has been responding to the traumatic event. Her baseline visual metaphor was, in her words, "like a tornado--dark."

I cleared the traumatic memory using RRT while keeping the child emotionally present and responding to what was happening which was sitting with me playing a game on the front steps of her home. This game involved her sharing the narrative of the traumatic event with ease and laughter. This game of telling and retelling her story while correcting me as I recounted the story with intentional inaccuracy was so funny to her that she collapsed in laughter and her mother, overhearing this life changing conversation, was laughing too. The horrible "incident" had become as innocuous as data on a sheet of paper. The setting allowed mom to reprocess the experience too.


A final RRT intervention intended to update inner mind involves a process through which the child learns that the traumatic event no longer exists and that there is nothing that needs to be done was once again completed with ease and laughter. When I asked her about the "tornado-- dark", she said, "It's not there anymore." Then she added, "It's done!" while motioning her extended thumb over her shoulder with a big smile.


It has been almost two months since RRT and this child has had no further mention or indication of any suicidal thoughts, ideas or plans. The family continues to experience difficulties including eviction, however, thankfully they are no longer dealing with this stressor.






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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Have you ever provided RRT for a Child involved in the Foster Care or Welfare System?

We are searching for certified therapists who have used Rapid Resolution Therapy to treat children of any age. We have been approached about potential partnerships to offer this therapy to children and need certified RRT therapists to speak to their experiences of using this therapy within the child welfare system, for Foster children or anyone treated under the age of 18. If you have, please contact us as soon as possible. You can reach Dr. Sharon Richie-Melvan via email at drsrichie@earthlink.net.

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