Our Services
Following an initial phone consultation with Dr. Bell you will be connected with a therapist whose expertise best matches your needs. Inwood Family Guidance currently offers the following services:
Individual Psychotherapy for Adults
Following a family-of-origin framework and incorporating interpersonal as well as cognitive-behavioral techniques as needed you and your therapist will work together to explore how your relationships with your family-of-origin impact your current interpersonal relationships and overall functioning with a goal of moving toward improving functioning and developing more healthy and fulfilling relationships. Sessions are generally held weekly and last approximately 45 minutes.
Individual Psychotherapy for Children
Following a family systems framework and incorporating a combination of play therapy and cognitive-behavioral techniques as needed you, your child, and your child’s therapist will work as a team to explore how your child’s environment at home, school and in the community impact his/her functioning. In addition, you, your child, and your child’s therapist will determine what adjustments can be made to your child’s environment to help him/her develop more healthy and fulfilling relationships and behaviors. Sessions are generally held weekly and last approximately 45 minutes.
Therapy for Families and Couples
Utilizing a family systems or Family-of-Origin/Transgenerational framework and incorporating Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and cognitive-behavioral techniques as needed, you and your therapist will work together as a team to develop a treatment plan to best address your needs. Frequent goals in family and couple's therapy include improving and increasing communication between family members/couples, increasing empathy for one another, and identifying interactional patterns that prevent the family/couple from working together in constructive ways. Sessions are generally held weekly and last approximately 45 minutes.
Workshops
Inwood Family Guidance runs a variety of workshops throughout the year. Past topics have included: Natural & Logical Consequences, Parenting Your Adolescent Child, How to Have Healthy Boundaries with Your Children, Finding Balance – Parenting our Children in Today’s World, Is There Value in Violence in Children’s Play? Please call 347-696-1672 for more information or check out our calendar here.
Group Therapy
Inwood Family Guidance has groups throughout the year including parenting groups, new parent groups, sibling groups, and women's groups.
Please call 347-696-1672 for more information or check out our calendar here.
School Consultation Services
Inwood Family Guidance can provide a variety of consultation services for school teachers, staff, and administration around the areas of classroom management, cultural competence, as well as school-wide interventions for such issues as sudden traumatic loss, bullying, diversity, and crisis intervention. For more information or to schedule a phone consultation, please call Dr. Bell at 347-696-1672.
