Therapy & Counseling Services
Toddlers & Young Children
Parents bring their children to us for assessment, diagnosis, and follow-up treatment. We offer psychological testing to determine developmental and intellectual functioning as well as assessment for Autism, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and learning problems. Parents often struggle with their children’s temper tantrums, sleeping problems, or toileting and eating issues. We assist parents in learning parenting strategies and behavior management techniques that help them gain control and feel confident in their parenting abilities. Our therapists are also skilled in working with children who have experienced abuse or other trauma.
Adoption and attachment-related issues are other areas of our expertise. We help families and children heal while they navigate difficult roads. We are known for our skill in working with children who have complex issues including genetic disorders, developmental delays, Autism, and severe behavioral issues.
Several of our therapists are cross-trained as behaviorists, so they are particularly skilled in behavior management and modification. They help handle issues from setting up home behavior management plans to dealing with more severe and difficult behaviors such as self-injury, aggression, toileting problems, and a host of other issues.
Adolescents
Parents bring their teenagers to us because of acting out behaviors such as defiance, drugs and alcohol, promiscuity, videogame addictions, pornography; or adjustment issues such as sexual identity, school problems, and peer pressure, or psychiatric issues such as bipolar issues, psychotic disorders, depression, and anxiety. We offer individual and family therapy to address these issues as well as assessment of psychiatric disorders. We work in a collaborative effort to bridge the communication gap between parents and their teens. Teens are trying to break away and establish their own identities while parents struggle to maintain control. With a therapist’s guidance, teens and parents can learn to work together to meet both their needs.
Adults
Adults come to us for help through a crisis such as divorce, death of a family member, loss of a job or to address issues from childhood, inner struggles or ongoing mental health issues. We have expertise in treating general psychiatric conditions as well as dealing with past traumas, pornography and other addictions, marital and family issues. We also provide psychological testing for diagnosis of underlying conditions. Unique to Summit Community Counseling is our expertise in working with adults with developmental disabilities, offering needed supports to help guide these individuals and their caregivers.
Couples & Families
Families have unique relationships, and come to us to help develop better relationships, communication, and understanding between each other. It may be incident specific, such as a need for counseling during a divorce or the approaching death of a family member. Alternatively, couples and family counseling can also address the needs of the family when one or more family member suffers from a mental or physical illness that alters his or her behavior in maladaptive way.
Geriatric Services
Spanish-Speaking Services
We have Spanish speaking therapists who can help individuals feel more comfortable by providing services in their native language. Being understood and communicating openly in one’s native language is essential to bring about change in therapy.
LDS Services
We have several therapists who provide faith-based counseling and are knowledgeable in working with members of the LDS church, and are sensitive to the unique needs of church members. We accept ward/bishop pay to make your payment arrangements even easier.
LGBTQ Services
We have therapists who are both passionate and experienced in helping serve members of the LGBTQ community. We can help with a variety of issues and situations ranging from general mental health issues to couples’ issues and how to speak with family members about one’s sexual identity. We understand the cultural conditions specific to our state and how that impacts members of the LGBTQ community and their loved ones.
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