Programs and Services: Therapy Program

MRCCAC provides therapy to survivors of sexual assault, sexual abuse and homicide when they choose to deal with the effects of their trauma. Licensed professional counselors and licensed master social workers provide therapy services free of charge. Therapy is provided for as long as needed.

THERAPY PROGRAM MISSION

• To help reduce the trauma caused by sexual assault, sexual abuse and homicide through addressing the individual needs of the client and family in therapy.
• To provide an internship program and a site for students to gain hands on experience training.

THERAPY PROGRAM GOALS

• To provide a place of caring and support for all clients.
• To help create a new support system for families.
• To provide short and long term therapy to individuals and families.
• To meet the needs of the community concerning sexual assault, sexual abuse and homicide by providing appropriate therapies for individuals and families.
• To continue on-going professional training to enhance our practice strategies and techniques to benefit the needs of our clients.

BENEFITS OF THERAPY

Therapy helps survivors:

• To identify and accept their feelings.
• To increase self-acceptance and self-respect.
• To encourage self-reliance.
• To improve coping skills.
• To improve communication skills.
• To be creative and resourceful in confronting problems.

MRCCAC THERAPY CLIENTS

• Children
• Adolescents
• Adults

TYPES OF THERAPY OFFERED

• Art Therapy
• EMDR
• Play Therapy
• Sand Tray
• Talk Therapy
• Therapy Specific for Children With Attachment Disorder
• Groups
  • Parent Support Group
  • Girls’ Support Group
  • Boys’ Support Group
  • Teen Support Group
  • Codependency Group for Adults
  • Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Support Group
  • Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren Support Group

THERAPY FOR CHILDREN

Play Therapy is to children what Talk Therapy is to adults. Play is a child’s natural way of communicating their feelings (fears, concerns, insecurities). Children are provided with special toys in the playroom and in the sand tray room to enable them to demonstrate through play what they have difficulty saying in words while a trained therapist observes. Children feel better because the internal feelings are released.