Services Offered

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Family Therapy

Children exist within the context of their families. To fully understand and support a child’s emotional and behavioral needs, it is essential to explore family dynamics, attachment patterns, and generational influences. Family therapy for children and adolescents allows caregivers and children to strengthen emotional bonds, improve communication, and increase empathy within the family system.

At Fox and Acorn, we use family play therapy to blend talk therapy with expressive arts, sandtray, and play-based interventions. This allows children and parents to engage in developmentally appropriate activities that help express emotions, reduce conflict, and build stronger, more secure relationships.

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CPRT - Child Parent Relationship Therapy

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) is an evidence-based, play therapy-based treatment program designed to help young children with behavioral challenges, emotional struggles, anxiety, attachment disorders, and social difficulties.

Grounded in child-centered play therapy, attachment theory, and interpersonal neurobiology, CPRT empowers parents to become therapeutic agents of change. Parents learn specialized play skills that support emotional regulation, strengthen attachment security, and promote their child’s overall well-being. CPRT is ideal for families seeking to repair strained parent-child relationships and support their child’s emotional development at home.

MIM - Marschak Interaction Method

The Marschak Interaction Method (MIM) is an assessment tool used to evaluate the quality of the parent-child relationship. Developed by Marianne Marschak, this structured, videotaped observation provides valuable insights into critical areas of relational functioning such as:

Emotional engagement
Nurturing behaviors
The ability to challenge and support the child
Parental structure and leadership

The MIM helps inform treatment planning by identifying both strengths and growth areas in the caregiver-child relationship, allowing us to tailor interventions that best meet the family’s needs.