Our underlying philosophy is that a child’s healing is
through the family. With that in mind, we are intentionally shifting
the traditional clinical paradigm when it comes to working with
children & adolescents. It is no longer business as usual!
Based on our education, training and experience combined with
the latest research on human development, we work in collaboration
with the family to facilitate the creation of a therapeutic environment
at home. The family is the foundation for that environment. In
other words: Parents (bio, adoptive or foster) – We need
you! We cannot be effective helpers for your child without you!
We have over 50 years of combined experience working with children & adolescents
and their families and we are able to consistently provide effective
results. By keeping abreast of current research in both the medical
and behavioral science fields, our practice offers a quintessential
level of care that will significantly decrease or eliminate acting
out behaviors on the part of your child, improve school performance
and provide a healthier, happier family life!
We offer:
- FREE educational and support group for parents!
- Please call
Four Winds Center for Wellness, Inc. if you are interested:
218/444-2055
- Family Centered Regulatory Therapy
- Individual Family
- Weekly sessions
- Intensive 3-day experience for you & your
family alone
- Multi - Family
- Intensive 3-day restorative retreats for small
groups of participating families
Adoption & Foster Care Support
For years, foster & adopted children, well-meaning families
and the professionals who work with them have felt overwhelmed
and defeated by disrupted placements and failed adoptions --
sad scenarios where nobody wins. And it’s saddest of all
for the traumatized children who come into the system, desperate
for safety, unconditional love and a forever place to call “home”.
These children and the families who choose them are all too often
unprepared for the roller-coaster ride that may lie ahead. Children
with trauma suffer from invisible inner turmoil that impacts
their ability to regulate their behaviors. The behavioral consequences
that result are not invisible and the dynamics that follow disrupt
the entire family. What has been the result? Children have been
blamed, families have been blamed, professionals have been blamed – and
then the children are moved again, only to repeat the cycle of
mistrust and fear-based behaviors.
Learn what traditional “foster care training” did
not teach you. Find out why traditional methods of behavioral
management do not work and learn skills that do! Learn how to
be an advocate for your child in the classroom. Experience increased
understanding, closer relationships and family harmony. Through
our 3-day intensive family experience we will provide insightful
education, healing and hope for you and your family.
Parental Alienation
We know that divorce is difficult for all involved, especially
for children, who loving both parents, cannot help but have divided
loyalties. Whether intentional or unintentional, alienation by
one parent against the other causes devastating results for these,
the most vulnerable casualties of divorce. We provide assessments
and help for individuals who find they are victims of this phenomenon.
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