Children’s Therapeutic Services

Natalis provides therapeutic interventions to children ages birth through seventeen years-old and their families.

Children’s Evidence Based Interventions available at Natalis

Attachment Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC):

ABC is an evidenced based intervention for infants ages six months to four-years-old and their parents. The intervention is family based and designed to support caregivers who are parenting young children with early adversity such as medical issues, trauma histories, and/or child protection involvement. It is also designed to serve children who have families struggling with mental illness and substance use disorders. For more information on ABC, please look at the ABC website: http://www.abcintervention.org

Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP):

CPP is an evidenced based intervention for children ages birth through five-years-old. The intervention is family based and treats children and families with early adversity. For more information on CPP, please look at the CPP website: https://childparentpsychotherapy.com

Coping Cat:

Coping Cat is an evidenced based intervention for children ages seven through thirteen-years-old struggling with anxiety disorders. Our clinic delivers Coping Cat to children alongside their parents to help parents learn skills to support their children’s struggles with anxiety.

Exposure Response Prevention (ERP):

Exposure Response Prevention is an evidenced based intervention for children ages 5 to 17 that treats symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorders and phobias. This treatment requires parent involvement to support exposure activities and to generalize skills learned in treatment.

Managing and Adapting Practice (MAP)

MAP is an evidenced based series of protocols to treat most childhood mental health disorders for children ages six through seventeen years-old. For more information on MAP please see the following website: https://mn.gov/dhs/partners-and-providers/training-conferences/childrens-mental-health/evidence-based-practices.jsp

Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT):

PCIT is an evidenced based intervention for children ages three through seven years-old who are struggling with attention issues, anxiety, and oppositionality. The intervention is family based. For more information on PCIT, please look at the PCIT website: http://www.pcit.org.

Preschool PTSD Treatment (PPT):

PPT is an evidence-based intervention for children ages three through seven years-old who have experienced a traumatic event.

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT):

TF-CBT is an evidenced based intervention for children ages six through seventeen-years-old who have experienced trauma. For more information on TF-CBT, please look at the TF-CBT website: https://tfcbt.org