Treatment

For more than 25 years, Dr. Matthew Housson and the clinicians at The Housson Center have provided exemplary care grounded in mind-body connection, neuroscience, and evidence-based practices. Treatment is personalized and tailored to your child’s unique learning profile.

Individual Therapy

Clinicians at The Housson Center treat children, adolescents, and adults with a variety of diagnoses and challenges. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and play techniques are primarily utilized to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, learning, behavioral, and socio-developmental disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. When appropriate, our clinicians work in collaboration with the individual’s parents, family, and educational institution to ensure continuity of care and support.

Family Therapy

The Housson Center offers family therapy to help members of the family cope with differences and recognize each other’s strengths. Our clinicians teach family members to appreciate each other’s perspectives by engaging in productive conversations and positive interactions.

Parenting the ADHD Child Group

“Parenting the ADHD Child” is a psychoeducational and process group that informs and supports parents who have a child who has been diagnosed with ADHD. Parents will learn to identify and respond to problematic behavior that may be impacting their child’s academic achievement, social acceptance, and family functioning.

The group provides the opportunity for parents to openly discuss their journey and learn cognitive-behavioral techniques to help them manage their child’s ADHD symptoms. Parents will also be educated on executive functions, a set of processes that help an individual to manage his/herself in order to achieve a goal. These skills include organization, planning, self-control, emotional control, working memory, and self-monitoring skills. Sessions are one hour in duration and occur over a period of four weeks.

The Housson Center offers social skills training and specialized groups for children struggling to connect socially, regulate their emotions, and control their impulses. Children are grouped based on age and individual needs.

Our groups combine treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), behavioral modification techniques, and evidence-based social thinking curricula to teach students social skills and behavioral regulation in a group setting. Specifically, students learn skills to support their ability to maintain appropriate eye contact, keep their body in the group, initiate conversation, increase flexibility, and modify their behavior. They will discuss socially and behaviorally challenging situations that occur in their daily lives and discover “hidden social rules.”

Preschool & Lower Elementary

We offer groups for preschool and lower elementary school students that focus on teaching and reinforcing listening skills, self-control, and social skills such as greetings, eye contact, sharing, turn taking, and conflict management. Specific skills may include:

Upper Elementary, Middle & High School

Groups for older students are tailored to reflect the specific needs of the group and are generally more discussion based. Group members discuss specific social scenarios and are taught specific skills for handling challenging situations and coping effectively. Specific areas of focus may include:

At The Housson Center, our team of speech language pathologists treat a range of ages and communication delays and disorders. We offer both individual and group treatment to meet the unique needs of each client. Our speech therapists use a variety of evidence-based treatment approaches for therapy and work closely with families to ensure maximal potential is achieved.

The Executive Function Counseling and Training (EFCT) program is a curriculum designed for children in elementary and middle schools to bolster their executive functioning skillset. Children with ADHD, high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder, and anxiety and depression experience weaknesses in their executive functioning. Recent research reveals up to a 30 percent developmental delay in the executive skillset of children diagnosed with ADHD.

Skills for self-awareness, sustained attention, working memory, planning, organizing, task initiation of work, shifting attention, self-control, and emotional control are divided into individualized sessions tailored to each child. The basic treatment program includes five sessions targeted to address the child’s top executive needs, which are determined from a screener that is completed by the accompanying parent or caregiver during the initial session.

These executive function skills are introduced in a fun and engaging way by a trained and licensed therapist, who will also debrief parents on the insights and strategies discussed in session so that there is a comprehensive approach to improving these skills. Collaboration between parents, child, and teachers is essential. Parents will receive informational flyers and children will develop a “Toolbox” to organize the materials they use during EFCT.

In our Solution-Focused Parent Training, we embark on a collaborative journey to enhance your parenting skills and foster a positive family dynamic. Together, we’ll explore practical, goal-oriented strategies that focus on solutions rather than dwelling on challenges. This approach empowers you to identify and build on your existing strengths as a parent, fostering a more supportive and harmonious family environment.

Through targeted sessions, we’ll work together to develop actionable steps that align with your goals, ensuring a tailored and effective approach to overcoming any obstacles you may encounter. This solution-focused training is designed to bring about positive change, emphasizing your capabilities and the potential for growth within your family.

Finishing high school and transitioning to college or work life presents a challenge for some young adults. Whether anxiety, mood difficulties, family problems, or social difficulties impact the transition to adulthood, our clinicians are experienced in treating these underlying concerns. We use cognitive-behavioral techniques as well as family therapy strategies to assist young adults navigate this transitional time in their lives.

For more information about any of these specialities, please contact our office directly.

Whether your child has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, or presents with challenging behaviors at home or at school, our Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) are ready to support you in addressing challenging behaviors. After a parent consultation a program will be developed that is tailored to meet your child’s unique needs.

In addition to traditional in-person therapy, The Housson Center offers HIPAA-compliant teletherapy services that protect the privacy of patients and the confidentiality of protected, personal health information.

Teletherapy allows patients to have increased access to mental health treatment services by overcoming barriers that typically preclude an individual from seeing a clinician in person. This includes, but is not limited to, busy schedules, mobility restrictions, illness, childcare limitations, proximity to clinicians, and transportation difficulties. Additionally, some patients find that the video medium allows them to explore their challenges and issues more deeply.

Eligibility

Due to ethical and governing reasons, teletherapy services are limited to Texas residents.

Logistics

In order to ensure continuity of care, your clinician will coordinate treatment specifics with you.

Fees

Fees for teletherapy services are billed the same as they are for in-person counseling services.

For more information about teletherapy services, please contact our office directly.