- Adult/Child Individual and Group Psychotherapy Service
- Psychiatric Services
- Psychological Assessment, Testing, and Evaluation
- Consultation
- School Based Mental Health
Adult/Child Individual and Group Psychotherapy Service
We offer a variety of services extended to persons of all ages from infancy through adulthood. The following is a partial listing of services:
- Array of Individual and Group Psychotherapy Services including specialty services (e.g. Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Personality Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, etc.)
- Family Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Stress Management/Relaxation Training
- Behavior Management
- Parent Management Training
Psychiatric Services
The clinic offers comprehensive child, adolescent, and adult psychiatric services. These services include, but are not limited to psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and psychiatric consultation.
Psychological Assessment, Testing, and Evaluation
The clinic offers some of the most comprehensive selection of Psychological Assessment, Testing, and Evaluation in the area. These services include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Diagnostic
- Neuropsychoglogical Testing (Cerebral Dysfunctions)
- Intellectual Testing
- Psychoeducational Testing (Learning Problems)
- Personality
Consulting Services
Psychological Consulting Services (PCS) specializes in providing on-site behavioral consultation and intervention for individuals of all ages with significant cognitive impairment (i.e. mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and head injuries) who have challenging or problematic behaviors or mental health issues which are not appropriate for traditional service delivery. PCS consultants work with both the individuals and their caretakers and the organizations who are involved with these individuals to develop individualized behavior plans and interventions. PCS services address a broad range of difficulties including (but not limited to):
- Mental health issues such as depression, conduct problems or anxiety
- Physical aggression problems related to psychological disturbances
- Ineffective coping strategies
- Interpersonal and social difficulties
- Self-injurious behaviors
- Maladaptive sexual behavior
School Based Mental Health Services
The Child and Adolescent Services of the Penn State Psychological Clinic is one of the primary providers of School-Based Mental Health Services within Centre County. School-Based Mental Health Services refer to a variety of mental health interventions implemented within the school setting. To date, these interventions have included mobile therapy with children and adolescents; behavioral consultation with teachers, counselors, principals and other school personnel; group therapy with children and adolescents; and in service workshops to school personnel on various mental health topics (e.g. grief and loss, self-esteem, coping with family dysfunction).
PCS consultants work together with the individual as well as the caretakers and organizations that are involved to understand the difficulties and their causes. PCS consultants then make specific recommendations in the form of behavior plans, often focused on recommendations for change at multiple levels. Interventions may be provided to the individual and/or to caretakers and organizations and may include (but not limited to):
- Individually focused interventions such as relaxation training, anger management training, assertiveness and social skills training, sexuality counseling, emotional expression skills, and supportive person-centered therapeutic interventions.
- Family focused interventions such as education and training in parenting skills, development of behavior management skills and plans, family communications skills, family therapeutic interventions.
- Organization focused interventions with school personnel and human service personnel such as education regarding mental health issues, training in behavior management skills and the specific monitoring of these plans.
- Assessment and diagnostic services such as intellectual, psychoeducational and personality testing.