Children have an amazing ability to absorb and be influenced by everything around them – everything done at home, everything learned at school and everything they see in the community. Yet, in efforts to help children, we often focus all of our energy and resources on the child – and on them alone. The bedrock of behavioral health services at CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health is the recognition that children do not exist in isolation.

Our family-focused approach to children’s behavioral health recognizes the interconnected nature of a child’s relationships, the world around them, and their emotional and mental well-being. Our team of caring professionals partner with children and their families as they walk their path to better health; along this path emerges a healthier, more resilient child, and a stronger family and support system.


BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE

CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health Behavioral Health Center is dedicated to helping children and adolescents lead happy and healthy lives by providing family wellness services, psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and individual and family counseling.

A FAMILY-FOCUSED  APPROACh TO  CHILDREN’S  BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Too often behavioral health services can feel a bit like taking a standardized test – one where the questions and the “right” answers are created by an authority with little, if any, knowledge of the person being assessed and served. The result can be isolating for the participants. They find themselves probed, quizzed, and challenged in attempts to “fix” them.

In our experience, this has sadly been true in the behavioral health system’s approach to caring for children. Yet, none of us live in isolation. We live in dynamic environments that include our homes, our relationships, our churches, our schools, our workspaces, the internet, and our play spaces. We believe that to create a responsive and powerful behavioral health option, a care system must include a comprehensive review, exploration, analysis, and management of the many eco-systems engaging the individual bravely seeking assistance.

For children, this includes engagement with the family – however that is defined – as each component of the family unit empowers and influences desired behavior, coping strategies, and approaches that unlock potential and opportunity in each of us.
Our family-focused approach to children’s behavioral health builds upon patient strengths and identified opportunities while working with both the patient and family on collective goals to create a common path to better health and greater understanding.

Our approach is unique among behavioral health programs and is rooted in our core values – compassion, inclusion, integrity, excellence, collaboration. The program creates strong and meaningful partnerships with the children and the families we serve to accomplish their goals and to create a healthier future.

DEDICATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE TEAM

Every patient and family enrolled at CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health works with a dedicated team of professionals committed to walking alongside them on their journey to better health.

YOUR DEDICATED TEAM INCLUDES

  • A Psychiatric Provider (MD/DO?CRNP)
  • A Behavioral Health Therapist (LCSW/LPC/MFT)
  • A Family Wellness Coach (MA/MS/MEd/MSW)
  • A Case Manager (BA/BS/BSW)

Each provider plays a unique role in helping to build upon your child’s strengths and work collectively with the family and patient on identified opportunities.

While all of the team will be engaged with the patient and family during their time with CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health, the amount of time spent with each provider depends entirely upon the unique needs of each family as well as the goals and the priorities identified by the patient and family through our collaborative assessment and on-going review process.