Allies In Caring, Inc.

Programs:

• Intensive In Community Services (IIC) For children & youth with behavioral and emotional problems
• Intensive In Home Services (IIH) For children & youth with co-ocurring diagnosis; behavioral and emotional problems and developmental disabilities.

Services we provide:

• Initial clinical assessment?
• Bio-psychosocial evaluation
• Medication management
• Individual, group, and family therapy
• Preventive therapy
• Psycho-education
• Group therapy

Our counselors specialize in the following evidence-based models:

• Systems Centered Therapy (SCT)
• Mindfulness Based Interventions: ACT, MBCT, DBT
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing

Targeted Beneficiaries:

• Deaf and hard of hearing children, youth and their families
• Children and youth of immigrants and their families
• Children with developmental disabilities and mental health or behavioral health disorders

Living in all New Jersey counties.

Place Where Services Are Provided:

• At home, school or other community-based settings in all NJ counties.
• At the Office: Psycho-educational groups, support groups, skills-development groups.

Highlights Of Our Services:

• We are the only agency in the state with the structure and professionals necessary to provide in-home/community clinical support for deaf and hard of hearing children, youth and their parents/caregivers/guardians.
• Our team includes Licensed Therapists, Masters Level Therapists, Behavioral Assistants and Mentors independent contractors, who have an intimate understanding of the experiences and needs of culturally and linguistically diverse children; particularly children with hearing loss and children of immigrants.
• We are able to communicate effectively with deaf and hard of hearing individuals whose primary language is Sign Language.
• We are able to communicate effectively with families whose primary language is Spanish
• We are particularly skilled at working with immigrants or children of immigrants. Our professionals understand the stressors that immigrants experience and use effective interventions that not only address the mental and emotional needs of these groups, but help the families develop coping strategies and mastery of their environment; we assist them in learning how systems work, where to get assistance, and how to access resources, as well as how to balance the parents' cultural expectations with the American culture within which the children are growing up.

Vision

The individuals and families that we serve thrive despite adversity, they develop into more skillful, mindful, and compassionate human beings through the process of learning how to cope with their challenges, and how to master their environment. Our clients develop coping skills and access their internal and external resources they need to live healthier and meaningful lives, as contributing members of society.

Mission

Allies In Caring, Inc. is a multicultural organization dedicated to helping underserved individuals, who have emotional and behavioral problems, move toward recovery, health and greater independence through counseling, education and community support.

Our Approach

As Allies In Caring, we build collaborative relationships with beneficiaries, service providers and community partners. With a sense of?shared responsibility we form a therapeutic alliance with our clients, nurturing self-awareness, mindfulness and kindness. Together we explore without judgment both, problems and potential.

We enhance our beneficiaries' engagement in treatment and outcomes through:

• Paying attention to the goals that are important for the client.
• Honoring the clients experiences and views.
• Drawing out resources and intrinsic motivation that already exist in the client.
• Affirming the clients capacity to choose in every situation.
• Identifying and reducing the barriers that get in the way of the pursuit of the clients goals.
• We respond and make sense of the complexity of needs of our multicultural clients, by applying culturally affirmative skills such as:
• Language accessibility; English, Spanish and Sign Language etc.
• Knowledge of the specific effects of culture on the client, and
• Use of culturally and developmentally appropriate treatment goals, process, and content.