Modes of Treatment

This practice is not limited to a singular mode of treatment. The type of treatment provided will depend on the specific case, the problem presented, and the patient's willingness to become involved with a variety of treatment modalities, such as family treatment, playtherapy, psychodynamic approach or behavioral approaches.

It is always important to evaluate the best avenues to increase the probability of success in therapy. When treating children, strong emphasis is given to consultation and connection of different services and connections significant in the child's life: It is often helpful to communicate with school personnel, and with the referral source (for instance, the pediatrician), in order to provide a multimodal approach to helping patients improve their level of psychological functioning. Families of patients are invited to become involved as active members of treatment also. All communication between the therapist and indivduals and institutions are only initiated after the patient (and/or his/her guardian) givens written permission to do so.

Dr. Joffe is committed to providing the most effective intervention to clients in the least intrusive way, and to helping patients and their significant others develop alternative ways to dealing with difficulties so that they can feel able to cope with future challenges.