The Multicultural Clinical Center, Springfield, Va., specializes in cross-cultural mental health and substance abuse services for the diverse ethnic metropolitan community. Below are some of the many services we offer. Please refer to the links on the column to the left for more specific service information.

Psychological, Forensic and Neuropsychological Assessment (children, adolescent and adults) Intellectual/academic functioning Learning disabilities Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder Depression and anxiety disorders Forensic (court-involved) assessments Dementia/declining cognitive skills Sexual abuse (victims and offenders) Neurotoxin exposure Neuro-developmental Assessment (infants and preschoolers) Infants at risk Developmental delays Language delays Premature birth follow-up Separation issues Excessive fears Neuro-motor problems Adjustment problems (noncompliance, tantrums, aggression) Children's Program Attachment disorder Behavioral management (self-control, anger control, ADHD management) Social skills training Self-esteem workshop Mood disorders Adjustment to adoption or foster-care placement Couples, Parenting and Family Issues Marital conflicts Communication enhancement Parent-child conflicts Parenting skills training Therapeutic parenting groups (behavior management, child development, family dynamics) Domestic Violence Individual, couples and family therapy Anger management group Conflict management group for couples Women's groups

Adolescent Program Conduct disorder Oppositional-defiant Mood and/or behavioral disorder Gang involvement Substance abuse Sexual aggression Child abuse & neglect (service for victims and offenders) Psychological, Psychiatric, Forensic Evaluations and Risk Assessment Individual therapy, play therapy, family therapy Group therapy for a range of identified problems (including groups for adult survivors, adolescent victims, adults and adolescents who molest, non-abused siblings and battered women Intensive in-home counseling Intensive Therapeutic Home-based Counseling for high risk children and adolescents To provide crisis stabilization To prevent out of home placement To strengthen families in transition Substance Abuse (adolescent to adults) Polysubstance and/or alcohol abuse evaluation and treatment Driving while intoxicated (DWI) group therapy Therapy for co-dependency issues Individual, group and family therapy Life-Adjustment Issues Post-traumatic stress disorders Mood disorders Relationship problems Eating disorders Grief and loss (pregnancy, birth, death or career changes) Psychiatric evaluation and medication treatment (for MCC clients only) Children, adolescents and adults

 

     During the last two decades, the Washington Metropolitan area, like the rest of the nation, has seen an escalating number of multicultural children at risk. At the same time, these children have seen scarce and fragmented therapeutic services to meet their needs.
     For these reasons, the Multicultural Clinical Center is committed to providing comprehensive, community based services. The implementation of these services is guided by the overriding principles of preserving the family unit whenever possible, while protecting the children.
     The goal is to provide the least restrictive and least intrusive services to promote family stabilization and growth through culturally-sensitive services that are provided in a continuum of care.

Cases may be referred for Intake Assessment, Psychological Assessment, Neuropsychological Assessment, Developmental Assessment or Psychiatric Assessment. The process then goes through the following process:

Case Plan Created

Case Plan approved by the referral agency, Social Services Department, Court, School, etc.

Case is assigned one or a mixture of therapies.

Intensive Therapeutic Home-based Counseling l To provide crisis stabilization l To prevent out-of-home placement l To strengthen families in transition

Focused Individual Therapy

Focused Family Therapy

Specialized Group Therapies

Psychiatric Medication