Supporting Parents. Fostering Change.

At In Step we offer many types of therapy to help our clients. One of these is Drama Therapy. Drama Therapy is an active experiential approach to facilitating change. Through purposeful improvisation and performance, participants are invited to rehearse desired behaviors, practice being in a relationship, expand and find flexibility between life roles. Our drama therapist, Erica Craig, LCSW RDT, seeks to help clients become more comfortable with life's unpredictability and find joy in their own creativity and uniqueness. Want to know more about how Drama Therapy can help? In this video, Dr. Robert Landy, professor of educational theater and applied psychology at NYU, demonstrates his work with children who experienced the events of 9/11 firsthand.

 

A Very Concerned Parent

Dear Very Concerned Parent,

When someone admits to self-injury or an eating disorder it can certainly be interpreted as a cry for help. Your son heard that cry and wants to help. How he handles it can be interpreted by his friend in different ways: if he reports it to a school counselor or teacher, she may feel he betrayed her trust; if he doesn't report it she may be angry with him because he didn't fulfill the "rescue fantasy" that self-injurers often hope for.

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