Our Services

The disparities in maternal healthcare between Black and Indigenous pregnant persons and white pregnant persons are staggering.  

In the case of Maternal Mortality Black pregnant people in the United States are up to three times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth compared to white pregnant people. Maternal mortality rates persist regardless of class or education status. Deaths among birthing parent extend beyond the period of pregnancy or birth. Nine months of prenatal care cannot counter underlying social determinants of health inequities in housing, political participation, education, food, environmental conditions and economic security—all of which have racism as their root cause.

 Family therapy strives to nurture change and development. It tends to view change in terms of the system of interactions between family members. It emphasizes family relationships as an important factor in psychological health.

Play therapy is a model of therapy that honors a child’s unique developmental level and looks for ways of helping in the “language” of the child – play. Play is used therapeutically to help clients, most often children ages three to 12 years, to better express themselves and resolve their problems.

For more information on play therapy please go to www.a4pt.org.

At The Family Development Center we offer a practice of therapy called “co-therapy” with families and couples  This means, some of our clients have the benefit of working with two therapists.  A co-therapy team may be made up of a therapist and an Intern therapist or two intern therapists.  Co-therapy is at the heart of The Family Development Center Teaching Clinic, this therapeutic model has been researched, studied and documented as an effective method to conduct therapy with individuals, groups, couples and families.  To learn more about co-therapy click here.