General Info

Therapists at Bay Area Parent Child Interaction Therapy provide therapy to children and families in the San Francisco Bay Area. We provide individual as well as family treatment for ADD/ADHD, depression, anxiety, life transitions, trauma, divorce, specializing in the treatment of children experiencing behavior problems and in supporting parents in managing difficult behavior through PCIT. Parent Child Interaction Therapy PCIT, is a proven effective treatment for tantrums, oppositional behavior, behavior problems, difficulties in school, attention seeking, aggressive behavior, power struggles, difficulty following directions, depression, and is being increasingly utilized to treat child trauma and children diagnosed with ADHD (see video on our website). In this strength based treatment approach the therapist works from behind a one-way mirror providing real time coaching to caregivers through specialized wireless equipment. Parents and other child caregivers learn key attachment and limit-setting skills while they engage in play-based interactions with their children. Keith Kapash MFT, the Director of San Francisco based Bay Area PCIT has been providing Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) to families in the Bay Area for more than a decade. In addition to his work with families through PCIT and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation he specializes in adult ADHD and ADD. For more information on assessment and treatment for Adult ADHD, contact Bay Area Adult ADHD 415-460-7301. The goals of PCIT are to: build children's self-esteem, improve parent/caregiver-child relationships, increase childrens frustration tolerance, decrease parental stress/anxiety and depression, improve children's abilities to follow directions, develop children's abilities for independence and self-control, strengthen children's social skills. PCIT has been designated by the National Institute of Mental Health, the prestigious Kaufman Report on child welfare, and by many national research universities such as the University of California at Davis, the University of Florida, and the University of Oklahoma as being one of the most effective methods today of working with children displaying behavior problems.