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Child Therapy for Big Emotions
& Challenging Behaviors

About Our Practice

At Hamilton Family Counseling, we specialize in therapy for children ages 1-12 with big emotions and challenging behaviors such as whining, crying, fears, outbursts, arguing, inattention, hyperactivity, or difficulty following rules, instructions, or routines. Let’s work together to transform your child’s challenges into triumphs and increase the peace and connection in your home.

 

Foster and adoptive families can especially benefit.
LGBTQIA+ Affirmative.

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Our Director, DC Hamilton, LMFT, is a certified PCIT International therapist, certified by UC Davis Children’s Hospital as a trainer in the Parent-Child Care protocol, and is currently co-developing a new protocol with and for physicians. All our services are either directly provided by or supervised by our Director. (CA Lic. No. 101375; OR Lic. No. T2168)

Mother and daughter playing blocks together on the floor illustratiing the warmth and connection possible with PCIT and PC-CARE.

Evidenced Based Treatment Options

One of the main treatments we provide is Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), which many experts consider to be the gold standard in treating childhood disruptive behaviors as hundreds of studies over 40 years have shown PCIT to be nurturing and effective.

We also provide the Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE), developed at UC Davis Children’s Hospital. PC-CARE can be completed in 6 treatment sessions, has been shown by research to have a greater rate of improvement than PCIT in that time period, and was created to be flexible and tailored to each family’s strengths and values.

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Our Specialties

  • A mother calmly sits next on couch next to child who is in timeout, demonstrating how to manage child disruptive behaviors in a way that is nuturuing and effective.

    Big Emotions & Challenging Behaviors

    Treatment options for children ages 1-12.

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  • A mother receives a kiss on her cheek from her school aged son demonstrating the warmth, connection, and peace Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) can bring to families.

    Child Anxiety

    Treatment for worries, fears, avoidance, phobias, and irritability.

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  • A son rides on his mother's back, both laughing and showcasing warmth and connection facilitated by PCIT and PC-CARE.

    Social Emotional Delay

    Supporting social emotional development and self regulation, ages 1-12.

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  • A Father and daughter touch foreheads and smile, highlighting how PCIT and PC-CARE empower parents to manage ADHD symptoms in a way that is nuturing and effective.

    ADHD

    For disruptive behaviors arising from inattention and hyperactivity.

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  • An autistic boy and his parents play with autumn leaves, showcasing social-emotional growth and strengthened parent-child bonds.

    Autism & Intellectual Disability

    Improving bonding, development, and behaviors, ages 1-12.

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All Treatment Options

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Mother, father, toddler son, and school aged daughter playing blocks together on the floor illustratiing the warmth and connection possible with PCIT and PC-CARE.

Locations & Home Treatment Options

We offer in-person as well as a hybrid online option. In both cases, the child always receives in-person intervention directly from their parent while the therapist watches through a laptop and coaches the parent in the play and behavior therapy skills through an earpiece.

With the hybrid and home treatment model, the therapist remains at the office, but the family receives real-time support through the laptop and earpiece from the comfort of their own home where behaviors are usually the most difficult. Many families prefer online therapy because it saves time and money on driving and child care for siblings during appointments.

Hybrid services are available throughout California & Oregon. In-person appointments are available in our Rancho Cucamonga office. See map below.

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Additional Options

Hamilton Family Counseling also offers Parent Only Strategy Sessions where parents can ask questions and get on the same page with quick, practical parenting solutions that both parents agree on.

And our Online Parenting Bootcamp teaches the principles of PCIT and PC-CARE in a support group atmosphere from the comfort of your home.

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Nationwide
Professional consultation, business development services, and resource finding are available nationwide. See the Professionals page for more.

In-Person Sessions
We offer in-person services at our office in Rancho Cucamonga. The waitlist for in-person treatment is 4 months for weekday appointments and 6 months for weekend appointments.

Hybrid Home Treatment Sessions
We also have availability in 1-3 weeks for a hybrid and home treatment in which the child always receives in-person intervention directly from their parent. Weekend and evening appointments are available throughout California and Oregon.

Online Sessions
We also have immediate openings for online sessions in parent-only and group formats. These sessions are available throughout Oregon and California. Weekend and evening appointments are available.

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that the land on which we work, live, and practice is the traditional unceded territory of the Tongva, Gabrieleño, and Kizh Nation. We respect and are grateful to the Tongva people who still consider themselves the caretakers of this land. It is through their examples that we are reminded of our greater responsibility to take care of the earth and to take care of each other. Learn more about whose land you occupy at native-land.ca.

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At Hamilton Family Counseling we specialize in children ages 1-10 with big emotions and challenging behaviors including Parent Only Strategy Sessions. Schedule a free 15 minute consultation now to learn more! Link in bio or go to www.HFCounsel.com/
"Speak with your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful humans on earth, for what they believe is what they will become" Quote by Brooke Hampton At Hamilton Family Counseling we specialize in therapy for children ages
Here are a few of our favorite strategies using the PC-CARE Parenting Protocol developed at UC Davis Children's Hospital. 1) When/Then Statements: Attach a social reward to each bedtime task. For example, “when you brush your teeth, then I wil
Here are a few of our favorite strategies using the PC-CARE Parenting Protocol developed at UC Davis Children's Hospital. 1) Daily Special Play Time - Often at the root of sibling conflict is the children's frustration that they must share their par