Utah Family InstituteTherapist in American Fork, UT
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Utah Family Institute (UFI) was established in 1997 and provides clinically proven treatment to Utah families. The practice offers psychological evaluations and therapy for children, adolescents, and adults. Treatment areas include trauma, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance use disorders, behavioral problems, domestic violence, abuse, anger management, ADHD, and family relationship issues. The institute employs licensed psychologists and clinical social workers with specialized training in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, functional family therapy, and other evidence-based approaches. Services include individual therapy, family therapy, couples work, and comprehensive psychological and substance abuse assessments.
Role
Therapist
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
Tf-cbt
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Spots the thought-feeling-action loops that fuel urges, then rewires them with practical skills you take into the moment.
DBT
Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Pairs acceptance with change. Especially useful when emotions feel too big to ride out without acting on them.
Family systems
Family Systems work. Brings the people closest to you into the recovery picture, since urges and relationships rarely live in separate boxes.
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Spots the thought-feeling-action loops that fuel urges, then rewires them with practical skills you take into the moment.
Couples/family therapy
Family Therapy. Brings the people closest to the recovery into the room. Less about blame, more about updating the patterns that fed the cycle so the home becomes part of the recovery.
Dialectical behavior therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Pairs acceptance with change. Especially useful when emotions feel too big to ride out without acting on them.
Integrated mental and substance use disorder treatment
Integrated Treatment. Treats addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions in the same plan, rather than sequentially. Most clinically effective when both are present.
Individual psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy. One-to-one sessions with a licensed clinician. The standard-bearer of mental-health care; most evidence-based plans build around it.
What this facility offers
Care offered
Treatment type
- Substance use treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
Setting
- Outpatient
- Regular outpatient treatment
How care is delivered
Ancillary services
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
Education & counseling
- Substance use disorder education
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Individual counseling
- Family counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
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