Jan Falk

MSW,LCSW,BCD

Clinical Social Worker/Therapist

fairfax station, USA

Answers questions in Adolescent Issues · Adult ADHD · Alternative Therapies

About Jan Falk

I began practicing independently in 1990 in California where I served as the Executive Director of a national mental health and education program devoted to creating emotional safety and inclusion in the classroom, boardroom and living room.

What I do

I work with individuals, couples, families and systems using a wide variety of models of therapy including Family Systems, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Gestalt, and Humanist.

My story

Why life is worth living

There is always hope when we are motivated to change and grow.

Treatment Offered

Specialties

Anger ManagementChild or Adolescent IssuesDivorceCompulsive DisordersOCDDomestic Abuse or Domestic ViolenceAnxiety or FearsADHDFinding Your Purpose in LifeGay Lesbian IssuesChild AssessmentsParentingThinking DisordersSex TherapyAddiction or Substance AbuseMood DisordersDissociative DisordersLife Coaching AutismTrauma and PTSDPersonality DisordersImpulse Control DisordersRelationship IssuesWomen Eating Disorders Depression

Therapy approaches

InterpersonalCognitive Behavioral (CBT)Relational TherapySolution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)PsychodynamicFamily Systems TherapyMindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)Family/Marital TherapyCoachingHumanisticTranspersonalExistentialEclecticGestaltAny Orientation

Patient population

AdultsChildrenTeenagers

Modalities

CouplesIndividualsFamiliesGroups

Answered Questions(1)

every male child has ADD according to schools
My son is a Junior in high school and he is not doing well academically. He was not hyperactive as a small child so we never suspected that he had ADD but he has never done well in school and this year his guidance counselor suggested we get him tested for ADD without hyperactivity and he did have this. This really explained a lot about his behaviors and helped us not feel so frustrated with him for his inability to organize his life at all. His guidance counselor has suggested we get in touch with a local therapist who she says has helped other students quite a lot. The therapist uses Neuro-Linguistic Programming. This type of therapy sounds very strange to me. Do you think it is worthwhile for a teenager with ADD?
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