Navigating Trauma with Compassion
Transformative Coaching for Families and Children
Discover specialized coaching services designed to empower families and individuals facing adoption-related challenges. Dr. Ronald Federici, Psy. D. Coaching offers expert guidance to help build resilience and foster healing.
Coaching Services
In-Office Services
Comprehensive Services
Expert Guidance in Adoption Trauma
Dr. Ronald Federici, Psy. D. Coaching specializes in transformative coaching services for families and individuals navigating the complexities of adoption trauma. With decades of expertise, Dr. Federici offers compassionate support, helping families overcome obstacles and build stronger connections. His mission is to empower families through understanding, resilience, and growth.
Our Specialized Coaching Services
COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS FOR CHILDREN/ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS EXPERIENCING COGNITIVE OR EMOTIONAL DISORDERS
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNIZED EXPERTS IN THE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FAMILY TREATMENT OF BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY ADOPTED CHILDREN
Family Coaching
Dr. Federici’s family coaching sessions focus on strengthening parent-child relationships, improving communication, and addressing behavioral challenges. This coaching provides a safe space for families to reconnect and develop healthier dynamics.
Child Coaching
Child coaching offers individualized support for children dealing with trauma or developmental issues. Through engaging activities, Dr. Federici Coaching helps children build emotional resilience and social skills.
Adoption Trauma Support
Specialized sessions address adoption-related challenges, focusing on attachment, identity, and trust. Dr. Federici Coaching works with families to create a supportive environment for healing and growth.
Diagnostic Assessments & Second Opinions
Dr. Federici Coaching offers comprehensive diagnostic assessments and second opinions for complex cases, providing clarity and informed guidance for effective treatment planning.
Our In-Office Services
Comprehensive Psychological and Neuropsychological / Neurodevelopmental Assessments
- Cognitive-Intellectual Evaluations ( from Infancy to Adults )
- Dual-Language Assessments (Russian, Romanian, Italian and German Languages , Culture-Free and Non-Verbal Intellectual Testing)
- Academic Achievement Testing (ALL AREAS)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Evaluations and co-existing conditions
- Non -Verbal Learning Disabilities and Visual-Perceptual Impairments affecting learning
- Comprehensive Speech and Language Evaluations/Auditory Processing Testing
- Learning Disabilities/Dyslexia/Multiple Handicapping Conditions
- Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Testing for school and standardized testing accommodations (ADHD,GT,SAT,LSAT,MCAT,GRE,etc)
- IEP Reviews and Consultations
Assessment of Organic Brain Syndromes/Traumatic Brain Injury and Trauma-Developmental Disorders
- Fetal Alcohol/Drug Related Birth Defect Syndromes (FAS/ARND)
- Assessment of “Developmental Failures/Traumas” affecting brain growth and development (pre-post natal factors, malnutrition, neglect, heavy metal exposure, delayed growth, institutionalization and trauma)
- “Second opinions” for complex diagnostic cases
- Cases previously unresponsive to treatment
- Neuropsychological evaluations of Post-Institutionalized Children (Developmental Disabilities; Post Traumatic Stress Disorders; Institutional Autism; and the Neuropsychology of Bonding/Attachment Disorders)
- Organic Mood Disorders
- Executive Dysfunction
- Pre and Post Adoption Consultations
- Coordination with agencies and therapeutic treatment centers
- Cognitive Rehabilitation to improve behaviors
Clinical Interventions For Individuals and Families
- Family Cognitive-Behavioral-Reality Therapy Strategies for Acting-Out and Behaviorally Challenging Children
- Structural and Strategic Parenting Training to gain rapid control over unmanageable children (NO HOLDING THERAPY TECHNIQUES USED-ONLY SAFETY TRAINING FOR FAMILIES)
- Assertiveness Training for Parents and Anger Reduction Techniques for children
- Psychotherapeutic approaches emphasizing social skills, relationship building, and teaching respect / responsibility and self-control
- Trauma Therapy for Post-Abuse Syndromes/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Family Therapy emphasizing bonding / attachment and family structuring and preservation
Highly Specialized and Intensive Treatment Services
- Comprehensive Neuropsychological and Neurodevelopmental Evaluation of all Autistic-Spectrum Disorders (ASD/Aspergers Syndrome/PDD)
- Assessment of atypical “Institutional Autism” following adoption/trauma/institutionalization
- Intensive evaluation and interventions for cases previously described as ‘non-responsive to treatment’
- Second opinion evaluation and treatment of “resistant” children–especially post-institutionalized cases
- Application of intensive ‘Applied Behavioral Analysis’ and ‘Verbal Behavior Therapy’ for all autistic-spectrum disorders and children with severe neurodevelopmental and behavior al disorders
- Intensive In-Home, crisis management and reconstructive therapy. Highly experienced therapists will travel to your home to do crisis assessment, therapy and long-term family programming in-home. Our highly specialized service has been featured on ‘Dateline NBC’ and is available for families who are at the point of crisis and/or disruption in their adopted or biological child. This is an outstanding alternative to hospitalization or residential care.