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Ricardo L. Salcedo, LCSW, MSW
NJ, USA
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Ricardo L. Salcedo, LCSW, MSW
NJ, USA
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Therapy is something we can do to process memories, ideas, or feelings, while we try to make sense of them and hopefully reframe them in a way that causes us less discomfort. Therapy is for working with a medical necessity. It will require a diagnosis and that we create a treatment plan to treat the diagnosis.
If you are interested in doing therapy with me, I work with most insurance plans.
Click on this link https://secure.helloalma.com/providers/ricardo-salcedo/ to book a free 15-minute consultation first and we can check on your insurance eligibility afterward.
After Alma has confirmed that all is clear with your insurance carrier, then we will find the best day and time for our Zoom sessions.
Coaching is for working with more situational, less severe problems. Neither Coaching nor Group Therapy are covered by insurance. These do not require a diagnosis. We can use these to solve non-clinical problems.
I am in the process of creating several coaching programs and group therapy opportunities for men and fathers. Stay tuned for more info coming soon.
Parenting
Anxiety
Coping Skills
Depression
Grief
Life Transitions
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Stress
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Motivational Interviewing
Person-Centered
Psychodynamic
Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
A 12-session commitment (one one-hour session per week for 12 weeks)
The DadNasium Boot camp is an opportunity for men to explore psychotherapy through their desire to become better fathers but also within the safety of having a clear set of goals and an established end date. I have found that many men do not want to participate in therapy because it is too abstract of a thing to do. And I think that this might be a fair assessment.
It might be fair to say that doing psychotherapy may lack a tangible aspect to it that might be a fundamental requirement for most men. We men like clear answers. We seem to feel more comfortable when there are fewer unknowns.
For many of us men, life and its components are either working and there is no reason to engage in an exploration about it or not working and the exploration will require us to talk about our feelings. When it comes to engaging in emotional exploration, because perhaps our relationship with our children or partner appears not to be running as smoothly as we would like, this can be very difficult for us to do.
I have created this 12-week boot camp as an easy answer to begin doing the emotional work to help men begin to improve their relationships with themselves and their loved ones, and a little like a crash course for what to expect should you choose to continue in therapy.
I expect these 12 sessions to be like a sampler of sorts. By participating in the boot camp, you will have the opportunity to try different flavors of ideas while having a clear end in sight. Some of the ideas we will be exploring are:
Who are you as the father and why does that matter?
What would be useful to know about our children’s mother and why?
& Why is having a fatherhood philosophy important to you?
I hope that this brief explanation will make you feel curious enough to schedule a free 15-minute consultation with me.
Let’s explore your childhood. We will make this session all about you. Let’s take the time to allow you to examine how your childhood influences your parenting style.
Do you love, like, or very much dislike the mother of your children? Let’s talk about how you can support her for your children’s emotional health.
Let’s define what a father can be and why. Are you a mentor, a guide, a teacher, all of these, or neither? Should we ask, why did I even have kids?
How do I even know where I’m going with this fatherhood thing? It’s a great question. Let’s figure out what your goal is. What will be the lens through which you will make decisions?
How old are they now? Let’s talk about the stages of development and let’s explore how to make the most of those ages. Babies need us but we might not really want to be there. Adolescents need us but think they don’t. It can all be pretty confusing.
Yeah, this will be tricky. But let’s talk about it. Let’s explore your values and go from there.
Let’s define discipline. Do we have to do it? How can we teach our children the lessons we believe they should know? Why should we teach them anything, anyway?
Yuck! It’s not that bad. You don’t have to be emotionally intelligent for your children to know you love them. It might be easier than you think.
We all appear to be pretty addicted to screens these days. How can we help our children experience life while taking advantage of technology?
How can we make sure that our children know the difference between a first-person shooter game and real life?
Oh, boy. Yup, we should definitely talk about this. Like talking about politics and religion, this session might be a heavy one. But we have to have this conversation.
Some of our parents were financially savvy and taught us how money works, and some of our parents knew nothing about money. What can we teach children about financial freedom, and how should we do it?
Notes: These exercises don’t have to be done in any particular order. By the end of each session, you will have actions you can take [if you want] to continue improving between sessions.