Family Therapy

At Children’s Hospital in London, Ontario, the GET-Care Clinic (Get Evidence-based Treatment Clinic) provides evidence-based assessment and group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for children, adolescents and their families. This group therapy is tailored to children and youth with anxiety. Because patients who are identified as likely to benefit from group CBT enter the program directly following a standardized diagnostic interview, they receive help more quickly.

Meanwhile, the wider mental health program at Children’s is able to free up resources for patients who may need more intensive one-on-one support or a more complex assessment process. In 2022, Family of Support funds were allocated in large part to the hiring of dedicated professionals to optimize patient access, flow and support; these included a nurse practitioner, a program administrative assistant and child and youth worker. A minority of funds helped to procure diagnostic tools and resources to enhance our ability to efficiently identify the most appropriate candidates for this program.