Insights

Back-to-School Anxiety Isn't About the Transition

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Every fall, anxiety, avoidance, and school refusal resurface in kids. The transition didn't cause it — it revealed a pattern that was already there, and treatable.

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Why Your Trauma Therapy Might Not Be Working

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Trauma has never been more talked about — yet it's being treated less effectively than a decade ago. The problem isn't our tools; it's a field that has learned to discuss trauma endlessly without ever treating it.

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When your brain is primed to change

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Treatments like ketamine open a window where the brain can change faster than it has in decades. The medicine opens it. Onto's integration therapy helps you use it, before it closes.

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How We Know It's Working

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Most therapy measures nothing. Ours measures every session, so the guesswork comes out, and you can see the plan working instead of hoping it is.

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What if You Need Help Right Now?

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

If someone you love lives with mental illness, you may know a quiet fear that never fully goes away. We want you to know this: more help exists than most families realize — real, free, and there whenever you need it.

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How Treatment Begins

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Treatment at Onto begins with an assessment that unfolds across the first few sessions, because a treatment plan is only as good as the assessment underneath it.

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Who Walks Through Our Door

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Last week we shared how we think about therapy. This week: who that work is with — the adults, teens, families, and the people who come for someone they love.

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168 hours in a week — precision psychotherapy at Onto Therapy in Wellesley

Precision Psychotherapy: How Onto Works & Why

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

Douglas Katz, PhD, and Kerry Rivard, LMHC

There are 168 hours in a week, and therapy is only one of them. Onto's approach is built around the other 167 — precision psychotherapy that's measurement-based, values-driven, and designed to create change that lasts.

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