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Fair Oaks Therapeuticum strives to offer the best non-medication-based therapies available. We understand that certain conditions and suffering arise out of each person's life history and situation. We also understand that genetic predisposition and environmental influences, like toxins, can significantly inform gene expression and illness patterns.

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Many of our society's key support structures—family and community on many levels, for instance—have eroded and no longer provide a genuine sense of meaning or belonging. One effect is that we are more vulnerable to the psychic impact of trauma, whether it's connected to long-past events or arises from fresh personal crises. We may feel alone, victimized and desperate. Psychological symptoms may emerge, and we no longer enjoy our lives or function the way we once did. Untreated mental conditions may be a factor in the development of chronic illnesses (like auto-immune diseases, cardiac problems and eating disorders), neurological conditions (like depression and certain forms of dementia) and reduced life span and quality of life.

Fair Oaks Therapeuticum offers the best and most comprehensive treatment available to those who seek to begin the transformational journey through the traditions of psychology, body therapies and behavioral medicine.

Our resources include:

Psychologists at Fair Oaks Therapeuticum are members of the American Psychological Association (APA), the California Psychological Association (CPA), the American College of Advanced Practice Psychologists (ACAPP) and the American Association of Integrative Medicine (AAIM).

All therapists are in good standing with their respective professional organizations and are active in their community by contributing to the understanding of healing in psychology and medicine and by participating in the educational efforts of their professions.

Please contact Clinical Director Dr. Ursula R. Stehle at drstehle@therapeuticum.org for more information.



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Individual yoga therapy sessions tailored to each child's needs. Designed to aid children's attention, relaxation, body awareness, and self-regulation. Call us at (916) 962-0222, extension 1# for more information.

KQED's Health Dialogues:
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February 2010: KQED's Health Dialogues explores the latest research on chronic pain and how to treat it. Guests include Dr. Robert Brody, chief of the Pain Consultation Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital and Dr. Scott Fishman, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at UC-Davis and president of the American Pain Foundation. Find more on the hourlong show here: "Health Dialogues: Pain."

L.A. Times: Families of autistic kids sue over cuts in therapy

February 2010: Families of autistic children in eastern Los Angeles County filed a class-action lawsuit today against the nonprofit agency that provides them with state-funded services, alleging that it had illegally discontinued their therapy for the disorder. The agency, the Eastern Los Angeles County Regional Center, informed more than 100 families late last summer that the therapy—known as the DIR model, or "developmental, individual difference, relationship-based"—was being eliminated for their children because of state budget cuts.

The therapy is the basis for a popular treatment known as Floortime, in which a therapist follows a child’s lead during play activities to build communication and social interaction skills.

Brain imaging may help diagnose autism

January 2010: Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than children without ASDs, and measuring magnetic signals that mark this delay may become a standardized way to diagnose autism. Researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia reported their findings in an online article in the journal Autism Research.

"More work needs to be done before this can become a standard tool, but this pattern of delayed brain response may be refined into the first imaging biomarker for autism," said study leader Timothy P.L. Roberts, Ph.D., vice chair of Radiology Research at Children’s Hospital.