Functional Family Therapy

Serving Upstate New York

Cayuga Centers is a proud provider of Functional Family Therapy (FFT) and Functional Family Therapy – Therapeutic Case Management (FFT-TCM). FFT is a nationally researched and evidence-based model of home-based family therapy. This family-focused therapy operates on the belief that all families have strengths and are doing the best they can at any point. With FFT, the entire family unit works together to prevent out-of-home placement, intervene on behalf of family rebuilding, and unify the family unit.

How does Functional Family Therapy work?

Families work together through three FFT phases of engagement (motivation, behavior change, and generalization) with our licensed clinicians. While working with the master’s level clinician over a period of 12-16 weeks, our outcomes can include:

→ Increase in coping skills

→ Increase in problem-solving skills

→ Reduced rates of out-of-home placement

→ Improvements in family functioning

→ Decreased mental health problems for the youth

→ Service youth and their families with 24/7 support

Who is eligible for this service?

The program services youth and their families at risk and/or presenting with delinquency, family conflict, truancy, violence, substance use, gang-related behavior, and other behavioral disorders.

→ FFT serves ages 11 up to 18

→ FFT-TCM serves ages 0 up to 18