Bay Area Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

I'm an early childhood educator in San Francisco and I have witnessed Keith do outstanding things with the children and families he serves in the bay area. The connection and relationship he helps build between parent and child is wonderful and produces amazing results with both child and parent.

This program was instrumental in helping us parents better understand our child and their behavior and also how our behavior and means of communicating impacts them. Very eye opening and helpful to us individually and as a family. I recommend this type of therapy and this business to anyone who is struggling with difficult behaviors of their child, be it ADHD or something else.

The PCIT program and Keith's direction were invaluable for our family. After years of frustration and then realizing that our inherent parenting techniques were not working, PCIT taught us methods to engage our child, and not continue to make the same mistakes. We feared a future life of having a teenager that we could not communicate with, where every conflict would turn into a battle.

Working with Keith was so helpful for our family. The ability to get in the moment coaching, feedback, and support was far more effective than any class we could take or book we could have read. The results have been apparent not only to our family, but friends and school faculty as well. We really recommend Bay area PCIT.

Keith Kapash at Bay Area PCIT was instrumental in helping us work through a challenging time with our young son. Through weekly sessions, the fundamental therapy itself, and Keith's guidance, we were able to achieve a stronger, more positive bond with our son and are more equipped to deal with rough patches on an ongoing basis. Having a toolset for dealing with challenges and creating an ongoing positive relationship is extraordinarily helpful for any parent who has a child with a challenging temperament. I'd strong recommend the PCIT process as well as Keith to any parent who needs help and guidance.

This program really helped our entire family. Six months after finishing it and we are all much happier, taking better care of each other and really enjoying our time together. I can't recommend it highly enough! It's made a difference in all of our interactions within and outside the family.

Great help to my family. Learned alot in an encouraging, results-oriented environment. It's worth the time and money investment.

Our son was diagnosed with several behavioral disorders and we were referred out for PCIT Therapy. He was having issues at both school and home that led us to seek help through our pediatrician. I found Bay Area Family Therapy Services as a recommendation through the behavioral and developmental pediatrician that we worked with at Stanford. We started PCIT with Keith in August of 2020, and within literally two weeks we began to see a difference in our Son's behavior. We did weekly appointments via video conference, and here we are in May of 2021 and the difference in behavior is unbelievable. The frequency and duration of his tantrums has gone down to almost zero, and he seems to be overall just more happy and adjusted. Keith is kind, and incredibly thorough in his training of us (the parents) and in the play therapy with us and our son. Additionally, we were able to get our daughter involved in some of the weekly sessions so that she was acclimated to the....

As I start to write this tears of gratitude are running down my cheeks. I just remarried and our new family needed help integrating. I was already struggling with how do I parent my 4 year old, I was raised in a strict home with the motto "spare the rod, spoil the child". I did not want to pass on the lineage of abuse that I suffered and yet I did not know how to set boundaries that enabled me to be a consistent loving parent. With that said I was initially resistant to some of the terminology that Kieth used such as; giving directives, compliance..... I gave in to my resistance and we followed Kieths invitations and suggestions, our family has become so much closer over the months. I'm not exhausted at the end of the day with shame and discourgament wrapped up in resentfullness due to our family interactions anymore. Our home is filled with so much more ease and space to connect with one another. They say parenting does not come with a handbook, however there are wonderful mentors out there and Keith is one of them. Thank you Keith our family is forever grateful.

When we approached Keith about starting PCIT, our family was in a difficult place. Our three-year-old was displaying oppositional tendencies, unwilling to cooperate with the smallest asks. He was regularly hitting and biting his older sibling and prone to fits of screaming. It was a sad situation and the future seemed bleak for us. Enter Keith. Slowly but surely, he led us through his process, and we built the skills we needed to help our kid and become better parents. Our kid is gentler, kinder, sweeter, and he now happily complies when we give him directives. It's like night and day, comparing against when we started this process. Working with Keith has changed our lives for the better and we recommend him anyone who is struggling to build a more positive kid-parent relationship. Thank you Keith, we are so grateful for you!

"Mr Keith" was hugely helpful in helping us better understand, connect and work with our strong-willed 6 year old. I described the program to another parent facing similar patterns of behavior and I called the difference "night and day." Mr Keith helped us first connect with our child in a way that resonated with him. After those patterns and foundations were set, we were coached by Mr Keith in ways to set boundaries in ways that were *much* more effective than what we were doing. We started to see our child willingly do activities (eg, end screentime, clear table after dinner, etc) that used to end up with giant arguments and consequences that seemed to escalate. The tools that Mr Keith taught our family has helped us all solve problems together and make the days more pleasant. Our only regret that we wish would have started the program sooner!

We worked with Keith Kapash for 6 months weekly over zoom for PCIT. Our two daughters used to try and kill each other every minute they were awake (we couldn't leave them alone ever even for 10 seconds) and we were at our last nerves. Our older daughter, age 5, had out of control tantrums that were so severe / violent and would last 45 minutes or more each time. Looking back I think she would have qualified as ODD. We had taken several parenting classes, read books, but nothing was working. Then I did research and found out about PCIT and found Keith's practice. Keith gave us multiple training sessions and tools that worked pretty immediately within the first few weeks. We then worked with him over zoom and with an earpiece so he could coach us through how to be an effective child play therapist....

Keith came into our life through a school recommendation for our daughter. We moved across the country during COVID, and it turned our family's world upside down. Our daughter was struggling to adjust in school and to follow instructions at home. We found ourselves in a cycle of power struggles about so many things in a day. Keith assured us that if we put in the hard work with PCIT, we would see changes in our daughter's behavior. This proved to be true within just a couple of sessions. We started to see increased focus and concentration as well as more positive behaviors right away. As the sessions continued, this new parenting style started to become second nature and we were able to call on newly learned discipline techniques when needed. Keith worked patiently with us as we learned how to speak, interact and play with our daughter in constructive and positive ways that would encourage compliance from her. PCIT is hard work for the parents, but Keith simplified the concepts from the beginning and coached us ...

Dr. Christa Cusimano is a licensed educational psychologist who has played a vital role in improving my understanding of my learning difficulties. With her expert guidance, I underwent comprehensive testing and a thorough psychoeducational assessment, which included evaluations for ADHD and Dyslexia. Furthermore, she assisted me in obtaining the necessary documentation for standardized testing accommodations for college. Dr. Cusimano's great communication skills and attentiveness facilitated the process. She customized the tests to address my specific concerns, providing valuable insights and recommending suitable resources and accommodations. Her guidance has the potential to significantly enhance my educational journey as I pursue higher education, positively impacting the trajectory of my life.

Working with Keith was so helpful for our family. The ability to get in the moment coaching, feedback, and support was far more effective than any class we could take or book we could have read. The results have been apparent not only to our family, but friends and school faculty as well. We really recommend Bay area PCIT.

I was fortunate enough to have a friend find Dr K through search engine (my friend was probably sick of hearing how my child was behaving). The lessons that Dr K gave my husband and I are worth every penny. I wish I had known about PCIT sooner. This isn't like how you think "therapy" is. They are lessons on how to interact with your child. Your child will have fun spending time with you. The support from Dr K also helped me feel that I wasn't alone or going crazy. I wish I had done this sooner rather than wait till my wits end. PCIT gave us a different perspective on how to handle situations with our child. I am thankful for PCIT and Dr K.

I don't know why PCIT isn't more known. It's an indispensable tool. We are so thankful to Keith for guiding us into a better approach about how to interact with our child. It simple, concrete, and very effective.