Welcome! Dr. Kidder is a counseling psychologist who provides a wide range of psychological services including individual, and family counseling with adults, teenagers, and children. He has been practicing for 26 years, 21 of which have been in the Slidell and New Orleans area.
Dr. Kidder sees many adults for treatment of depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder,and relationship problems. He uses cognitive-behavioral, and client-centered approaches in counseling. He utilizes Prolonged Exposure Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when appropriate in the treatment of reactions to trauma. He uses a variety of approaches in the treatment of anxiety disorders: relaxation training, thought re-training, emotional re-processing, exposure therapy, systematic desensitization, and behavior modification. Dr. Kidder uses a structured, behavioral, skills-oriented approach to marital therapy. Family therapy, play therapy, and parent consultation for behavior management are provided in the treatment of children. Psychological testing is available for a number of concerns: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, gifted evaluation, and learning disability evaluation among others. Prior to hurricane Katrina he provided consulting services to Bethlehem Children's Treatment Center, a residential program for troubled children and youth in Eastern New Orleans.
After Hurricane Katrina Dr. Kidder provided crisis intervention, consultation, and counseling services to employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Transportation Security Agency, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other private corporations. He is trained and experienced in the use of Critical Incident Stress Management and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing.
Dr. Kidder has provided many educational programs for the community. Just a few of these include Parenting Matters: A Support Group, a bimonthly Boy Talk (changes in puberty), and a six part television series on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder which he produced for the St. Tammany Government Access Channel. Dr. Kidder is available for education, training, and consultation programs for your business, organization, or agency.
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