"The teen years can be a time of adversity or a time of empowerment. The correct guidance at the correct time can make a lifetime of difference." Dr. Sylvia Gearing

We believe that our daughters deserve to be confident and happy young women. But today, depression strikes a full decade earlier than it did fifty years ago and occurs twice as often in girls. Tragically, it typically strikes again fifty percent of the time.

At Gearing Up! we offer the best adolescent girls groups in Dallas with some of the most gifted therapists in the industry. With our superlative curriculum written by CBS/TXA 21 News Medical Expert (cbs11tv.com) and author, Dr. Sylvia Gearing, your daughter will achieve the personal effectiveness and empowerment necessary to succeed in our competitive world. She will master strategic coping skills, communication techniques and new, effective ways to handle challenges and stress by establishing a strong sense of herself.

Our group curriculum includes:

• Handling Failure, Disappointments and Setbacks: The Vital Keys to Emotional Strength
• The Seven "R's" of Success for Girls: Resourcefulness, Reliance (Self versus Others), Realism (Emotional Accuracy), Respect (For Self and Others), Relaxing (Calming & Focusing Skills), Re-Connection (With Family & Community), Resilience (Courage Under Fire)
• The Secrets to Eliminating Self-Sabotage (with boys, peers, parents, school and ourselves)
• How to Improve Self-Esteem through Eliminating Negative Self-Talk & Thinking Traps
• Defeating Stress and Managing Our Anger
• Mean Girls: Combating Negative Peer Influences
• "Thinness Doesn't Equal Perfection!": Celebrating How We Look (Habits of Positive Body and Self-Image)
• "We are Family!" Enhancing Our Family Relationship Strategies and Preventing Disconnecting with Our Moms & Dads
• Increasing Social Skills and Boundaries
• Effective Communication Techniques (Diplomacy for Teens in Dealing with Family, Teachers and Community)
• Great Choices: How to Make the "Right Call" Every Time (Problem Solving and Perspective Taking Skills)
• Valuing Ourselves as Females and as Emerging Leaders

Gearing Up! accepts and files all insurance for our clients and these sessions are covered.

Let us exceed your expectations! Call Gearing Up! Psychologists and Counselors at (972) 596-7229 for more information, meeting times, etc. We look forward to hearing from you!

Some of the most successful lives encounter the greatest challenges. Depression, anxiety and stress have risen to epidemic rates worldwide. In fact, depression rates for both men and women have increased tenfold since 1950 with women developing depression at twice the rates of men beginning at puberty.

Helping others through these difficult times has been our sole focus for over twenty-one years. We believe that the greatest healing includes both the heart and the mind. We also believe that the latest innovations from psychology create the most successful outcomes. To address both needs, we have assembled some of the most talented psychologists and counselors in Dallas to serve all your relational, emotional, and psychological needs. Our comprehensive center now offers cutting edge programs in individual, marital, family, play therapy, adolescent therapies and adolescent group therapies. We serve all ages, from the youngest to the most senior member of your family.

Here is a Sampling of Our Superb Therapies Offered at Gearing Up:

• The Mind Path Program (State-of-the-Art Cognitive/Behavioral Therapy)
• The CoupLinks Program (Our Innovative Relationship Program)
• The Optimistic Child Program (Vital Coping Skills for Kids and Teens)
• Lets Play (Outstanding Child Therapy)
• Girls Working Together (Effective Group Therapy for Girls)
• Girls Under Siege (Cutting-Edge Therapies Specifically Designed for Girls and Teens)
• Industrial Strength Parenting (The Latest, Most Effective Strategies for Child and Teen Management)

Our mission is to teach children, teens and adults the vital skills of emotional resiliency, clear communication, and relationship intelligence. We approach our work with a high standard of professionalism, compassion and excellence. At Gearing Up, you can learn courage under fire, lifelong coping skills and the art of stress-busting meditation as your heart and mind are healing.

Welcome to Gearing Up! Psychologists and Counselors, and we look forward to working with you,

Drs. Milt and Sylvia Gearing

For over ten years, Dr. Gearing has been a media commentator for local and national television, radio and print media. She has been a CBS News Expert for many years and was named special contributor in psychology for CBS in the fall 2006. She has been featured in syndicated news stories through Ivanhoe Broadcasting. For her reports, she researches and writes her own stories and provides unparalleled, expert insight into the events and people making news. Dr. Gearing has reported on the following topics (along with hundreds of others):

• Commentary on breaking news as it relates to the possible mindset of criminals and/or victims (issues such as stalking, murder/suicide, drug abuse, socio-pathy, etc.).
• Reporting on the psychological impact of national disasters such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Virginia Tech Rampage.
• Providing breaking news reports on the latest psychological, psychiatric and medical studies.
• Deciphering celebrities' behavior and possible motivations.
• Describing the most incisive parenting advice on winning compliance, nurturing hearts and emotionally coaching your children to adulthood.
• Reviewing the most effective relationship information (communication, the language of dating, passion, etc.) in the industry.
• Educate viewers about diverse topics of great interest such as teen alcoholism, marriage after children, desk rage, the new trophy husbands, workplace predators, passion and sex at different stages of life, the new alpha girls and women, the long-term influence of mothers and dads, the perils of online dating and much more.

Click here for a text archive of her past segments!