title: "Of mind, body, and spirit": therapeutic foster care--an innovative approach to healing from an NTU perspective.
abstract: This article examines Progressive Life Center's (PLC) innovative Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) program, and its incorporation of a unique clinical approach, NTU (pronounced in-to) psychotherapy, into its program model. PLC is an African American private nonprofit community-based organization that strives to improve the delivery of mental health services through culturally competent therapeutic techniques. PLC expanded its services to include TFC for seriously emotionally disturbed children, ages 2 to 18. All PLC services are delivered within the spiritual and cultural framework of NTU.
authors.affiliation: Progressive Life Center, Inc., Washington, DC., USA.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States