Family Therapy: Regis House provides structured, science based, family therapy using science based theraputic models i.e., the Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) model, to strengthen families and reduce the number of children referred for foster care, by targeting families at-risk of separation with children under the protective supervision of the State and families in distress with children at-risk of substance abuse, school failure and antisocial behavior. The program fosters parental leadership, appropriate parental involvement, mutual support among parenting figures, family communication, problem solving, clear rules and consequences, nurturing, and shared responsibility for family problems. In addition, the program provides specialized outreach strategies to bring families into therapy.