10/13/2026
MultiSystemic Therapy (MST) is coming to Cedar Hill, DeSoto, and Duncanville!
Thanks to DeSoto Police Department, Duncanville Police Department, Cedar Hill ISD, Dallas County Juvenile Department, Southern Area Behavioral Health, Children’s Health , Ella’s Place Youth and Family Services and Youth in View Child Placing Agency for attending the kickoff training for NTBHA’s launch of MultiSystemic Therapy (MST) in Cedar Hill, DeSoto and Duncanville.
MultiSystemic Therapy (MST) is an evidence-based intervention for youth at high-risk for out-of-home placement due to their mental health needs, juvenile justice involvement, or substance use. The MST approach works to build on the strengths of the youth in all areas of their lives, including home, immediate and extended family, peers, school, and community. MST operates with a steadfast strengths-based perspective of families, always assuming they are doing the best they can with what they have within their own unique circumstances. Together, the youth and their support system, along with their MST Team, work to address the concerning behavior and reduce high-risk conduct with the goal of keeping the youth in the community.
For more information on MST and the referral process, please visit us at https://ntbha.org/patient-resources-info/glossary/ Click on the ‘Services’ tab and scroll down to ‘MultiSystemic Therapy (MST)’.
NTBHA”s MST Team members are (left to right)
Olivo Bustamante (MST Therapist Southern Dallas)
Jessie Moore (MST Program Manager Irving/Farmers Branch)
Alyssa Sanchez (MST Program Manager Garland/Mesquite)
Isaac Westdorp (Consultant MST Services)
Janet Buchanan (LPC, Senior Director of Regional Operations-MST and Ellis)
Gloria Fobbs (MST Program Manager Southern Dallas)
Candice McKenzie (MST Program Manager Ellis County)
Phylicia Bess (MST Therapist Southern Dallas)
