Offering specialized assessments and evidence-based therapies for children, adolescents, and families.
Dr. Rifken has over 30 years of experience in the assessment and treatment of youth hurt by abuse, neglect, and mental illness. Using hands-on, playful materials, she teaches youth and their caregivers how to calm their emotional brains and develop more effective problem-solving skills. Her goal is to stabilize youth so they can show their best selves.
She is trained in Trauma-Informed Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Mindfulness Meditation, and provides training to educators, Child Protective Services professionals, and county mental health providers on the impact of traumatic stress on the brain.
Mary Simon has over 30 years of clinical experience with specialized training in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with sexual behavior problems. She has worked at CCR since 1992 and developed several specialized treatment programs, including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, the STOP juvenile sex offender program, and the Dialectical Behavior Therapy program.
Prior to CCR, Mary worked as a therapist at Sunburst Youth Homes Residential Treatment Center in Neillsville, WI, where she developed one of the first juvenile sexual offender treatment programs in Wisconsin.
Mary is the Program Director at Community Care Resources and a long-term member of ATSA (Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers).
Assessments are available through private pay and county contracts. Services are trauma-informed and tailored to support diagnostic clarity, treatment planning, and safety.
Referrals are typically made by a social worker, parent, or therapist seeking diagnostic or clinical guidance for a male aged 12–18. Dr. Rifken provides comprehensive Psychological Evaluations with detailed recommendations to guide treatment. A strength-based approach is used when assessing ADHD, attachment, mood disorders, complex trauma, and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A thorough and timely report is provided following clinical interviews and psychological testing.
Parenting Assessments help counties plan for reunification or Termination of Parental Rights. Dr. Rifken identifies the specific behavioral goals a caregiver needs to learn and demonstrate before independent parenting. Available through private pay and county contracts.
Referrals are accepted for male youth ages 12–18 who exhibit problematic sexual behaviors. Psychosexual Assessment is a trauma-informed, comprehensive evaluation of the youth’s risk for sexual recidivism. Research-based tools are used, including the J-SOAP-II, PROFESOR, the Abel, Becker & Kaplan Adolescent Cognitions Scale Revised, and sexual arousal graphs. Results from evidence-based tools are combined with clinical interviews with the youth and parents, as well as collateral interviews, to generate a report provided to the referring Social Worker within two weeks of the clinical interview.
For more information or to schedule an assessment, email Mary Simon at mary@communitycareresources.com
Therapy services provided by Dr. Donna Rifken are available through private pay, foster/adoption MA, or county contract. Treatments are evidence-based, trauma-informed, and designed to support youth and caregivers.
TF-CBT is designed to reduce distress and increase coping for youth who have experienced acute or chronic trauma. Therapy teaches relaxation, affect regulation, and cognitive coping skills. Once skills are learned, youth apply them to traumatic memories that interfere with functioning.
Nine modules build skills for managing distress and desensitizing trauma memories, identified by the acronym PPRACTICE:
Trauma-informed treatment for young children and their caregivers based on the idea that healing happens in caregiving relationships. CPP brings a child and their safe caregiver together to revisit traumatic memories and provide a healing ending of comfort and protection.
Evidence-based treatment for traumatic memories that helps the child revisit distressing memories while using a rhythmic activity to interrupt their reworking. The goal is to desensitize the child to these memories and reduce their emotional impact.
For more information or to schedule therapy, email Mary Simon at mary@communitycareresources.com
Parenting children and youth who have lived through trauma is hard. Their past abuse, neglect, and chaos often show up as big emotions, challenging behaviors, and deep mistrust. Traditional parenting approaches don’t work. CCR foster parents need flexibility, patience, and a willingness to meet kids in their hardest moments so they can finally feel safe—and begin to heal. Our team will support you 24/7.
All Wisconsin foster children are issued a Medical Assistance card at the time of placement. Foster parents are not responsible for medical expenses, therapy charges, dental costs, optical expenses, or prescription drugs.
We have many working foster parents. However, a flexible schedule is required to foster with CCR. Plan on 2-3 appointments each week, and be prepared for unplanned interruptions. Foster children of any age may not be left home alone, and most will require additional supervision or attention due to past trauma histories. Read more details about working full-time.
CCR is proud to be the only Wisconsin foster agency providing weekly in-home support visits. Visits are designed to provide great support to both foster parents and kids. CCR case managers have extensive experience and an average of 17 years of service with us. That means long-term relationships and excellent communication.
Respite care offers foster parents a break. Think of it as babysitting for foster parents. An overnight, a weekend, or an afternoon break is essential to successful foster parenting. CCR foster parents can provide respite for each other or use a CCR-certified respite provider. Read more about respite care.
