Our Services
Individual Therapy
We offer individual therapy services as well as relationship skill building and counseling for the individual person. Here are some items strengthened or changed in individual therapy:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Social anxiety
- Healing past hurts to prepare for a healthy relationship
- Support in ending a current relationship
- Individual skill building to improve a current relationship
- Healing childhood trauma
Couples Therapy
Premarital Counseling
As a licensed marriage therapist, I encourage couples to engage in premarital counseling as soon as they decide they are ready for marriage. Premarital counseling is a great way to invest in a healthy and successful marriage. Research has validated the value of couples engaging in premarital counseling, The results indicate that couples who engage in premarital counseling increase their chances of staying together and building a happier and more satisfying marriage. Here are some areas of focus for premarital counseling:
- Analyze how your past affects your present
- Commitment
- Individual & mutual goals
- Expectations
- Family Life
- Children
- Finances
- In law relationships
- Gender role expectations
- Intimacy
- Conflict resolution
- Spirituality
Couples Counseling
It is common for marriages to experience difficult patches along the way. It is how we respond to these situations that make the difference between strengthening a marriage and dissolving one. I can help you improve your relationship and rekindle your marital bond. Here are a few problem areas we have successfully helped couples navigate beyond:
A note about Couples Counseling: Most insurers do not cover couples counseling. These are some questions you should ask your insurer to find out if yours does:
- Affair recovery
- Infertility
- Communication struggles / arguments
- Conflict maintenance / resolution
- Parenting Issues/ parenting conflict
- Rekindling romance
A note about Couples Counseling: Most insurers do not cover couples counseling. These are some questions you should ask your insurer to find out if yours does:
- Specifically ask, “Do you pay for diagnostic code Z63.0 – Problems in relationship with spouse or partner”
- If they do, ask them what procedure code it should be billed under. Make them look it up and give you a reference. Ask how many sessions they will cover. Have them provide that information to you in writing.
Family Therapy
Family therapy is a amazing tool designed to address specific issues that affect the health and functioning of a family. Family therapy can also assist a family through a difficult period or in healing past hurts. In family therapy I work on strengthening family bonds by:
- Bringing the family together after a disruption or crisis
- Creating a honest space between family members
- Rebuilding trust
- Developing a supportive family environment
- Reducing sources of tension, resentment and stress within the family
- Helping family members forgive each other
- Conflict resolution for family members
- Reconnecting estranged family members
- Strengthening step family, blended family or adoptive family dynamics
- Building healthy in-law relationships