Individual Therapy helps adults increase their self-awareness, clarify their priorities and values, discover their passions and what gives them purpose, resolve internal conflicts, release emotional blocks from the past, make important life decisions, and become more powerful and fulfilled in life. We all find ourselves at personal crossroads at times, faced with the option of living the same (and getting the same result) or choosing something better. We only work with adults who choose the “better” road – who want to grow, make responsible life decisions, resolve psychological symptoms, transform internal blocks, and powerfully create a life they love. We provide an integrated approach that draws from cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, humanistic, systemic, solution-oriented, brief, narrative, and experiential therapy forms. Therapy allows you to have a distinctive relationship in your life with someone who will give you skillful perceptions, therapeutic tools, strategic action plans, validation and support, a safe place to truly be yourself, and a person committed to your becoming who you want to be.
ADOLESCENTS
Therapy helps adolescents develop and strengthen their identity, clarify personal goals, resolve internal conflicts, develop prosocial skills to succeed in the real world, and learn to love and care about themselves, relationships, and how they want to live their lives. Therapy with adolescents generally involves a combination of Individual and Family sessions. Individual sessions allow adolescents to talk freely about personal concerns with an unbiased adult who knows how to listen and allow teens to explore important issues and arrive at their own responsible choices. Family sessions promote acknowledgment and respect, increase cooperation and accountability, teach ways to communicate effectively and solve problems, and strengthen or restore closeness in the family.
CHILDREN
Therapy helps children increase their self-esteem and self-confidence, connect their feelings to their behaviors, elevate their respectful and responsible cooperation, and learn prosocial skills to manage their emotions. Therapy with children generally involves a combination of Individual and Family sessions. Individual and/or Sibling sessions with children utilize a variety of therapeutic techniques, including play therapy, art therapy, role playing, talking, teaching, therapeutic stories, sand tray therapy, imagery, and other creative and magical ways to connect with and empower young people. Family sessions establish family values and rules, build respect and cooperation, teach ways to communicate effectively and solve problems, and strengthen or restore closeness in the family.
COUPLES THERAPY
Couples Therapy is designed to promote or restore trust, develop accurate communication and understanding, remove harmful projections, create individualized problem-solving strategies, increase relational satisfaction, and inspire openness and intimacy. Intimate relationships are not easy – specific perspectives, habits, considerations, skills, and agreements are essential for relational vitality. Ideally, couples will decide to come in early to assess their relational styles and strengthen strategies for a dynamic relationship. More commonly, couples wait until their relationship is almost unbearable and their emotional energy is drained, and then more work needs to be done with fewer emotional resources available. Regardless of when you choose to come in, make the investment in yourself and your relationship. Intimate relationships are among the most important things in life, and couples therapy represents some of the most powerful and rewarding work we do.
CO-PARENTING (for Divorced Parents)
For divorced parents with children, Co-Parenting sessions are available in a brief-therapy model to rapidly develop workable strategies to minimize parental conflicts and help you and your children adjust to living in two homes. This can be provided before or after physical separation, as well as when new issues come up in the future. The number one factor in how well children adjust after their parents’ divorce is the level of parental conflict, hostility, and tension…whether it’s spoken or not. Not surprisingly, two of the most common frustrations we hear children of divorce voice is that they feel “caught in the middle” and wish their parents would get along better. An investment in a limited number of focused co-parenting sessions helps everyone in the family. If you are a divorced parent, let us help.
FAMILY THERAPY
Family Therapy helps families develop greater respect, togetherness, cooperation, and harmony. We help families identify their communication styles, discover what’s at the source of reoccurring conflicts, explore ways to really acknowledge and understand one another, and develop effective systems for solving problems. Lastly, because we believe family relationships are just about the most important thing in life, we challenge families to develop “Family Lifestyles” that strengthen relational bonds, create personalized rituals that will be remembered for a lifetime, and make “Family” a source of love, comfort, support, and pride.
Fee Structure Type of Service Length of Service Fee Due at Time of Service Effective Through
First Time Appointment Adult, Child, or Couple 50-Minutes $150.00 * 12/31/2011 Return Appointment 50-Minutes $120.00 * 12/31/2011 No Show, Less Than 24-hour Cancellation $60.00 * 12/31/2011
* These are the stated fees unless other arrangements have been made prior to appointment or fees have been determined prior with specific organizations and/or agencies.
Billing Health Insurance: If you have health insurance, you may submit the Super Bill provided to you at the end of each session to your insurance company for reimbursement of the fees paid. I have applied to some Insurance carriers, call me and we can discuss further. There are so many insurance plans with various rules about if or when a patient can be reimbursed for professional services. Please provide me with a copy of your insurance information/card and any required insurance forms.
