Services
Individual
With individual therapy, you and your therapist (who will have specific training to treat your symptoms and specific issues) will usually begin with a brief history of what brings you to therapy, and then begin diving into the therapeutic process. Therapy can seem to start slowly as your therapist becomes familiar with your history, your relationships, your goals and your struggles. You will also likely need time to become familiar and trust your therapist.
Know this – We work for you. Your progress and your goals drive your therapy. Our job is to bring expertise in therapeutic modalities and specific mental health issues to the relationship. Your role is to bring your system to each session with an openness to growth and change. Together we will help you achieve your goals.
Couples
Relationships can be difficult. Many of us grew up in homes with unhealthy relationship patterns and we weren’t exposed to the behaviors, language, attitudes and approaches to safe, supportive, healthy primary relationships.
Couples therapy allows you and your partner to see the patterns you both bring to the relationship, the process that this creates and ways to change that process so you both get what you want from the relationship.
Understanding how your system responds to your partner, both internally (what you think and feel) and externally (what you do or say) is critical to change. Beginning the process of sharing your inner world with your partner is the path to creating vulnerability, intimacy, understanding and a sense of being seen, safe and comforted.
We use a variety of themes for couples therapy including Attachment Theory, Internal Family Systems (Intimacy From the Inside Out), the Gottman approach, Biopsychosocial Couples Therapy (Stan Tatkin) and others.
Our couples therapists have specific training and bring a balanced, even-keeled approach to your relationship.
Family
Family therapy can heal long-standing wounds and bring peace and harmony to the complexity of family neuro-dynamics. With families, one person changing can cause a ripple effect to other members of the family – even when those changes are healthy. Working with and understanding the perspectives of all members of the family, then exploring each person’s needs, wants and desires allows everyone to feel seen and heard while minimizing or eliminating criticism and judgments.
In these complex family discussions, our family therapists will ensure everyone has the chance to express their needs and will learn tools for honest, authentic, assertive communication. Thus, getting everyone “on the same page” as to how we as a family will resolve issues and maintain loving, respectful relationships going forward.
Group
Group therapy can be an excellent adjunct to individual therapy. At different times of the year, our therapists will offer Sexual Addiction groups or Betrayal Trauma groups.
Being in the company of others who are going through a similar experience as yours can feel supportive, normalizing and comforting. You’ll have a neutral, non-judgmental place to share your struggles, collaborate with others and offer and receive support.
Our Group Therapy sessions are therapist-led, but a therapist with specialized training in the issue the group is processing, but also in group therapy and group dynamics.
Parts of the group might be educational, for example, learning about addiction, and recognizing your specific addictive cycle. Other parts of the group experience build trust, vulnerability, and accountability and offer the opportunity to work through your trauma in a safe, confidential, supportive environment.
Most groups have 6-8 participants and a single therapist leader, creating trust and camaraderie in difficult times.
If you’re interested in a therapy group, please use the contact area of the website to reach out to us. Groups are started at different times of the year and often are based on the needs of our clients and the community.
