Explore the Variety of Our Healing Services
Individual therapy involves working one-on-one with a therapist to create positive changes in your life.
Some issues you may be struggling with and are seeking help to better understand and heal from could include:
Depression
Anxiety
Resolving past or current trauma
Life transitions
Exploring one’s sexual and/or gender identity
Decisions and/or struggles with coming out and being out
Racism, sexism, ableism, classism, sizeism (all the isms!), transphobia, homophobia, discrimination, or being a minority in the dominant culture
Exploring one’s cultural, racial, or religious identity
Dissatisfaction with life
Religious or spiritual issues including faith transitions
Parenting
Issues of self-worth/self-esteem
Feelings of loneliness or emptiness
We use a developmental, playful approach to therapy with kids. Children are naturally playful, curious, trusting, and seek connection with others. Play is their main language and how they work through their problems and achieve mastery. When adults also learn to communicate in the language of play they will have a deeper understanding of and connection with their kids. Play alleviates stress, enhances connection, stimulates creative thinking and exploration, teaches emotional regulation, and builds self-worth.
Caregiver Involvement
Caregivers often ask how much they will be involved in their child’s therapy, and the answer is that it depends on your child’s history, age, developmental stage, diagnoses, and other factors.
As systemic therapists, however, we involve parents in some form in every session. We want you to be active participants and co-therapists in your child’s therapy because you know them better than we ever could!
We will engage you in their therapeutic activities, get updates from you, and teach you parenting techniques that are tailored to your family and child.
Sometimes we will have you stay in the room with your child for the entire session. Other times, we will meet with you alone or jointly for 10-15 minutes at the beginning or end of the session. Some weeks, we may meet with the caregiver(s) without the child present.
Couples/Relationship therapy involves working as a relational unit with a therapist or each individual’s therapist in a joint session. You may have sessions where they meet with you together or as individuals. A skilled therapist will be sure that both “sides” are challenged equally because the therapist’s side - their client – is the relational unit, not any individual.
The most common issues - what we call “The Big 5” - that couples struggle with are:
Finances
Parenting
Household chores
In-laws
Sex
Other issues that bring couples into therapy are:
Work/Life/Family Balance
Communication difficulties
Feeling disconnected or insecure in attachments
Blended Families
Adding a baby, child, or aging parents to the family unit
Polyamory or ethical non-monogamy
Pre-Commitment/Premarital Preparation
Chronic illness, disability, or mental illness
Separation, divorce, or break-Ups
Infidelity/Cheating/Betrayal Trauma
Intimacy/Sex/Desire Discrepancy
Cultural, religious, or background differences
Extended family conflicts
Addiction/Partner Addiction Support
Co-Parenting with a former spouse or partner
Family Therapy involves working as a family unit, or parts of the family unit. We define “family” as any biological, adopted, foster, step, or family of choice. Studies show that family therapy is particularly important for families with members who struggle with substance abuse, serious mental illness, and other behavioral issues.
Other common reasons for seeking family therapy include:
Divorce and Break-Ups
Parent-child conflict (kids or adults)
Problems between siblings (kids or adults)
Domestic violence
Death of a family member - expected or unexpected. (Natural causes, miscarriage, stillbirth, disease, violence, overdose, accident, natural disaster, or suicide
Extended Family and In-Law conflicts
Adoption, fostering, and attachment
Behavioral Issues
Parenting and Co-Parenting
While we prefer to see you in person, online therapy allows you the flexibility, comfort, and convenience of receiving therapy from your home or office through encrypted, secure video conferencing.
Online therapy makes sessions accessible to clients who may be unable to have face-to-face mental health services due to location, travel limitations, physical limitations, bad weather, and other circumstances.
For an online appointment, you’ll need a computer or phone with a web camera and high-speed internet or strong cell service.
Online therapy is safe and secure. Client confidentiality and privacy are important to us.
We use a state-of-the-art online platform that is HIPAA-compliant and designed to protect your privacy.
For safety reasons, we will not conduct a telehealth session while you are driving.
Group therapy is a shared experience with a group of clients who are working through similar issues. Groups can offer you a variety of perspectives, ideas, and viewpoints, as well as a support system, friendships, and community. Each group is led by a trained therapist(s), certified coach or other qualified professional, allowing each member to feel safe and confident in sharing their experiences. Groups can be educational, process-oriented, or a combination of both.
Sometimes, people want to tackle their therapeutic issues more quickly in a short, intense chunk of work. You can book to meet with your therapist for a 1/2 day, full day, or several 1/2 or full days during the same week or month.
Unfortunately, insurance will not cover multiple hours of therapy on the same day, so intensive work must be paid out-of-pocket at your therapist's full-fee hourly rate. You can potentially use HSA/FSA funds, but we recommend calling your provider to get pre-approved to use those funds.
Due to the need to schedule large blocks of time, we require at least one month's notice to schedule an Intensive with your therapist and payment in full to reserve that time. If you need to cancel or change your Intensive, we require 2 weeks' notice for a full refund or credit to your account.
