Group is an opportunity for individuals to grow and flourish through processing shared experiences with others. During the process of group, members gain self-awareness through introspection, reflection, and application. Through this experience, members can see progress on a variety of issues, such as social skills, coping skills, depression, and anxiety. The essential goal for members is to be able to apply the skills that they have learned during the group experience to contexts outside of group. Currently, we offer the following specialized group experiences:

Individual therapy (sometimes called “psychotherapy” or “counseling”) is a process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained therapist—in a safe, caring, and confidential environment—to do the following: explore their feelings, beliefs, or behaviors, work through challenging or influential situations, identify aspects of their lives that they would like to change, better understand themselves and others, set personal goals, and work toward desired change. People seek therapy for a wide variety of reasons, from coping with major life challenges or trauma, to dealing with depression or anxiety, to simply desiring personal growth and greater self-knowledge.

Play therapy is an evidence-based approach recommended for counseling children 3-12 years old. Additionally, play therapy and play-based therapy interventions are supported by research for adolescents, families, and adults who are interested in creative and expressive therapy mediums (i.e. art, photography, sandtray, etc.). It allows a child to express issues in a developmentally appropriate manner and research supports the effectiveness of play therapy with children experiencing a wide variety of issues. This approach allows children to freely express themselves in a structured playroom. Through the use of this therapy, children can learn to change behaviors, develop problem-solving skills and learn better ways of relating to others. Adolescent and adult based play services use creative and expressive arts modalities to help clients communicate problems in a safe and understanding therapeutic environment. We use parents and/or caregivers as a part of the therapeutic process, therefore parent consultations will be scheduled about every 4 sessions.

Family, marital or couples therapy (sometimes referred to as “family counseling” and/or “marriage counseling”) involves focus on treatment from a systemic perspective. Treatment of a system involves focusing on patterns of behavior, cognitions, and affective responses both interpersonal and intrapersonal. Systemic family, marital or couples therapy is usually brief, includes a multicultural perspective, and is inclusive of the experiences of all individuals involved. People may seek family, marital or couples therapy for a range of issues including: marital problems, family dissatisfaction, and parent-child relationship issues.