Couples and Family therapy are offered independent of or in conjunction with other programming offered at our office. For example, some members of our adult DBT program also take part in couples therapy with their partner.  

GENERAL MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health refers to our cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being and can influence how we think, feel, and act.  General mental health issues can range from adjustment disorder as a result of situational/acute stressors, to chronic depression, to generalized anxiety and beyond.  As each person has individualized needs, we develop treatment plans that align with both the evidence-based practice for the diagnosis and symptoms and the person’s values and goals. 

Below are the evidence-based treatments that we practice for some common general mental health conditions:

Depression:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Therapy
Emotion-Focused Therapy
Interpersonal Therapy

Generalized Anxiety:
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies

FAMILY THERAPY

Family therapy moves the focus away from any one individual to examine and improve the communication and relationships occurring between family members. Depending on the areas in which families want help, we utilize a variety of evidence-based family treatments such as structural family therapy. While family therapy treatments can differ in their focus and the skills they foster, they share several central tenets: people's shared context organizes their behavior, family systems have innate resiliency, and identifying and activating families' core strengths can lead to profound changes that improve the wellbeing of both the family as a whole and each of its members.

Couples Therapy & Pre-Marital Counseling

Relationships can be challenging and stressful at times, and many couples benefit from engaging in couple therapy. Couples seek couple therapy for a variety of reasons such as communication difficulties, high conflict, difficulties navigating relationship transitions, feeling distant, lack of intimacy, and infidelity. Couples also seek treatment to learn how to better support a partner with mental health concerns. We utilize evidence-based treatment approaches including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Couples, Enhanced CBT for Couples, Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for high conflict couples. These approaches utilize acceptance and change strategies to help couples better understand their partner, demonstrate greater emotional acceptance of their partner, and change ineffective thought and behavioral patterns. 

We also provide pre-marital and enrichment therapy for couples seeking a prevention approach to relationship difficulties. This approach helps couples develop and improve skills to most effectively navigate their relationship and maintain relationship satisfaction.

INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE?

If you are interested in learning more about Couples or Family Therapy, please contact us.