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Providing individual, couples and family counseling within a comfortable and supportive atmosphere where clients achieve the personal growth they’re striving for.
Treatment specialization includes:
- Depression and Anxiety
- Family issues with adolescents in today's difficult world
- Panic Attacks and Phobia (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
- Sexual and Relationship Problems
- Communication Issues - Relationships
- Grief and Loss
- Work and Career issues
- Stress Management
- Parenting and Family Issues
- Conflict Resolution
- Divorce Related Issues for Children and Adolescents
- Trauma Recovery
- Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse
- Behavioral problems
- Sensory Integration Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- *Collaborative Parenting
- *Parent Coordination
Cooperative parenting, or parental coordination, is a service I provide for couples going through a high-conflict divorce. This service is designed especially for those individuals that have been divorced for more than a year (or more) and find themselves back in court constantly due to the other spouse filing charges against them for an array of reasons. Those individuals that are not divorced yet find themselves in the middle of the legal process and cannot work with their soon to be ex-spouse, are also appropriate for this service.
My treatment role in regards to high-conflict divorce is that of a "mediator" of sorts. Although, what we do is not mediation. This is different than my role as a psychotherapist. This can also been called Cooperative parenting.
When providing the cooperative parenting or parent coordination services, I often find it necessary and clinically appropriate for me to work with the children as their therapist. I believe that the entire family being seen by one professional decreases the conflict that arises when issues develop. There is only one professional involved in working with the children (for counseling) and the parents - for collaborative parenting, not counseling. If either of the parent's choose to work with an individual therapist outside of the collaborative process, I am happy to work with the professional and collaborate as necessary. I am also involved with guardian ad litems, attorneys, and judges in this process.
The rationale behind my treatment approach is, when the same professional is working with the entire family system, conflicts are dealt with in a structured manner and thus decreases the necessity for high-conflict. Both parents feel they are being heard and both realize they need to work together for the sake of their children. If during this process I feel it necessary to discuss something with one or the other parent regarding an issue that has developed that directly involves that parent, I may do so with out the other spouse present so as to decrease the feeling that one parent is "to blame" for the conflict.
It takes both parents to argue and to create conflict. My treatment approach is that it is both parent's inability to communicate effectively that has created the post-divorce ongoing conflict. My role is not to "take sides". Many high-conflict divorces start out this way due to adversarial and high-conflict litigation.
My ultimate goal ion this process, is to shelter the children from a great deal of heartache that is created from the ongoing conflict between the two parents that the children love immensely Secondly, this process will keep both parties out of court and ongoing litigation. Attorney fees are very expensive. I would also like to help the two parents utilize their hard earned money in a much more productive manner!
PLEASE BE AWARE: MY PARENT COORDINATOR SERVICE OR COOPERATIVE PARENTING SERVICES ARE NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND WILL BE SELF-PAID. I REQUIRE THE CHARGES TO BE SPLIT BY BOTH PARTIES. See link for "My Fees" for the charges for this service.
Note: When the children are seen within the context of collaborative parenting, with both or one parent present, I am able to bill insurance companies as it is considered "family counseling".
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Insight-Oriented Therapy
Brief Solution-Focused Therapy
Play Therapy
Reality-Based Therapy
Parent Coordination
Arbitration
Mediation
Family Counseling
Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scale (CBRS)
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