Couples Counseling Therapists in Maricopa County, AZ

The people I usually work with are individuals and couples who are facing important life or relationship challenges and have tried the typical strategies for improvement or making changes. I work best with those who want to take an honest and thorough look at his / her / their functioning and set in motion pragmatic steps toward sustaining a genuinely better life. While conflict and various forms of emotionality are a normal part of life, when these experiences negatively affect one's capacity to have a successful, enjoyable or fulfilling life, it is important to consider other avenues of support.

Are you wanting to break free of patterns that no longer serve you? I would love to provide a safe place for you if you are experiencing any stress or lack of control, if you have been exposed to trauma (indoctrination/religious harm or trauma), or if you identify as a part of the LGBTQ+ community. I also would love to work with you and your partner in couples therapy to help you communicate effectively and love more openly through increased vulnerability and healthy boundaries in your relationship.

I hope this finds you well. As a skilled trauma therapist and life coach, I am committed to helping individuals overcome their past and build a brighter future. With extensive experience in trauma therapy, I provide compassionate support and effective strategies for healing deep-seated emotional wounds. In addition to trauma therapy, I offer life coaching services to guide clients in achieving personal and professional goals. My holistic approach ensures that clients heal from their past and thrive in their present and future, creating a balanced and fulfilling life.

Are you struggling in life and not sure which way to turn? I am a Licensed Associate Counselor who has 25 years of marriage, parenting and leadership experience. I am focused on helping adolescents and adults as well as couples in Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy. It is my life's passion to help people transform their lives through an understanding of early experiences and relationships with others. I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy which is the most effective, researched based Couples and Family therapy available. I am someone who connects with people easily with insight and compassion.

As an individual and couples counselor, I believe that therapy is teamwork. Each client is the expert of their lives and holds the power within to change. As we partner together, I will guide you to explore your challenges and the unhealthy ways of being that hold you back in your life. I will also guide you to tap into your inner strength and resiliency so that you can own your power to change your life. Whether you are looking to improve your relationship with yourself of others, I strive to create a safe, non-judgmental environment where you can explore your life, learn new skills and practice healthier ways of being.

I work with individuals, couples, and facilitate workshops on sexual health and sex related challenges. Are you dealing with sexual or emotional concerns, perhaps about sexual shame, trauma, relationship conflicts, or identity conflicts? I assist my clients utilizing a therapeutic style that is affirming, sex positive, and empathetic to people of all backgrounds. I help individuals discover their erotic blueprints, explore their fantasies, and incorporate their authentic erotic selves into their relationships. I can also help you by providing treatment of sexual dysfunctions, loss of desire, painful sex, and problems with arousal.

Currently accepting new clients. Arizona Connection Counseling is a licensed counseling agency providing Emotionally Focused therapy (EFT) and EMDR to individuals, couples, families, and groups. We have a team of specialists who focus on treating relational distress within couples and families, infidelity, trauma, and sexual difficulties. We also offer mindfulness and client centered therapy for individuals seeking personal growth.

Are you scrolling through social media late at night or just in your day-to-day life and not feeling fulfilled in life? Do you often find yourself comparing your faults with how other people are doing? Are you exhausted from any factor or stressor that is weighing you down? I will provide a comfy space for us to explore these current and past life stressors together. My focus is to empower you to leave our sessions with effective tools that you can apply to your wellbeing.

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I aim to help clients identify their goals and needs to live a healthy and fulfilling life, whether in their marriage, work/school, and or social circles. My approach ensures clients feel empowered, not judged, enabling them to live their life on their terms.

Welcome to EMPOWER YOU EXPERTS! I have 30 years of diverse experience, and hold Clinical Psychologist Licenses in Arizona and Illinois. My focus is to guide you towards becoming unstuck and creating positive changes in your life, such as alleviating anxiety and depression, reducing stress, restoring love and family relationships, healing past and present wounds, and transforming anger into positive, constructive emotions and actions. I offer a FREE phone consultation prior to your first appointment and a Sliding Fee Scale.

Different times and experiences in life inspire a desire (or need) for change in our selves, and in our relationships. When you're facing challenges and at the cusp of growth, I can offer you understanding, insight, and support for your unique experience, background, and next steps. With a warm and personal approach, I strive to maintain a safe, comfortable, and nonjudgmental therapy setting where we can work together to address challenges, changes, and goals, while also making space to explore the power and influences of the past.

Are you the parent who understands that your child needs more than a bandaid approach or a one-size-fits-all solution? Are outbursts, panic attacks, or shutting down preventing your child from truly thriving? Perhaps you are an adult struggling with social anxiety or depression that gets in the way of you living your best life. Tamara offers diagnostic autism evaluations as well as individual, family, & group counseling for ages 12 months to young adults. She will help with, not only overcoming the immediate challenges of today, but making changes that will lead to thriving for the future.

Life at times can feel overwhelming. I believe in our individual capacity to heal, grow, and overcome difficult circumstances. You may be going through a trying time in your life right now that is provoking your anxiety and depression, perhaps you are facing the echoes of past traumas, or you are in the midst of complex changes in your life. As your dedicated counselor, I will help you to identify your strengths and all of your untapped potential to help you safely adjust, adapt, and transition. No one should ever have to go through such challenges alone.

Every day your efforts with each other lessen. Your once strong, committed, fun, loving connection has weakened. The knowing glances you used to share have been replaced with annoyance and aggravation. Coming home to each other used to be the best part of your day, now it's the loneliest. Your hearts are screaming out to be heard by one another. You wonder if it's even possible to get back to where you used to be, or if that place you're imagining ever existed at all. You wake up strangers; rarely talking through the day, certainly not in kind or healthy ways. Life together has become bills, obligations, and all the "have tos".

Are certain emotions holding you back from being your true self? Maybe fear, anger, shame, or sometimes even joy are becoming unbearable. I work to help people become comfortable with their emotions, be better able to live by their true values, and to find peace within themselves. I am grateful to have worked with individuals of all types including individuals dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, sexuality, interpersonal conflict, and phase of life concerns.

Hello and welcome! I am happy to help anyone who is struggling to work through a difficult situation, feelings, and/or hurtful situation/upbringing. I help people find their own life/style solutions, performance, and satisfaction. I work best with creative communities because I have lived experience as a member of these populations. Basically, anyone who identifies as an outsider may appreciate my reality-based, forward, and honest approach to solution-discovery. I look forward to meeting you and working mutually to infuse your life with more balance, joy, passion, and love.

There are times in our lives when we need help restoring our relationships. As a therapist with 30 years of marriage experience, and significant clinical training, I believe working together I can help you reach your goals. As a therapist I have seen that two things seem to be necessary to start the healing process, mercy and empathy. When a person experiences mercy, it opens them up to experiencing empathy for the other. Using Gottman Method Couples therapy as the foundation, I will work together with you to accomplish the restoration of your relationship.

I am currently accepting new clients. I specialize in working with couples, teens, and adults. I believe that attachment and connection is the most powerful emotion in humans, which makes me passionate about working with all types of relationships. I specialize in assisting couples navigate challenges including: communication, conflict resolution, trust and infidelity, resentments & premarital therapy. I also have an understanding of the developmental challenges faced by teenagers. In my work with adults and teens, I specialize in addressing: trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, & life transitions.