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Joyful Life Institute, Inc. Online
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT-S
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Finances
Fees
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Cash, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Aetna
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Coupon Code for Free Phone Consultation: PSYTODAY
- Humana
- MultiPlan Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Optum
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Texas / 4809 Michelle J. Richards
- License: Florida 4406 / 2022
- Attended University of Georgia, Graduated 1990
Marriage & Family Therapist: Michelle J. Richards
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Trauma and PTSD
- Spirituality
Expertise
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Testing and Evaluation
- Veterans
- Weight Loss
Client Focus
Age
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Communities
Ethnicity
Religion
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Participants
Communities
Ethnicity
Religion
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Christian Counseling
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- EMDR
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Family Systems
- Hypnotherapy
- Multicultural
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused
Groups
Thriving with Trauma Group
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Now Enrolling. The Thriving after Trauma group is a 15-week online, group that introduces you to skills to cope with emotions, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, depression, flashbacks, self-harm, crises, and relationships. This group is designed for trauma survivors. It is a didactic, interactive, and multimedia process group. This group is the prerequisite or corequisite for the "What you Don't Know about Trauma can Hurt You" and the "Trauma Recovery and Empowerment groups." Limited space. Enroll now!
Expertise
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
Joyful Life Institute, Inc.
Lewisville, TX 75067
Separation & Divorce Recovery
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The journey through separation and divorce can be an overwhelmingly, emotional one...full of changes and conflicts. There's so much you have to do differently. How do you tell the child(ren)? How do you remain cordial to your spouse? What lessons have you learned? What will the future hold? How will you manage financially? Will you ever be ready date again? If these issues concern you, the Divorce Recovery group can help you cope with and grow through this difficult time. Limited space. Enroll now!
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Location
Joyful Life Institute, Inc.
105 Kathryn Dr
Ste 400
Lewisville, TX 75067
Premarital Counseling Group
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Congratulations! You are engaged and planing a wedding. There are a thousand things that you have to do before you say "I do." In all you're planning, be sure to prepare for your marriage and not just the wedding. Assess your compatibility and strategize about how to live with your differences. Ask the questions that will prepare you for marriage. Work on the skills you will need to negotiate marriage. Join the premarital counseling group to learn more about each other, marriage, and what it takes to have a lasting commitment. Limited space. Enroll now!
Expertise
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
Joyful Life Institute, Inc.
105 Kathryn Dr
Ste 400
Lewisville, TX 75067
Location
Nearby Areas
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