Therapists in 85021

Navigating life, stress, and building meaningful connections can be hard. As a clinician with a unique therapeutic skill set, I strive to create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space for all who enter. The hardest step can be getting here, and you did it, you are here. With a passionate background and experience working with children, teens, their parents, and adults, I offer a variety of neurodiverse neurobiology attachment, neurodevelopment, play therapy, client centered, and other evidenced based techniques such as ACT, to support and strengthen an individuals self-confidence and navigation of life challenges.

I am a seasoned, licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years practicing in New York and Arizona. My goals for clients are to reduce emotional distress, improve coping skills and help with relationship conflict and communication. I believe negative thinking and beliefs affect both feelings and resulting behavior. Together, we will work to challenge barriers that interfere with your goals and emotional well being.

as a retired Colonel in the US Army I prefer structure. I have also recently retired as an FBI Chaplain so the spiritual side is important. I continue to teach marriage and family therapy at the university level. I am looking for clients that want to bring clarity in communication into their marriage using a family systems perspective and is willing to move from controlling to managing their relationships..

The current world offers individuals a variety of challenges that can be daunting when feeling alone or left without viable solutions. We want, and need, to be well and that means identifying problems, their sources, and figuring out the best answers from the available options. Together, I aim to help navigate that journey.

Therapy is an incredible opportunity to invest in YOU. I combine ACT, Restoration Therapy, The Gottman Method, DBT, and story work all while staying in the present moment. Whatever goals you have for our sessions, we will discover or re-discover your values, strengths, heal, find some beneficial coping skills, and help you awaken to new ways to live a full, wholehearted and alive life. I am convinced there is healing to be found engaging with nature. I enjoy meeting with clients on trails, at parks, and near all types of trees, even if we are meeting virtually, I will do my best to incorporate this intro our sessions.

I have experience working in many different settings including city social services, in education, an outpatient clinic and within a homeless shelter. I am trained to work with children, adolescents, parents, individuals, couples, and families on various issues that hinder growth and happiness. I specialize in the trauma therapy (EMDR), ABA for working with individuals on the spectrum, mindfulness and relaxation methods, and cognitive behavioral therapy. My counseling style is centered around helping you complete the goals you set for yourself in a supportive and warm environment, free of judgment.

At North Pointe Services, we believe no individual or family should go through difficult situations alone. We are here to offer you support in times of crisis, to understand and advocate for your needs, help you recognize your strengths, and provide real solutions to real issues. We provide encouragement and skill building to parents of children and teens that are struggling with emotional/behavioral difficulties. We also support adult individuals who are on their journey towards living their best lives. Learn more us on our website at www.northpointeservices.org

I now have evening and weekend availability! Knowing how to seek help and support for whatever issues are going on in your life or the life of someone you care about such as a spouse or child can be very difficult. I have been told that I provide a safe and supportive environment which facilitates opening up and confronting issues. As a therapist, I strongly believe that it is critical to meet people where they are at in their life, not forcing change, but rather stimulating and motivating change providing individualized treatment for each client. I provide individual, couples, and family therapy.

I work from a holistic approach to life, learning, and healing; everything is connected in some way. Once you identify and master the connections that work for you, then the doing just makes sense, and you move forward with new life practices. My clients heal painful past experiences with current awareness, start trusting & caring for themselves, learn how to identify & break from toxic relationships while developing healthy ones, establish skills & routines to improve follow-through, gain emotion regulation, develop skills for problem-solving/ decision-making, and overcome harmful thoughts and behavior patterns.

Alison holds a Bachelor's in Rehabilitation and a Master's in Counselling: Rehabilitation and Mental Health from the University of Arizona, and she is a certified Rehabilitation Counselor as well as a Licenced Professional Counselor. She specializes in individual, group, and family therapy using CBT, play therapy, sand tray, and DBT approaches. She primarily works with children and adolescents, although she also treats adults. Alison has been using Sand Tray Therapy and play therapy interventions to help people process their lived experiences via their own language and other forms of expression.

After receiving her master’s degree with distinction in clinical mental health counseling, Heather’s journey as an individual and group therapist began in residential treatment, where she specialized in acceptance and commitment therapy, as well as trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, with diverse youth and their families.

Donn Yeager is a Substance Abuse Counselor that has been in the industry since 2012. His experience includes having been a Residential Therapist at Calvary Addiction Recovery Center, later was the Clinical Director at Recovery in the Pines in Prescott, AZ and currently working at St. Luke's Behavioral Health Hospital. Donn has a passion for serving others and finds satisfaction in finding individuals troubled with addiction become productive citizens that further leads to the family's healing.

It's a privilege to bear witness to the beauty and pain of someone’s story. I approach such a privilege with care and sensitivity for each individual, providing a supportive and non-judgmental environment that allows clients to talk about their issues in a safe space. I understand that each individual is part of a larger system involving family, community, culture, and more. Assisting clients in processing through the different parts of their life, I hope to help clients experience the change, growth, and freedom they desire.

Ilyssa Swartout, Psy.D., founder of Growing Edges, is dedicated to helping others find within themselves a deep and lasting sense of wholeness, worth, and esteem. Dr. Swartout brings a special expertise to the field of psychology as she helps individuals through difficult periods by helping them to maximize their potential. While practicing from existential-humanistic framework, Dr. Swartout uses an effective combination of methods to help her clients achieve a harmony between the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical aspects of life.

I have a true passion for helping people experience health and wellness in their relationships and in their lives overall. I believe that when our relationships are healthy, we create an environment that allows us to live more freely and more openly share ourselves with others. I understand the loneliness that develops when partners lose their close connection to each other and how frustrating it can be to have the same argument over and over again. I can help you understand your patterns, change them and create the type of relationships you've been longing for.

I concentrate on the strengths clients present to enhance their recovery and assist with lifelong learning about relationships. I concentrate with men of color who may present unique challenges with discovery of their relational communication strategies. I also concentrate in premarital consultation with couples seeking relationship and marital stability.

ARISE is a non-profit organization that strives to provide healing services to individuals, couples, and families. They offer counseling services to adolescents, adults, and geriatrics. Additionally, an Intensive Outpatient Program is available for adults. Our providers use a variety of theoretical perspectives and modalities. The patients’ situation, needs, culture, and spiritual prospective are taken into consideration. ARISE has a Psychiatrist (Dr. Sora), Licensed Associate Counselors, Master Level Counselors, BHTs, Veteran Peer Support, Case Managers and Family Nurse Practitioner on staff to best meet the needs of the community.

Hello! I’m Erik, a Licensed Independent Substance Abuse Counselor with 20+ years of experience treating not only substance use issues, but also a wide range of mental health concerns, such as depression and anxiety. I have spent the majority of my career treating adolescents, individual adults, and families for local non-profit organizations. I specialize in working with those who may be experiencing family and relational conflicts. I am a dad of two teenagers who have taught me much about the practical application of parenting and relationships!

“Every genuinely loving relationship is one of mutual psychotherapy.” So wrote M. Scott Peck in "The Road Less Traveled." I knew Scotty, and he included our 10-yr. correspondence in his final papers. I now teach couples how to become their OWN mutual therapists. Most of us have scars from our childhood or past relationships that deter us from opening our hearts even to those we claim to love. Many couples thus enter into a tacit agreement not to rock the relational boat. But I see relational tension as a thrust for both personal authenticity AND intimacy. A blessing, not a curse, it is the very coin of the mutual-therapeutic realm.