Imago Therapists in Tempe, AZ
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William L. Bradley
Marriage & Family Therapist, LCSW, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I have been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the Phoenix area for the last 25 years. I have a complete knowledge of the resources within the community. My experience includes work with troubled teens in a variety of contexts. I have 15 years experience as a provider for the courts providing mediation, counseling, therapeutic supervision and evaluations for families in the transitions of divorce. I am also a skilled relationship and marital therapist. I specialize in men's issues. I have also had extensive experience in anger management, depression and anxiety disorders.
Deborah M Johansen
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified
Verified
As a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Supervisor in AZ, I have gained over 35 years of “intrinsic value” helping adults, couples, and groups, manage stress, trauma, grief, mood, thoughts, various addiction cycles, suicidality, self-harm, reentry, and life transitions.
Suzanne Cavalier-Dorsett
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Welcome to Healing Hearts! I am a seasoned therapist certified in trauma treatment and have experience working with many different populations, backgrounds and treatment modalities. I provide a professional, confidential, caring and safe environment for patients who have a wide range of life challenges. I am licensed in Arizona and Virginia.
Resolutions Behavioral Health Therapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Today's Depression, Anxiety, Anger, and Trauma stems from a historical place. My goal as your therapist is to process, unprocessed memory that's holding you back from living your best life. Let's explore your challenges with insecurities, lack of confidence, and fear. Let's explore what identifies your purpose. Welcome couples! Let's explore what is affecting communication and intimacy.
Tehrina Terry
Licensed Professional Counselor, MC, LPC
Verified
Verified
I believe the therapeutic relationship can serve a healing role in a person’s life, and I do my best to create a safe space by providing a person-centered approach to meet your unique needs. I specialize in helping people strengthen the relationships in their lives. This applies to friendships, families, partnerships, and marriages. Many of the people I work with engage in ethical non-monogamy, and I provide an open, compassionate and non-judgmental space, as well as guidance in navigating a relationship choice that we do not have many models for. I also work extensively with folks who identify as LGBTQ+.
Raise Behavioral Health LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, BHP
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I am the best fit for a family who has children between the ages from birth to 24 years old. I offer support to families who are struggling with challenging behaviors from their children and adolescents in home or at school. I offer a unique systemic approach that includes parents in the treatment process that is not found in many other practices. This systemic approach is extremely affective and helps keep parents in the loop and helps families complete the treatment goal faster than other approaches. As I believe therapy for children should be brief and solution focused so they can get back to being a happy kid.
Candace M Rosen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I believe in a holistic, mind, body, spirit, model of therapy. I am highly trained and skilled to help clients heal from Trauma, Attachment Issues, Relationship Issues, Family of Origin, Self-Esteem, and Grief and Complicated Grief issues, as well as other types of issues. I believe that therapy is based on the relationship with my client and is very important. I provide a warm, safe environment in which my client can fully heal. I can work somatically, using Peter Levine's model of Somatic Experiencing, as well as Gestalt, and other modalities. I look forward to our work together.
Regina Robison
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
Verified
Are you in a toxic relationship? Do you often feel confused, depleted, desperate to find solutions to make things better and get back to the good that existed in the beginning - but nothing you do seems to make a difference? Are your partner's words and actions often misaligned? Is infidelity present or suspected? If so, you may be in a relationship with a narcissist. The sooner you can identify this and get educated on what this entails, the sooner you can regain your strength and sanity. Enduring Narcissistic Abuse can lead to the debilitating and little known condition called Narcissistic Victim Syndrome (NVS).
Arline Lemeshewsky
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Pull up a chair and let's talk. I'm a bilingual EMDR therapist with 30 years experience treating depression, anxiety, trauma, ADHD. Rediscover your full Self! Reignite your passion for life! I delight in helping people not only survive but thrive through evidence-based practice and cutting-edge research. I work in collaboration with other health professionals to help you restore harmony, balance and wholeness.
Kelly Ontiveros
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
5 Endorsed
Verified
5 Endorsed
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I understand the importance of creating a safe and non-judgmental space for you to find your best self. I specialize in treating issues in marital connection and intimacy, affair recovery, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and loss. After completing my master's work, I gained extensive training in psychodynamic therapy, which addresses family of origin issues, wounding messages from childhood, and attachment styles expressed in relationships.
Not accepting new clients
Ryan Schulz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I work with people using a variety of philosophies, but those encompassing humanistic and psychodynamic theories inform most of my thoughts related to psychotherapy. This generally means I am most interested in focusing on emotions, insight, relationships, past experiences, meta-emotion, self-worth, and authenticity. I rely heavily on discussing shame, vulnerability, emotional needs, and creating meaning in life. My work is fairly non-directive, and I will be most focused on helping you find your own authentic path by reflecting and exploring deeper meanings and patterns that arise in our discussions.
Dr. Zoë Teresa Folts
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DBH, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I work with individuals and couples for both in-office and online sessions. “The beauty of life is; while we cannot undo what is done; we can see it, understand it, learn from it and change" (J. Edwards). Life presents us with circumstances challenging our relationships and ourselves. Therapy can be a catalyst toward discovery of creative and viable solutions, or in the personal work toward acceptance. Through conflicts, opportunities are created. I work with individuals and couples to discover opportunity and weave growth and maturity into decision-making.
Not accepting new clients
Thomas J Lewis
Marriage & Family Therapist, DMin, LMFT, LPC
Verified
Verified
I practice marriage & family therapy, mental health counseling & relationship repair as a ministry. I want you to know that you are not alone during your current problem. I know this time is especially challenging for you. I will help you.
Waitlist for new clients
Kathleen Thoren
Pastoral Counselor, MS, CLL
I work with clients who want practical, life-changing real answers, to real challenges for real results. Call me if you are ready to know why you do what you do, think like you think and are ready to create the life you envision. I guarantee your results or your money back. You will change from the inside out because you will learn specific, practical tools unique to you. My ideal clients are committed to their personal growth and will not settle for less than all they want and deserve. Let's get you a life above and beyond all you can imagine.
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Vanessa Berens
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
I received training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure,
Imago
Relationship Therapy and Mindfulness.
Feeling depressed, anxious, or "stuck" in a certain pattern of thoughts and behaviors that you find troubling or worrisome? I believe change is possible with a supportive working alliance to create new ways of coping and thinking to manage the stress in your life. I offer a safe, warm, yet challenging environment to help heal from the past and transition to the future. Psychotherapy enables people to overcome negative, repetitive patterns and make meaningful changes in their lives. I help people become better versions of themselves.
Dennis Ryan
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
Verified
I specialize in anger management, men's issues, and ADHD. A client who is looking for a sensitive yet strategic approach to these issues will likely benefit from the work we do together. During our initial session I will, as much as possible, try to understand your situation and help you set a direction so that you get get what you need from your therapeutic experience. While my specialties are those previously mentioned I also see clients for a number of other issues: relationships, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, removing blocks to creativity, and addictions.
Jessica Reid
Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Accepting New Clients! My passion is in helping to facilitate and cultivate healthy behavioral approaches in the marital (couple), family, and individual dynamic by creating effective changes, hope, and healing. I have experience working with individuals, children, families, couples,and those struggling with addictions, from all walks of life and cultural diversities. I encourage personal growth and healing with an emphasis on solution-focused therapy while integrating one's own spirituality, I believe we all have our own answers within us and I want to help facilitate in finding them!
Allison Duquette
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, CCTP
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
My view on therapy is very simple, though not always easy: 'through relationships, we heal’. Many of the barriers that inhibit healthy relationships include negative self-talk, fear of judgement, and our need to maintain a sense of control, especially when we are deeply hurt or wounded. Trauma does not discriminate and it does not wait for an opportune time to present, but we can make sense of it and heal old wounds that hold us back from really connecting with those we love.
Beverly Sue Mahaffey
Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified
Verified
I have been especially helpful to people experiencing the following challenges: relationship difficulties including couple, family and work issues, grief/loss, parenting, teen and young adult issues. Each person/couple is viewed from a place of deep respect for their history, struggles and victories. My style is individualized, collaborative and designed to access the wisdom and strength within every person. Couples have felt that therapy helped them reestablish their emotional connection. My specialty is determining the core issues underneath conflict within any relationship including with self. I will serve as clinician, teacher, guide and encourager as you experience growth/healing.
Lindsay Stewart
Counselor, MS, LAC
Verified
Verified
This is not a "simple thing," finding someone you can connect with to help in your journey can change your life. I know that sentence can be both terrifying and hopeful and I welcome all those parts. I show up with compassion, challenge, warmth, and honesty. Helping you show up to yourself and others is an important part of growth and connection, and we all need it. I offer a holistic approach to therapy, which takes into consideration body, mind/soul, and spirit. I am also trained in Internal Family Systems, an integrative model of realigning ourselves in wholeness.
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Imago Therapists
How does Imago therapy work?
Imago relationship therapy is a form of couples counseling meant to help partners address conflict, communication problems, and related issues. Imago sessions typically involve couples sitting facing each other and participating in guided conversations. Therapy will also involve exercises such as re-imagining one’s partner as a wounded child; re-romanticizing a relationship through appreciation, surprises, and even gift-giving and restructuring frustrations by transforming complaints into requests. The ultimate goal is to re-envision the relationship as a source of safety and happiness.
What is the Imago method?
A core technique of Imago therapy is the Imago dialogue, in which partners learn to avoid hurtful statements and establish ways to interact based on each having equal space and power. In the dialogue, partners take turns as the “sender,” who shares their thoughts, and the “receiver.” The receiver is asked to “mirror,” or paraphrase, what their partner has said, without response or rebuttal, and then validate their statements, acknowledging understanding even if they do not personally agree with it. Finally, the receiver displays empathy by stating what they imagine the other is feeling, and showing appreciation for it.
How long does Imago therapy take?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for Imago therapy. After becoming comfortable with a therapist and the core techniques of Imago coaching, some couples quickly make progress, but most should expect sessions to extend for months, encompassing at least 12 to 20 sessions, along with extensive “homework” from their therapist.
Does Imago therapy work?
There is limited empirical evidence to support the benefits of Imago therapy, but some smaller studies suggest that it does help couples, at least in the short-term. A 2017 study found that marital satisfaction increased significantly after couples completed 12 sessions of Imago therapy, and remained higher for some time after that, but did not always result in “complete recovery.” Other studies found greater empathy and fewer feelings of relationship burnout in couples after therapy. Some research suggests that Imago therapy can aid individuals as well as couples; people with ADHD in particular may benefit from the development of communication, self-control, and listening skills that form the basis of the technique.