Therapists in 96746
Stefanie Strong
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LSUDC, LMFT
Verified Verified
Kapaa, HI 96746
Few things in life are as hard as asking for help. This is especially true if you aren't quite sure what to ask for or how to ask. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I believe that the problems we face are influenced not only by what is happening with us, but also within our relationships with others. Our connections and relationships are important to us and our individual mental and emotional health. So whether I am working with just one person, a couple, or a family, it is not about taking sides, villainizing, victimizing, or blaming. It is about healing, empowering, and recovery.
Few things in life are as hard as asking for help. This is especially true if you aren't quite sure what to ask for or how to ask. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I believe that the problems we face are influenced not only by what is happening with us, but also within our relationships with others. Our connections and relationships are important to us and our individual mental and emotional health. So whether I am working with just one person, a couple, or a family, it is not about taking sides, villainizing, victimizing, or blaming. It is about healing, empowering, and recovery.
Mary Borath Navarro
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Kapaa, HI 96746 (Online Only)
Aloha. I firmly believe parenting is the toughest job in the world, along with being a kid. And, I love working with adolescents!! During thirty years as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I worked in my private practice and for non-profit social service agencies. I also provided mental health services to students in Hawai'i's schools. I work with children, youth, families and adults to help them deal with a variety of issues, including ADHD, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, OCD, Substance Abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence.
Aloha. I firmly believe parenting is the toughest job in the world, along with being a kid. And, I love working with adolescents!! During thirty years as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I worked in my private practice and for non-profit social service agencies. I also provided mental health services to students in Hawai'i's schools. I work with children, youth, families and adults to help them deal with a variety of issues, including ADHD, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, OCD, Substance Abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence.
Joan Levy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Kapaa, HI 96746
Psychotherapy that works for individuals and couples ready for change. Breakthrough short term (2-6 sessions) and on-going (for people who live on Kauai) transformational work from a licensed psychotherapist with 43 years experience. With clarity, compassion, breathwork, & expert mindbody skill, I will help you identify & release emotions, body armoring, & inappropriate patterns of consciousness that deny you your vitality & wholeness. Couples learn to identify and change how their early conditioning and automatic defenses sabotage healthy, loving relating.
Psychotherapy that works for individuals and couples ready for change. Breakthrough short term (2-6 sessions) and on-going (for people who live on Kauai) transformational work from a licensed psychotherapist with 43 years experience. With clarity, compassion, breathwork, & expert mindbody skill, I will help you identify & release emotions, body armoring, & inappropriate patterns of consciousness that deny you your vitality & wholeness. Couples learn to identify and change how their early conditioning and automatic defenses sabotage healthy, loving relating.
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Marriage Counseling Therapists
How does marriage counseling work?
Marriage counseling works by teaching couples concrete skills to communicate with one another and solve disagreements in healthy ways. A trained mental health professional works with both members of a couple to explore difficulties the couple may be having and helps them develop skills to address these matters. Couples who don’t have any difficulties but want to prepare for marriage may develop skills for the future.
How long does marriage counseling typically last?
Marriage counseling is a short-term form of therapy; the process may last between four and eight sessions. Other forms of relationship guidance from mental health professionals, such as couples therapy, are longer lasting, may focus on the past rather than just the present, and are tailored to the individual couple and their emotions, history, and patterns in the relationship. Couples therapy often lasts for 12 weeks or longer.
Is marriage counseling effective?
Marriage counseling helps many couples develop relationship skills that may not have been acquired or tested in a relationship; partners may be better able to communicate and address conflict following counseling. However, there are many different forms of marriage counseling, and this form of counseling does not have as strong an evidence base as other modalities such as couples therapy.
Is marriage counseling effective if only one partner wants to go?
Yes, marriage counseling can still be effective if one partner convinces the other to engage in the process. Of course, whether counseling is effective depends on the couple’s commitment to work on their relationship; however, the short-term, skills-based nature of marriage counseling makes it a relatively easy “ask” of a partner, and the hesitant individual may see its value once counseling begins.