Couples Counseling Therapists in Durham, NC

Do you ever feel like you're losing yourself amidst the seasons of life, like new parenthood or adjusting to college? Maybe you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed with daily tasks, or struggling to cope with a recent loss. Whatever brings you here, I'm glad that you're taking the first step toward finding support and regaining your confidence. I specialize in helping motivated adults and couples navigate through significant life changes by empowering them to be more attuned with their emotions and develop supportive skills towards self-acceptance and "wholeness".

ACCEPTing new clients virtually/in-person. Life can be hard, extremely tough at times. Do you feel like life has become too overwhelming? We offer a welcoming and compassionate environment where you can feel safe to talk about any challenge that is getting in the way of improving the quality of your life. Together, we will discover how you can begin to enjoy life again! We have experience with children, adolescents, and young adults transitioning to adulthood, relationships, family and marriage.

It has been pointed out to me by clients, colleagues, family and friends that they find it easy to talk to me. It is not uncommon for strangers to share there challenges and successes with me after a few words of casual conversation. If I were to list what I thought allows me to build rapport so easily, I would have to say that I believe it is because people are able to sense that I care about them genuinely. As a therapist, I care about seeing each one of my clients reach the goals that they set for themselves.

I have an engaged, body-mind relational approach, that I call Integrative Counseling. This approach builds on your strengths, and helps you cultivate self-awareness and find new perspectives, leading to a more satisfying and fulfilling life. Integrative counseling includes breathing and mindfulness practices, the development of body awareness, the experience of therapeutic touch, as well as verbal and emotional processing, depending on your needs. As a caring, well trained professional I help people to overcome anxiety, depression, relationship problems, physical pain, job stress, addiction, and life transitions in healthy, nurturing ways.

**Practice has immediate openings for new clients**. When was the last time you checked in with you? I’m not talking about your children, partner, your friends, your colleagues, but I’m talking about you. How often do you evaluate your current place in life, then set realistic goals to accomplish life’s milestones? Are you constantly thinking that there has to be more, but you just need help trying to figure it all out? I am here to assist you. My job is to help move you away from the things that no longer work, perhaps they never did, and towards a more ideal way of being.

It is my intent to raise awareness about mental health issues. Why is it important (glad you asked)? Because it affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Let’s reduce the stigma related to mental illness. The more we talk about mental health conditions, the more normalized it becomes. Starting the conversation is the first step. Let’s talk!

My name is Denise Rothman and I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in NC and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in both SC and NJ. I offer a welcoming, non-judgmental approach in working with my clients to help them achieve personal fulfillment and individual growth. I am experienced in treating adults, couples, children, and adolescents with various difficulties including, but not limited to, depression, anxiety, ADHD, attachment disorders, parenting issues, family conflicts, and childhood trauma. I am licensed in NC, SC, and NJ and I am available to provide Teletherapy to those who live in these states

We enjoy working with clients who seek to engage their spiritual questions and challenges in the midst of the therapeutic journey. Our clients come from a variety of life histories and family backgrounds, but share in common a desire to discover a more hopeful perspective on life, while exercising specific skills and practices to make hope concrete on a daily basis. Our therapists are accustomed to mutual collaboration to serve the needs of children, adolescents, and their families in one setting.

I work with individuals and couples to enhance their ability to cope in times of hardship, transitional periods and to problem solve life's many nuanced experiences. We collaborate and explore how the dynamic of engagement with self and others are connected to the most pressing issues.

If you feel overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or concerned that your relationship isn't working the way you'd like it to, talking with an objective professional can really help. My goals are to understand your concerns and help you use your strengths and skills to make lasting changes in your life. I am a licensed psychologist providing therapy for adolescents and adults, including couples. My treatment approach varies based on your goals and preferences. I enjoy working with clients from many different backgrounds, and I believe a supportive therapeutic relationship is important for progress.

Deciding to come to therapy can be difficult but deciding on sex therapy can be even harder. There are a magnitude of reasons why you may seek sex therapy. Experiencing low desire? Trauma? Sex makes you anxious? Unhealthy relationship with sex? Struggling to connect with your partner or having differences in frequency? Or just simply wanting more out of sex but unsure as where to go? The reasons why can be limitless, but together let's figure out what you need to achieve a healthy relationship with sex. It is important to know that sex therapy will not solely focus on sex but your entire self.

All people seek relief from anxieties, depression, and other disturbing mental states. It is part of the human condition to wish to do away with distressing thoughts, feelings, and behavior that sometimes seem to dominate us rather than be active choices. Through the experience of the therapeutic and other current relationships, one may become aware of old yet alive and active ways of being and relating. The uncovering of these in the "here and now" together promotes awareness and integration. Everyone deserves a chance to live less burdened and with greater access to their inner resources.

Maybe you want a space to process changes that are happening or you are struggling to figure out the next right steps to create the life you want. You want to live your life confidently, as the fullest version of yourself, but you are feeling alone or ashamed or overwhelmed. Or maybe you want to feel more connected to your partner, but you keep leaving interactions with them feeling like they just aren’t getting where you’re coming from. It's so easy to feel like you're stuck in the same patterns.

My specialty is working with individuals within their family dynamic as they transition through life's phases. I appreciate providing therapeutic services to clients as young as nine years old along with young adults and retiree's. I enjoy helping parent's improve their relationship and exploring their child/parent relationship. If applicable, I can provide individual session to both the parent and child. At the correct time we will come together in family sessions to explore understanding of each other and figure out ways to rectify any underlying issues.

I partner with individuals and families to promote mental health and wellness across the lifespan. My colleagues and I believe that comprehensive care is individualized, evidence-based, and founded on a culture of integrity, respect, compassion and authenticity with our clients and among our staff. Our hope is that we can assist you in finding acceptance, healing, growth, and work/life balance. Read more about myself and my colleagues at www.CatalystNC.com.

As an anti-racist, intersectional feminist, I believe in the constant and ever evolving pursuit of social, racial, gender, sexual, economic, and environmental justice. My goal in working with my clients is to address their concerns as a co-collaborator and ally. I work from a Relational/Cultural theoretical orientation, meaning that I believe the therapeutic relationship is a key to healing within treatment. I take an eclectic approach to counseling utilizing interventions from various theories in order to best serve the needs of the individual, couple, and family.

We live in a world that makes us sick and then capitalizes on our pain. The pain gets passed down through intergenerational trauma, parenting, and the culture at large. The impact erodes our physical and emotional health as well as our ability to nurture strong relationship with our own true selves and others. This unprocessed pain can manifest in your life in a myriad of ways including chronic depression, anxiety, low self-worth, codependency, overworking, addictive behaviors, and relational conflict.

I offer individual, couples and family therapy, and have extensive experience working within the LGBTQIA+ community. I believe being seen, heard and affirmed are integral in the healing process and center clients accordingly. I work with grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship challenges and changes, un-partnered parenting and coparenting, family crisis and early childhood issues. I draw from Trauma-Informed practices and Evidence-Based techniques including Emotionally Focused Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems Therapy and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).

Psychotherapy is about making meaningful changes. I work to help people become unstuck, overcome anxiety and learn about who they are and who they want to be. People who work with me describe me as accepting, interactive and authentic. I will listen to you closely and ask questions that make you think. In addition, I will challenge you to actively make changes in order to live a life more closely in line with your personal values. Therapy helps people gain clarity, manage difficult situations and emotions, and feel more connected to themselves and to others.