Services Offered:

  • Individual Therapy:
    • Short-Term Individual Therapy - 10 to 24 sessions, once per week, for coping with acute stress from difficult home or work situations, divorce, depression, anxiety/panic, fears/phobias; sexual, physical and emotional abuse; stress, work related conflict; and family problems.
    • Long Term or Intensive Individual Therapy - 25 sessions or more, for achieving long-term personal growth, insight, and self actualization and for serious life-long emotional and mental disorders.

     

  • Marital/Couples Therapy:
    • Regular Couples Therapy - (one therapist for each couple); "easing marital crises by providing a safe haven for honest discussion and resolution of painful issues."
    • Intensive Couples Therapy- (Two Therapists Working with the Couple) For serious and long standing problems, or if divorce is looming, by working in combination with two therapists, both of Individual and Couples Sessions can be held to work out individual as well as couples issues plaguing a marriage*)

      * Fees are increased for marital sessions when two therapists are present.

  • Play Therapy:
    Play Therapy sessions and diagnostic assessments of children.

     

  • Psychological Assessment and Testing:
    Psychological assessments of children and adults' intellectual, academic, and emotional problems, including depression, anxiety, trauma, abuse, attention problems, intellectual, achievement and personality testing. We also offer Assessment of Emotional Intelligence (E.Q.), for use in fostering personal growth and for management consulting.

     

  • Smoking Cessation:
    The Quit Smart Smoking Cessations program developed at Duke University Medical School is utilized in a four session format to end nicotine addiction. Includes hypnosis tape, Better Quit Artificial Cigarette, Quit Smart Manual, Social support letters, and four session protocol to quit smoking successfully. Offered by Dr. Edward Schmitt, Certified "Quit Smart" Smoking Cessation Instructor. More »

     

  • Free Mental Health Screenings
    Call to schedule a Free in office Mental Health Screening..or take our Quick Screening Test for immediate feedback or www.freedomfromfear.org for a more thorough online assessment.

     



Conditions Treated:

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Marital Distress
  • Panic Attacks
  • Trauma due to adult or childhood abuse, neglect, separation, rape, incest.


Service Facts:


  • Did you know that about 75% of Mental Health Treatment lasts for 24 sessions or less, that's once per week for 6 months or less.
  • Did you know that 80% of depressed individuals who seek treatment improve in 8 weeks?