Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Chiropractor providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dentist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Podiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
As a therapist, I believe that I help people help themselves. I believe the answers are within an individual, couple or family, and my job is to ask questions that will help people hear those answers. Individuals are the experts of themselves and parents are the experts of their families. Therapy is a journey of discovery and healing. People have an amazing ability to heal, learn and grow. I believed that when I began doing therapy 27 years ago and I have that same strong belief today.
The children, individuals, couples and families I have worked with have been my best teachers and I learn and grow from every encounter. I also bring a strong systemic perspective to all of my work. No one is an island; we are all connected to others. Just like a whole spider web feels movement when even only one filament is touched, those that are connected to us feel our change, and that change affects change in them. That is one of the beauties of therapy.
Tiffany has deep roots in Attachment theory, she has an eclectic style of conducting therapeutic services including: CBT, DBT, Narrative Therapy, REBT, Mindfulness, EFT and Experiential Therapy. She enjoys getting to know her clients and bases her interventions on what their needs seem to be. Tiffany practices from a person-centered perspective and believes each client has the strengths and capability of improving their lifestyle. Tiffany enjoys walking through the valley with her clients and believes that each day is a new opportunity for change and growth. She focuses on client strengths and weaknesses as part of the therapeutic process and works to let each of her clients see their full potential. She is honored to be a part of her client’s lives.
Zahra is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 9 years of experience in the mental health field. Zahra has provided therapeutic services for adults, children, and families in various capacities including outpatient, in home and treatment settings. Zahra’s approach to therapy is shaped by evidence-based practices including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She views therapy as a collaborative space where she and her clients gather data on what does not work and try out new behaviors that may bring them closer to their values. Zahra believes in the individual uniqueness of each person and in fostering a safe space where clients can be authentically themselves. She is committed to meeting clients with unconditional positive regard and quality care. Zahra feels profoundly grateful that she is a witness and support to her client’s struggles, their successes, confidence, and healing.
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“Zahra is phenomenal she is helping me so much with another situation I have just encountered recently that has me very confused with gentle guidance it’s hard and she is making the situation more palatable for me”
Zahra Hayderzadeh
Marriage & Family Therapist
3711 Long Beach Blvd Suite 601
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Long Beach, CA 90807
“I am gradually coming out of people pleasing and learning my boundaries and setting them straight better and she makes me feel OK with the fact that it’s OK to be just OK and in time I will gather the strength to do what it is. I need to do.”
Kari Finnegan, PhD, is a licensed psychologist at the Rein Center, an integrative psychiatry practice based in Iowa City, Iowa. She is also an avid yogi who is excited to practice in a setting that embraces the mind-body connection.
Dr. Finnegan strives to create a safe, transparent, and empowering environment in which you and her work towards making changes that will bring you closer to a satisfying and fulfilling life. She uses a strengths-based, collaborative approach to help each client feel empowered, develop insight and improve their quality of life.
Dr. Finnegan enjoys working with various clients and needs, including those experiencing depression, anxiety, gender, sexuality, grief/loss, trauma, and more. She prefers to view the therapy relationship as collaborative and egalitarian.
Being from a military family, Dr. Finnegan has always enjoyed working with veterans and their families. She is personally interested and invested in physical health and well-being, and as much as clients are interested, she likes to incorporate such a focus into her therapeutic work.
Dr. Finnegan received clinical training primarily through VA clinics, medical centers, universities, and private practice. Her practice includes both individual therapy and cognitive assessment (e.g., ADHD and learning disorder evaluations, DDS evaluations, etc.) for adolescents and adults.
We as humans need relief from feeling separate in our experiences. The simple truth is that for therapy to work you have to feel safe with me (in terms of being honest and open) to allow me into your process. We will be a great fit if you are wanting to look inward and learn to create safety with yourself and if you are open to challenging your discomfort, growing esteem in SELF, and finding healing. Bring your honesty because the plan is for you to integrate what you learn in the session into your life.
I offer a safe space and patience for healing. From 10-plus years of experience with therapy, I have found that we can build a gentler, more tolerant way of residing with conflict and pain. We can also re-learn practices that get us back to fully living rather than feeling like we are stuck in our trauma. I work with individuals and couples struggling with strong self-critical narratives, some need help with self-harm (cutting, binge/purge cycles, addictions), others with difficulty regulating emotions, as well as relational infidelity and healing thereafter. Most of us have internal conflicts that are difficult to sort out and difficult to understand how to navigate.
Areas of expertise include Women’s and Men’s issues, Couples/ Family/Individual therapy (LGBTQ inclusive in all categories of therapy). Trauma in many forms, Depression and anxiety, ADHD, Bipolar disorder, acute stress and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and personality disorders. I am well versed in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Internal Family Systems and find these approaches to be incredibly powerful for unleashing the full potential of one's being.
“Susan has been great with helping my elderly mother with anxieties and denial due to her dementia diagnosis. She is working with her on behaviors associated with negative influences from another family member who refuses to deal with their own mental health. This is helping to keep my mother living at home, rather than having to place her in a facility due to behaviors. I am very happy with the help we are receiving!”
Sheila joined Blue Water Counseling in Dec. of 2022, as the next step in a career that has spanned 47 years. In that time, she has had the privilege of working with children, adolescents, and adults with a wide array of issues. As a Registered Nurse and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Sheila has worked in a variety of settings including in-patient psychiatric units, residential treatment, Family Court, and as a Military and Family Life Counselor on Active Duty military bases in Korea, England, Germany and Italy. Sheila also found time to get a second Master's degree in Homeopathy, and to train extensively in Systemic Constellation work. Most recently, Sheila has been certified to provide Acceleratebeen working in the psychiatric field since graduating from college. I am especially interested in assisting my clients to overcome adverse childhood experiences, develop self esteem, and create boundaries in their lives that provides for sarisfaction a effective self care.
“Hello,
Chances are you’re scrolling through several therapist reviews to find one who resonates with what you need. Hey, I've been there!
I wholeheartedly recommend Sheila Saunders. She is a talented, reliable professional who will listen to your concerns & provide you with solid, wise guidance. Sheila is non-judgmental, kind, smart, supportive and she’s got a great sense of humor to boot! :)
Take good care!”
Natasha McLain, LMFTA. Natasha is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate in cc the state of CT. She earned her Bachelor’s degrees in communication and psychology and her Master’s of marriage and family therapy at Southern Connecticut State University. Natasha uses a developmental, person-centered, solution informed approach to therapy. She believes that the client is an expert in their own experience. She aims to help clients determine their personal needs, goals and ways of achieving them. In helping you identify what matters to you (and what doesn’t), she collaborates with clients to identify, explore, intervene, and repair any parts where they feel healing is required.
Navigating life experiences from birth to present can be challenging but can also be deeply rewarding. Depending on your desired goals, Natasha uses a variety of developmentally based systems’ therapies to examine learned behaviors and communication styles so you can choose more of what works for you and less of what does not. Natasha draws from emotionally focused family therapy, attachment theory, and interpersonal neurobiology to promote healthy rewarding relationships, restore and improve meaningful connection, and access resilience in your life. Identifying parts of development where needs were poorly met, using reparative therapies, Natasha will help reshape, heal, and repair the past to reveal and explore your unique personhood, your purpose, and meaning.
Natasha chose the field of marriage and family therapy for its focus on system theory, examining how a system impacts an individual as well as how the individual affects the system. Her experience includes assisting couples to navigate life’s changes such as the birth of a new child, developing age-appropriate parenting styles, repairing breakdowns in communication and intimacy incongruencies. Natasha has experience in co-parenting mediation and counseling, premarital counseling and facilitating parent education programs.
Natasha’s therapeutic goal is to help you answer your own “miracle question”, if you woke tomorrow and your life felt right and your own, what would be new and different? In therapy she works with clients to not only understand that question but to develop strategies for making their vision a reality. Sometimes people feel stuck. Feeling as though life is happening without their consent. It is Natasha’s belief that everyone possesses the resources to unstick themselves and uncover those abilities. Solution focused and strategic family therapies provide a blueprint for regaining control of one’s life. Whether the identified goals are long or short term, focusing on the potential solutions, and the client’s self-efficacy can help in the achievement of them. When so many variables in life are beyond our control, regaining confidence in our own abilities and strengths can help create a desired future.
When not with clients, Natasha can be found digging for worms with her two boys, ages three and eight. She loves planting, propagating, and tending to her many, many plants and creating new sourdough recipes. She has a deep passion for exploring new places and cultures, including cuisine. When not in the garden or kitchen, Natasha can be found thrifting at Goodwill with a true crime podcast in her earbuds.
Natasha provides:
Individual counseling for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults.
Family counseling for kids and teens.
Couples counseling
Pre-marital counseling, co-parenting counseling, and assistance with divorce and families.
Therapeutic treatments and counseling for: ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Bipolar and related disorders, and Substance Abuse Disorders. OCD, Depressive disorders, Stress, Anger, and trauma-related disorders.
Natasha McLain, LMFTA. Natasha is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate in cc the state of CT. She earned her Bachelor’s degrees in communication and psychology and her Master’s of marriage and family therapy at Southern Connecticut State University. Natasha uses a developmental, person-centered, solution informed approach to therapy. She believes that the client is an expert in their own experience. She aims to help clients determine their personal needs, goals and ways of achieving them. In helping you identify what matters to you (and what doesn’t), she collaborates with clients to identify, explore, intervene, and repair any parts where they feel healing is required.
Navigating life experiences from birth to present can be challenging but can also be deeply rewarding. Depending on your desired goals, Natasha uses a variety of developmentally based systems’ therapies to examine learned behaviors and communication styles so you can choose more of what works for you and less of what does not. Natasha draws from emotionally focused family therapy, attachment theory, and interpersonal neurobiology to promote healthy rewarding relationships, restore and improve meaningful connection, and access resilience in your life. Identifying parts of development where needs were poorly met, using reparative therapies, Natasha will help reshape, heal, and repair the past to reveal and explore your unique personhood, your purpose, and meaning.
Natasha chose the field of marriage and family therapy for its focus on system theory, examining how a system impacts an individual as well as how the individual affects the system. Her experience includes assisting couples to navigate life’s changes such as the birth of a new child, developing age-appropriate parenting styles, repairing breakdowns in communication and intimacy incongruencies. Natasha has experience in co-parenting mediation and counseling, premarital counseling and facilitating parent education programs.
Natasha’s therapeutic goal is to help you answer your own “miracle question”, if you woke tomorrow and your life felt right and your own, what would be new and different? In therapy she works with clients to not only understand that question but to develop strategies for making their vision a reality. Sometimes people feel stuck. Feeling as though life is happening without their consent. It is Natasha’s belief that everyone possesses the resources to unstick themselves and uncover those abilities. Solution focused and strategic family therapies provide a blueprint for regaining control of one’s life. Whether the identified goals are long or short term, focusing on the potential solutions, and the client’s self-efficacy can help in the achievement of them. When so many variables in life are beyond our control, regaining confidence in our own abilities and strengths can help create a desired future.
When not with clients, Natasha can be found digging for worms with her two boys, ages three and eight. She loves planting, propagating, and tending to her many, many plants and creating new sourdough recipes. She has a deep passion for exploring new places and cultures, including cuisine. When not in the garden or kitchen, Natasha can be found thrifting at Goodwill with a true crime podcast in her earbuds.
Natasha provides:
Individual counseling for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults.
Family counseling for kids and teens.
Couples counseling
Pre-marital counseling, co-parenting counseling, and assistance with divorce and families.
Therapeutic treatments and counseling for: ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Bipolar and related disorders, and Substance Abuse Disorders. OCD, Depressive disorders, Stress, Anger, and trauma-related disorders.
Natasha McLain, LMFTA. Natasha is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate in cc the state of CT. She earned her Bachelor’s degrees in communication and psychology and her Master’s of marriage and family therapy at Southern Connecticut State University. Natasha uses a developmental, person-centered, solution informed approach to therapy. She believes that the client is an expert in their own experience. She aims to help clients determine their personal needs, goals and ways of achieving them. In helping you identify what matters to you (and what doesn’t), she collaborates with clients to identify, explore, intervene, and repair any parts where they feel healing is required.
Navigating life experiences from birth to present can be challenging but can also be deeply rewarding. Depending on your desired goals, Natasha uses a variety of developmentally based systems’ therapies to examine learned behaviors and communication styles so you can choose more of what works for you and less of what does not. Natasha draws from emotionally focused family therapy, attachment theory, and interpersonal neurobiology to promote healthy rewarding relationships, restore and improve meaningful connection, and access resilience in your life. Identifying parts of development where needs were poorly met, using reparative therapies, Natasha will help reshape, heal, and repair the past to reveal and explore your unique personhood, your purpose, and meaning.
Natasha chose the field of marriage and family therapy for its focus on system theory, examining how a system impacts an individual as well as how the individual affects the system. Her experience includes assisting couples to navigate life’s changes such as the birth of a new child, developing age-appropriate parenting styles, repairing breakdowns in communication and intimacy incongruencies. Natasha has experience in co-parenting mediation and counseling, premarital counseling and facilitating parent education programs.
Natasha’s therapeutic goal is to help you answer your own “miracle question”, if you woke tomorrow and your life felt right and your own, what would be new and different? In therapy she works with clients to not only understand that question but to develop strategies for making their vision a reality. Sometimes people feel stuck. Feeling as though life is happening without their consent. It is Natasha’s belief that everyone possesses the resources to unstick themselves and uncover those abilities. Solution focused and strategic family therapies provide a blueprint for regaining control of one’s life. Whether the identified goals are long or short term, focusing on the potential solutions, and the client’s self-efficacy can help in the achievement of them. When so many variables in life are beyond our control, regaining confidence in our own abilities and strengths can help create a desired future.
When not with clients, Natasha can be found digging for worms with her two boys, ages three and eight. She loves planting, propagating, and tending to her many, many plants and creating new sourdough recipes. She has a deep passion for exploring new places and cultures, including cuisine. When not in the garden or kitchen, Natasha can be found thrifting at Goodwill with a true crime podcast in her earbuds.
Natasha provides:
Individual counseling for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults.
Family counseling for kids and teens.
Couples counseling
Pre-marital counseling, co-parenting counseling, and assistance with divorce and families.
Therapeutic treatments and counseling for: ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Bipolar and related disorders, and Substance Abuse Disorders. OCD, Depressive disorders, Stress, Anger, and trauma-related disorders.
Michelle Munasami, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of Connecticut. She received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s from the University of Saint Joseph. Michelle has over 15 years of expertise working with both adults and children, individually and as families. Michelle utilizes many different therapeutic practices which include- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Michelle is solution-focused and collaborative and moves clients towards their desired goals. Michelle stays busy with her three children and husband and enjoys kickboxing and traveling in her free time.
Michelle offers:
Individual counseling for children, adolescents, adults, and families.
Natasha McLain, LMFTA. Natasha is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate in cc the state of CT. She earned her Bachelor’s degrees in communication and psychology and her Master’s of marriage and family therapy at Southern Connecticut State University. Natasha uses a developmental, person-centered, solution informed approach to therapy. She believes that the client is an expert in their own experience. She aims to help clients determine their personal needs, goals and ways of achieving them. In helping you identify what matters to you (and what doesn’t), she collaborates with clients to identify, explore, intervene, and repair any parts where they feel healing is required.
Navigating life experiences from birth to present can be challenging but can also be deeply rewarding. Depending on your desired goals, Natasha uses a variety of developmentally based systems’ therapies to examine learned behaviors and communication styles so you can choose more of what works for you and less of what does not. Natasha draws from emotionally focused family therapy, attachment theory, and interpersonal neurobiology to promote healthy rewarding relationships, restore and improve meaningful connection, and access resilience in your life. Identifying parts of development where needs were poorly met, using reparative therapies, Natasha will help reshape, heal, and repair the past to reveal and explore your unique personhood, your purpose, and meaning.
Natasha chose the field of marriage and family therapy for its focus on system theory, examining how a system impacts an individual as well as how the individual affects the system. Her experience includes assisting couples to navigate life’s changes such as the birth of a new child, developing age-appropriate parenting styles, repairing breakdowns in communication and intimacy incongruencies. Natasha has experience in co-parenting mediation and counseling, premarital counseling and facilitating parent education programs.
Natasha’s therapeutic goal is to help you answer your own “miracle question”, if you woke tomorrow and your life felt right and your own, what would be new and different? In therapy she works with clients to not only understand that question but to develop strategies for making their vision a reality. Sometimes people feel stuck. Feeling as though life is happening without their consent. It is Natasha’s belief that everyone possesses the resources to unstick themselves and uncover those abilities. Solution focused and strategic family therapies provide a blueprint for regaining control of one’s life. Whether the identified goals are long or short term, focusing on the potential solutions, and the client’s self-efficacy can help in the achievement of them. When so many variables in life are beyond our control, regaining confidence in our own abilities and strengths can help create a desired future.
When not with clients, Natasha can be found digging for worms with her two boys, ages three and eight. She loves planting, propagating, and tending to her many, many plants and creating new sourdough recipes. She has a deep passion for exploring new places and cultures, including cuisine. When not in the garden or kitchen, Natasha can be found thrifting at Goodwill with a true crime podcast in her earbuds.
Natasha provides:
Individual counseling for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults.
Family counseling for kids and teens.
Couples counseling
Pre-marital counseling, co-parenting counseling, and assistance with divorce and families.
Therapeutic treatments and counseling for: ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Bipolar and related disorders, and Substance Abuse Disorders. OCD, Depressive disorders, Stress, Anger, and trauma-related disorders.
Michelle Munasami, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of Connecticut. She received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s from the University of Saint Joseph. Michelle has over 15 years of expertise working with both adults and children, individually and as families. Michelle utilizes many different therapeutic practices which include- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Michelle is solution-focused and collaborative and moves clients towards their desired goals. Michelle stays busy with her three children and husband and enjoys kickboxing and traveling in her free time.
Michelle offers:
Individual counseling for children, adolescents, adults, and families.
Michelle Munasami, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of Connecticut. She received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s from the University of Saint Joseph. Michelle has over 15 years of expertise working with both adults and children, individually and as families. Michelle utilizes many different therapeutic practices which include- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Michelle is solution-focused and collaborative and moves clients towards their desired goals. Michelle stays busy with her three children and husband and enjoys kickboxing and traveling in her free time.
Michelle offers:
Individual counseling for children, adolescents, adults, and families.
Natasha McLain, LMFTA. Natasha is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate in cc the state of CT. She earned her Bachelor’s degrees in communication and psychology and her Master’s of marriage and family therapy at Southern Connecticut State University. Natasha uses a developmental, person-centered, solution informed approach to therapy. She believes that the client is an expert in their own experience. She aims to help clients determine their personal needs, goals and ways of achieving them. In helping you identify what matters to you (and what doesn’t), she collaborates with clients to identify, explore, intervene, and repair any parts where they feel healing is required.
Navigating life experiences from birth to present can be challenging but can also be deeply rewarding. Depending on your desired goals, Natasha uses a variety of developmentally based systems’ therapies to examine learned behaviors and communication styles so you can choose more of what works for you and less of what does not. Natasha draws from emotionally focused family therapy, attachment theory, and interpersonal neurobiology to promote healthy rewarding relationships, restore and improve meaningful connection, and access resilience in your life. Identifying parts of development where needs were poorly met, using reparative therapies, Natasha will help reshape, heal, and repair the past to reveal and explore your unique personhood, your purpose, and meaning.
Natasha chose the field of marriage and family therapy for its focus on system theory, examining how a system impacts an individual as well as how the individual affects the system. Her experience includes assisting couples to navigate life’s changes such as the birth of a new child, developing age-appropriate parenting styles, repairing breakdowns in communication and intimacy incongruencies. Natasha has experience in co-parenting mediation and counseling, premarital counseling and facilitating parent education programs.
Natasha’s therapeutic goal is to help you answer your own “miracle question”, if you woke tomorrow and your life felt right and your own, what would be new and different? In therapy she works with clients to not only understand that question but to develop strategies for making their vision a reality. Sometimes people feel stuck. Feeling as though life is happening without their consent. It is Natasha’s belief that everyone possesses the resources to unstick themselves and uncover those abilities. Solution focused and strategic family therapies provide a blueprint for regaining control of one’s life. Whether the identified goals are long or short term, focusing on the potential solutions, and the client’s self-efficacy can help in the achievement of them. When so many variables in life are beyond our control, regaining confidence in our own abilities and strengths can help create a desired future.
When not with clients, Natasha can be found digging for worms with her two boys, ages three and eight. She loves planting, propagating, and tending to her many, many plants and creating new sourdough recipes. She has a deep passion for exploring new places and cultures, including cuisine. When not in the garden or kitchen, Natasha can be found thrifting at Goodwill with a true crime podcast in her earbuds.
Natasha provides:
Individual counseling for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults.
Family counseling for kids and teens.
Couples counseling
Pre-marital counseling, co-parenting counseling, and assistance with divorce and families.
Therapeutic treatments and counseling for: ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Bipolar and related disorders, and Substance Abuse Disorders. OCD, Depressive disorders, Stress, Anger, and trauma-related disorders.
Michelle Munasami, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of Connecticut. She received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s from the University of Saint Joseph. Michelle has over 15 years of expertise working with both adults and children, individually and as families. Michelle utilizes many different therapeutic practices which include- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Michelle is solution-focused and collaborative and moves clients towards their desired goals. Michelle stays busy with her three children and husband and enjoys kickboxing and traveling in her free time.
Michelle offers:
Individual counseling for children, adolescents, adults, and families.
