Therapy Services
Individual Therapy
Couples/Family Therapy
Couples/Family Therapy
Do you feel worried, stressed or down? Have you gone through a lot and need support or someone to talk to? Do you just want to feel happier? If so then individual therapy may be helpful for you.
Common goals...
- Create a work life balance
- Cope with stress/change
- Think more positively
- Identify/express needs
- Increase confidence
- To feel happier with yourself and others
- Depression and anxiety are some of the most common areas of mental health that people struggle with.
- Therapy helps to change thought patterns, normalize feelings and create a healthy path ahead.
- All relationships in your life are also looked at while in individual therapy.
- Familial goals (such as the ones in the column to the right) can be worked on by individuals as well because if one person in the system changes their part, often the system can adjust/change.
- Loved ones can be brought into sessions to help practice healthy communication.
Couples/Family Therapy
Couples/Family Therapy
Couples/Family Therapy
Are you not feeling heard? Has your connection declined? Do you want to feel happier in your relationship? If so then couples or family therapy may be right for you.
Common goals...
- Improve communication
- Increase trust
- Set healthy boundaries
- Cope with mental illness or addiction
- Work through life changes
- Strengthen relationship bonds
- Have difficult conversations
- To feel happy again in your relationships
- Couples therapy can be helpful for those who are dating, engaged, married, or those looking to explore staying together or separating/divorcing.
- Family therapy can include families with young or adult children, blood related or not (virtual can be hard for young children so call to inquire).
- Parents need support too. Areas to work on can be parental confidence, self care, co-parenting or needing help setting structure in the home. Children can be included in therapy as well.
Online Therapy
Couples/Family Therapy
Online Therapy
- Individuals, families and couples can be seen online in Washington DC, Florida, Maryland, Virginia or Pennsylvania. If you are located outside the USA, or in another state, prior to services I will check the mental health regulations where you physically are located.
- Online therapy is a secure (encrypted) two-way video. You will have access to your own secure online portal with all electronic paperwork, scheduling, messaging and billing. It provides such convenience.
- Eliminates commute time and cost for those on a tight schedule or budget. You can even have a session from your secure work office.
- Just prop up your computer/iPad/phone, sit back in the comfort of your own space and you are all set. Privacy tips can be suggested upon intake.
- You are learning and practicing changes while in your everyday environment.
- Sitting with a blanket, tea and candles on your couch creates comfort when discussing difficulties. Having therapy in your own space has proven to increase openness and decrease anxiety than in an office setting.
- When it is safe to do so, online therapy can be provided in conjunction with in-person therapy in Downtown DC to strengthen the therapeutic relationship and personal connection.
Pandemic
Feeling anxious, lonely, confused, helpless, hopeless, tired, overwhelmed?
Contact MFTS for support...
In the meantime, see below for examples of what has helped others get through...
- Patience: Have patience with yourself and allow room for relaxation and doing nothing at times. I love the saying "a problem isn't a problem unless it is causing a problem"...
- Routine: Set a routine daily of consistent times to wake up, go to bed, eat, date nights etc. Create a bucket list of things you are able to do during the pandemic to help feel some control and have things to look forward to. Incorporate your old routine and activities in safe and realistic ways to help feel like yourself again in small ways.
- Eat: Fuel your body with healthy foods that keep you alert and feeling good.
- Sun: Take walks or sit in the sun for Vitamin D and to boost mood.
- Socialize: Schedule time to interact with others. Update them on your small accomplishments, food you cook etc.
- Exercise: Any type of movement to get your heart pumping will help with fatigue and mood. Taking small walks, doing laundry or Yoga, cleaning, running etc.
- Meditate: Even just for 5 minutes a day, clear your mind of social media, news, stress, sadness and more with deep breathing. Using Mindfulness apps like HeadSpace or Calm, or watching/listening to guided videos practice Grounding, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Imagery, Body Scans etc.
- Sleep: Try to get enough sleep for your body and if you are having trouble contact your doctor for help. It is common currently to be having nightmares and trouble sleeping during this stressful time. Clearing any brain stimulation before bed can be helpful right before and right after sleeping. Your bed can symbolize relaxation.
- Positivity: Be a friend to yourself. Recognize what is going well and what you do have control over in daily life. Notice beauty and what you are grateful for. Try to catch yourself going down the negative spiral and think/do what is helpful not hurtful.
Injustices in the world...
- Having emotions as you watch or read the news?
- Are issues being addressed in the media that you have been dealing with your whole life?
- Having emotions as you explore your own thoughts, feelings or behaviors?
- Feeling anxious or hopeless?
- Feeling anger, fear or nervousness?
- Having to talk to your kids?
- Need to vent to someone who will listen without judgement?
- Are you being directly or indirectly impacted?
MFTS is here to provide support...