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Dr. Alberto Figueroa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC, CFT) and a Certified Family Therapist with more than 17 years of e...
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Dr. Alberto Figueroa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC, CFT) and a Certified Family Therapist with more than 17 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families. He specializes in treating anxiety, depression, chronic stress, couples issues, family conflict, and more.
He earned his Master's degree in Clinical Counseling and went on to earn a Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from Northcentral University. Additionally, he studied structural family therapy to understand people's interconnectedness. He uses a combined approach to counseling that maintains one theoretical perspective as its foundation (Adlerian psychodynamic therapy) and applies interventions from other theories to individualize treatment.
Dr. Al believes therapy helps individuals become aware of the obstacles that hinder their goals. Armed with awareness, persons can examine behavior patterns, discover alternative possibilities, implement change, and learn to accept their reality. However, therapy works best when clients and counselors work collaboratively to achieve the desired objectives.
Dr. Al has helped many persons overcome life challenges and learn to live fulfilling lives by developing a caring relationship and using multiple counseling interventions. He looks forward to developing therapeutic relationships that empower individuals to become their best selves and enhance the quality of their lives.
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As a provider and receiver of therapy, I recognize that asking for help is the hardest and bravest thing many of us will ever do i...
As a provider and receiver of therapy, I recognize that asking for help is the hardest and bravest thing many of us will ever do in our lives.
Lauren Shaak is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 4 years of experience helping adolescents, adults, and seniors manage anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, addiction, stress, and self-esteem challenges. She offers individual, couples, and family counseling to clients who are open, motivated, and ready to change their lives for the better. Lauren believes treatment should invite discussion of diverse issues, needs, and goals, and that a positive dynamic between therapist and client is key. The ability to connect with all clients is at the heart of her philosophy of care.
Lauren has a Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling from Alvernia University. She utilizes a variety of approaches including acceptance and commitment therapy, existential therapy, culturally sensitive therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and narrative therapy.
Starting therapy can be daunting, but the healing journey doesn’t have to be scary. Lauren offers a space to be seen, heard, and validated at a time when feelings of fear and vulnerability may be at their peak. Please consider the benefits of beginning a healing, therapeutic journey with a counselor who can offer support, empathy, and perspective.
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My go-to approach for helping people in couples counseling is emotionally focused therapy. I find benefit in EFT because it helps with the development of strategies to strengthen a couple's attachment to one another through understanding the feelings and needs of each other.
I teach the following tools in couples counseling:
I know that a client is making meaningful progress in couples counseling when each partner has improved their ability to effectively communicate their thoughts, feelings, and needs to one another; there is a decrease in the frequency and intensity of conflict; and/or there is increased trust, understanding, and respect for one another.
Clients can supplement their time in couples counseling by completing tasks assigned to them to assist them with exploring the qualities that they love and appreciate in their partner, their individual strengths that enhance the relationship, their strengths as a couple that enhance the relationship, and their attachment styles.
To prepare for your first couples counseling session, you can reflect upon your goals of counseling: how you contribute to the struggles within the relationship and how you can contribute to developing a healthy relationship.
Marriage counseling, also known as couples therapy and relationship counseling, helps couples work through their specific relationship issues. Thriveworks marriage counseling in Wyomissing, PA is led by licensed professionals — often licensed marriage and family therapists (LMFTs) — who are experts in their field and best-equipped to help couples. Some examples of common focuses within Marriage counseling include:
Marriage counseling works by helping couples identify and better navigate their unique challenges. Following an initial assessment of the couple in terms of strengths and needs, the therapist would then discuss their therapeutic goals and any possible approaches or ways of working together as therapist and couple.Couples attend sessions together, whether they meet in person or by video. In addition to regular marriage counseling sessions, each partner may also be asked to attend a few individual sessions to supplement their progress. This will allow their counselor to get to know each individual better, assess each of their personal needs, and develop the very best treatment plan moving forward.
Marriage counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you and your partner.
On average, couples attend marriage counseling for 12 weeks. However, marriage counseling may last longer or shorter, dependent on the couples’ needs, the challenges they’d like to work through, and the pace of their progress. Marriage counselors and therapists at Thriveworks in Wyomissing, PA work with their clients to create goals, decide on ideal timelines, and establish treatment plans.
Your marriage is important. Marriage is one of the most important institutions in life and can be such a blessing, but it can also be one of the biggest challenges of your life and source of stress and frustration. Joining two lives together is not an easy process and unfortunately over 50% of marriages fail and end up in disappointment. This can lead to painful experiences, emotions, and feelings of failure, low self-esteem, isolation, loneliness, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, social problems, financial problems and the list goes on and on.
Don’t let this happen to you. Restore your relationship and your life. Let a Thriveworks Reading-Wyomissing counselor help your marriage get back on the right track before it’s too late. Reach out today to schedule your first appointment.
Marriage is not easy task and it takes a lot of work. However, many people wait until it’s too late to seek help and struggle alone. These are just a sampling of some of the problems that married couples struggle with and that Thriveworks-Reading counselors can help you and your partner address together:
Many times, married couples can resolve their own problems, but often they need outside professional help to give them a fresh new perspective or to have a mediator. You and your spouse can benefit from marriage therapy. Counselors at Thriveworks-Reading can help you identify the source of the problem and help you move past the conflict. We can help you develop new ways of interacting and communicating by giving you the tools necessary to break negative patterns of behavior. We can help you establish the positive framework for building a solid, stable, loving relationship. We can help you take the steps to stay married. Your marriage and family is worth it!
Counselors at Thriveworks Reading-Wyomissing will help you and your spouse recognize and acknowledge problems, set realistic goals and expectations, control your emotions, listen better, respect your partner’s feelings, communicate more effectively, learn negotiating skills, avoid conflicts, and increase intimacy.
Our counselors at Thriveworks Reading-Wyomissing are here to help you improve your relationship. Have you ever imagined how your life could be different and wish you and your spouse could get along? We can help! Don’t do it alone. We understand it’s difficult to voice your feelings, thoughts, and opinions to your partner. Let us help you tackle this problem together as a team. We are only a phone call away, and we offer convenient evening and weekend sessions as well as accept most major insurances.
Trust us to help you on this difficult journey. We want your marriage to succeed, grow, flourish, and “thrive!”
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