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As a therapist, I feel very fortunate to work in a field where I am helping and supporting others as they work on their personal g...
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As a therapist, I feel very fortunate to work in a field where I am helping and supporting others as they work on their personal goals.
Sarah Stovall is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with over 15 years of broad experience in the mental health field. She is dedicated and compassionate about helping others grow, develop healthy relationships, and strengthen their overall emotional well-being. Sarah works with children, adolescents, adults, and families to address their personal challenges. She specializes in depression, anxiety, trauma-related issues, PTSD, relationship issues, parenting, and adjustment to recent life changes.
Sarah completed her Master's degree in Psychology at Phillips Graduate Institute in Encino, CA. She has since used her skills and knowledge with all types of clients, where she has observed positive growth and change in others who have overcome many challenges. Sarah utilizes multiple treatment modalities including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing (MI), solutions-focused therapy (SFT), family systems (FST), parent-child relations, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), and rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT).
Sarah has a great understanding of many different challenges and life experiences that come to each and every one of us. She also has the tools and techniques to offer supportive change. Sarah has the genuineness, open mind, and willingness to work together with you to support whatever challenges you might be facing. She looks forward to you scheduling your first session.
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Mark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who works out of an office in Philadelphia, and holds licenses in both Pennsylvania an...
Mark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who works out of an office in Philadelphia, and holds licenses in both Pennsylvania and California. He has 20 years of experience helping children, adults, and families work through challenges that impact their health and happiness. He spent much of his career working at a nonprofit agency that continues to serve trauma impacted children and families in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was through this work that Mark grew to understand both the grave impact of trauma and the healing power of psychotherapy. Mark works from a variety of therapies to best match an individual's needs. Some of these include cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, and gestalt therapy. He also has subspecialties in parent training, behavioral intervention instruction, and play therapies. Regardless of the therapeutic orientation, he believes enriching an individual’s personal story is the key to change. When people can author strength based personal narratives, they are able to find the strength to overcome their doubts, fears, and worry. Mark believes every person carries within them the power to change and heal. He seeks to help individuals access this power through a safe, comforting, and expressive experience.
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Family therapy helps families resolve conflicts and strengthen their relationships. It is led by qualified mental health professionals like psychologists, licensed professional counselors (LPCs), and licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs) who have extensive training in family dynamics and group communication.
Thriveworks family therapists in San Diego, CA usually begin by asking what everyone’s goals are for family counseling. Family members may need help with very specific issues or with general relationship functioning. But there are three main purposes in family counseling: to educate, to counsel, and to strengthen. Thriveworks also offers online family therapy and in-person services, so you may all meet in an office together or join a video call from your home depending on everyone’s location and availability.
The most effective form of Family therapy will often depend on the family itself, as there are many types of family therapy for therapists to use as they see fit in order to best meet the needs of their clients. However, one of the most commonly used types of family therapy is structural family therapy (SFT). SFT focuses specifically on family dynamics and interactions, looking at how they shape the relationships and structure present in the family. It can be effectively used to treat a variety of concerns.
This answer often looks different to each family that starts family therapy. However, some signs that your family might need to consider family counseling include frequent fights or misunderstandings, constant tension, experiencing loss, behavioral issues, marital issues, divorce, and blended family issues, among others.
In family therapy, therapists will often start by asking questions and assessing individual and family dynamics. From there, they may employ therapeutic techniques such as structured family therapy, CBT, strategic family therapy, and more depending on the present concerns and conflicts. From there, a therapist will work to open lines of communication between family members and facilitate emotional healing and growth.
Family therapy can be incredibly successful, with some studies reporting a success rate of almost 90% for improving participants’ emotional and mental health, and around 66% for improving their physical health.
Thriveworks therapists in San Diego, CA offer both online family therapy and in-person family therapy. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
Family therapy is usually short term and solution-focused, with most families accomplishing their goals in 12 sessions or fewer. However, it can also last for longer if the probles at hand are more complex — and that’s okay, too.
The novelist Marge Kennedy once stated, “The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.” As children grow up, the family home can be a secure haven where kids get a chance to learn, grow, and experiment. They can become confident and secure under the family roof. On the flip side, they can learn behavior patterns that may be maladaptive in the long-term. But all those complex dynamics can be hard to unravel, especially from within the family, when everyone is so emotionally involved. That’s where a professional can help.
The licensed family therapists at Thriveworks in San Diego are highly trained to see issues from each family member’s perspective. They can find solutions to seemingly insurmountable problems. Their job isn’t to cast blame, but to help foster rapport, understanding, and connection. And the family therapists at Thriveworks in San Diego, CA have the compassion, authority, and expertise to help families achieve their goals. Reach out today to get started.
Family therapy at Thriveworks in San Diego, CA can help families with the following issues:
Family therapy at Thriveworks in San Diego, CA is essentially group therapy with the people in the world that you probably feel the most emotionally attached to. So it can be intense at times. But an exceptional, fully licensed, highly qualified Thriveworks family therapist can work to put everyone at ease and create a safe zone where all family members can open up and speak freely. Some of the topics that might arise in a family therapy session include the following:
Psychotherapists at Thriveworks in San Diego, CA use a variety of approaches to help their clients meet their goals for family therapy. These are six of the main modalities of family therapy:
When you call the Thriveworks office in San Diego, CA, our staff can usually find you an appointment with a top-rated, licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) quickly, so you can meet with your counselor for the first time within the same week of scheduling. All of our therapists also accept most health insurance. We think every family deserves premium, affordable therapy when they’re experiencing challenges.
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