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COUPLES COUNSELING

… because your family deserves the best!

 

One of the most prominent sources of emotional distress is relationship conflict. Going to counseling with your partner can strengthen, or even save, your relationship. 

There is a direct correlation between anxiety, depression, and addiction issues, and relationship stress (Lebow & Snyder, 2022).

Today, couples have higher expectations of relationships, and couples look to counseling to address interpersonal happiness, sexual satisfaction, gender roles, family of origin versus nuclear family issues, and better friendships within the marriage.

Couples counseling can help clarify relationship roles, assist with sex and intimacy issues, improve communication and connection, and help partners deal with life transitions or external stressors.

Although Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) is an effective couples technique, a combination with the Gottman Method can be even more beneficial in couples therapy. The goal is the same, decrease negative and hurtful behaviors and increase closeness, fondness and admiration. 


Emotional Support Animals (ESA)

Emotional Support Animals, or ESA for short, have been helping people with emotional and mental health conditions for many years. Unlike Service Dogs, the ESA doesn’t have the full access rights to restaurants, hotels, and other public places; however, the emotional support animal is allowed into the cabin of an airplane and in apartments and condos with no-pet policies. 

The US government requires that the letter state your mental health disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) and that you need to have the animal with you for either the flight itself or at your final destination.  Thus, the licensed mental health professional must be legally able to diagnosed a mental health disorder. You are required to have follow up appointments if you wish to have yearly renewals as ESA letters expire after one year from the flight date.

MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS

A Mental Health Assessment is a starting point for most mental health disorders. In order to determine what is the problem, we need to evaluate each case and rule out any conditions that, although similar, may result in misdiagnosis.

Clinical Social Workers are trained in diagnostic evaluations. We are legally able to provide a diagnosis, treatment and prognosis for an array of mental health conditions including addictions and mood disorders. An initial mental health assessment will give the therapeutic process and allow you and the therapist to establish clear and objective treatment goals.

DUI Clinical Evaluations

DUI Clinical Evaluations are required by Georgia Law to anyone convicted of a DUI offense in the State of Georgia; whether the individual holds a Georgia Driver’s License or not. These evaluations must follow strict guidelines provided by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) and may only be provided by those Clinical Evaluators registered with DBHDD. Please, call to schedule an appointment. We can help with your license reinstatement process.