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Military Marriage Counseling with TRICARE
Family Strategies Counseling and Mediation partners with TriCare medical insurance to better serve our military and veteran population. TriCare is a health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families. TriCare provides coverage to all...
Early Warning Signs for a Child in Need of Mental Health Counseling
Children can develop the same mental health conditions as adults. However, they often display these symptoms differently. It can be difficult to identify mental health disorders in children because normal childhood development is a process that involves significant...
Understanding Why Your Partner is Overly Critical
No one likes everything about their partner. Over time, even in the best relationships, you or your partner might become annoyed with one another. Most people get past this by not giving these little quirks too much power in our lives, and letting them go. However,...
Effective Mental Health Counseling for Teens
Mental health counseling for teens is something we are frequently asked about in our office. The reason for this is that many people with mental health conditions start to experience symptoms in their teens. We find that these teens can significantly benefit...
Play Therapy to Teach Empathy to Children
Are you concerned your child might not be empathetic enough? Empathy is the ability to imagine how someone else feels in a particular situation and respond with care. It's a very complex skill to develop, and some children struggle to grasp that others feel...
Play Therapy for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Unfortunately, one of the most frequent reasons parents or guardians seek out play therapy at Family Strategies Counseling & Mediation is because their child is a survivor of sexual abuse. Play is fundamental to the way children process their world, and so we use...
Our Approach to Premarital Counseling
Thanks to our diverse staff, we can offer many different kinds of premarital counseling at Family Strategies Counseling and Mediation. Our approach to premarital counseling, therefore, falls into two categories; secular or faith-based premarital counseling. Each...
Child Divorce Counseling: Before, During or After Divorce
When a marriage ends, the whole family feels the effects. Children, in particular, can have a range of reactions, depending on their age and personality. Overall, children need stability, safety, and love to thrive. All these things might be even easier to achieve...
Healing Your Inner Child: Childhood Trauma Therapy
Childhood trauma is an experience of an event by a child that is emotionally painful or distressing—the result of this exposure to trauma results in lasting mental and physical effects. A way to overcome these effects is through childhood trauma therapy, conducted...