Mental Health Counseling in Fontana:Couples, Individuals, Teens/Children
Couples, Children, Adolescents, Adults
Your Future Can Be Brighter Than Your Past
Services
Therapy services for Families, Individuals, Couples (Faith-based services available). Exploring the pain, hurt and disappointments of the past and present, can bring healing and a brighter future.
About the Therapist
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the California Board of Behavioral Science. I have over 18 years of experience in the mental health field working with families, adults, children and adolescents. In addition, I have been fortunate to be in positions that allowed me to advocate for children and families in the foster care system and Probation with Department of Mental (DMH) and Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). My collaboration with DCFS in providing comprehensive assessments of children and their families have assisted with early reunification of families and reduced the time children have lived in foster homes.
Individual and Culturally Based Therapy
I have worked in 3 Residential settings, which have provide me the opportunity to work with young people who have been severely abused, neglected, and who are on probation and members of at-risk groups. I have also worked in the State Hospitals providing services to those with severe and persistent mental illness through the court system. I am a strong advocate for helping families stay together if possible, and providing families with the knowledge and resources to help strengthen their family unit.
Indivudal Customed Therapy
Goals for each person are developed with the individual based on the person's life, situation, culture, and value system. An assessment is done in order to obtain information to help customize therapy to the individual. The length of therapy depends on the issue(s), and participation. Therapy sessions are usually weekly in order to obtain positive long term outcomes; using the skills and interventions learned in therapy in your every day life.
I am also a Licensed Evangelist and Pastor's Wife; Faith Based Counseling is available.
How Can Therapy Help?
A question many people ask. We have friends who may listen but they are sometimes too close to you to give an unbiased and new perspective. Therapy will provide a fresh look at perhaps some difficult issues/situations while offering solutions perhaps not thought of and resources. Therapy is individualized to the person; solutions and resources are therefore unique to the individual. Therapy takes into account the strengths of the person, and different methods are used to help the individual capitalize on their strengths to help resolve life's crisis and issues that may catch us off guard. Life situations such as: blended family issues (step-children, foster children, adopted children) relationships issues including marital problems, parent/child challenges. Interventions will be explored in therapy to assist with overcoming depression, anxiety, grief/losses, anger management, and trauma. Interventions are provided to assist with managing symptoms for mental health wellness. Therapy assists with exploring unresolved childhood issues that may build barriers to attachment with others and therefore my hinder future relationships. Therapy can help your future be brighter than your past. There are many benefits to therapy if the person partners with their therapist to achieve change. Faith-based couseling is available.
Confidentiality of therapy
Confidentiality is important to building trust and rapport with the client. Anything discussed in therapy is confidential with exceptions of:
- Abuse or suspected abuse (past or present of a minor)
- Neglect of Children
- Elder Abuse
- If there is reason to suspect that the client is in serious danger of harm to her/himself or has threatened to harm another person.
Do you take insurance? What is the cost?
Please call to discuss insurance and cost.
Contact Us
Schedule an Appointment
To schedule an individual, children, couples, marriage or family therapy appointment or to obtain additional information about any of these counseling services, please call:
(909) 684-1389. Please leave your telephone number, preferred date and time of appointment. Mental Health Counseling in Fontana