Services

Individual Therapy

Individual therapy consists of choosing a therapist where a therapeutic relationship can develop, allowing healing change around the presenting wounds and struggles. This is achieved by first meeting regularly with the therapist (weekly or bi-weekly for 50 minutes a session) with focus on agreeable treatment plan goals. At every point in the treatment you may express a desire to change the goals or treatment. The therapist is there to support you with what you identify as important. The therapist will collaborate with what provider(s) you ask them to in order to create the best outcome for you.

Couples Therapy

We work with married and unmarried couples across a wide spectrum. Whether you need help getting “unstuck” or you are looking for better communication skills, premarital counseling, or have significant disconnection, we’re here to help.

Family Therapy

Family therapy can start from the beginning of therapy work or included in the process of individual therapy. Families are part of the core of our identities. Many of the stressors we experience directly impact our families, so including the entire family in a healing experience can enrich overall health. It can include as many or as few people as you choose, and work toward a goal you identify. Family therapy creates an environment of healthy communication and effective problem solving.

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​Telehealth (online therapy)

Telehealth is an opportunity to work counseling into your busy life with the greatest opportunity for privacy. Telehealth is available to overcome roadblocks like distance, weather, baby/children’s schedules, work commitments. We will use all the techniques available to you in an office session in an online session with greater convenience. We will bill insurance if your policy offers coverage for this service. Telehealth is available to anyone living in Iowa. United Health Care and Blue Cross and Blue Shield/ Wellmark insurance are beginning to cover online therapy effective January 1, 2019. All sessions are conducted through a HIPAA approved, secure portal. A free 15-20 minute consultation is provided to ensure that technical difficulties are not an obstacle, and that our agency can adequately serve you through online counseling.

​Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a therapeutic modality to help individuals gain knowledge of their emotions and to build skills to work with their emotions. DBT therapy is to help people who experience severe, intense emotions and struggle in regulation and maintenance of these emotions. Broken down into four modules, DBT covers the areas of Emotional Regulation, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and it’s core, Mindfulness. DBT helps individuals to build a “life worth living” as defined by the individual.

​​​SSP (Safe & Sound Protocol)

​SSP is a 5 day (1 hour per day) intervention that utilizes prosodic vocal music in order to reduce stress and auditory sensitivity while enhancing social engagement and resilience. The 5 day intervention may be done consecutively or extended into several weeks depending on each individual client’s needs.

This modality works best for children over 18 months old, adolescents, and adults who display/experience features/symptoms of:

• Social Engagement Difficulties

• Auditory Hypersensitivities

• Anxiety

• Trauma

• PTSD

• Depressed Mood

• Mood Dysregulation

• Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADD, and ADHD

• Misophonia

• Motion Sickness

• Selective Mutism

• Auditory Processing Disorder

• Sensory Processing Disorder

• Emotional Regulation Difficulties

For individuals with a history of seizures, this modality may be used if they are on a medication to control the seizures and have been seizure-free for at least a year prior to beginning the SSP. Also, consulting a neurologist to make sure they are able to listen to music through headphones may be advised.

Rates:

• Initial Session – Intake $250.00

• Individual-Brief (30 minutes) $100.00

• Individual-Extended (45 minutes) $150.00

• Individual-Expanded (60 minutes) $200.00

Cancellation Policy: 

If you do not show up for your scheduled therapy appointment and you have not notified your therapist at least 24 hours in advance, you will be charged for your session in full.

​Insurance:

Services may be covered in full or part by your health insurance or employee benefit plan. Please check your coverage carefully by asking the following questions:

• Do I have mental health insurance benefits?

• What is my deductible and has it been met?

• How many sessions per year does my health insurance cover?

• What is the coverage amount per therapy session?

• Is approval required from my primary care physician?