FAQ

What issues does CFRH address:

Common issues that I can help with include (but not limited to):

Trauma-related issues Crisis management Anger management

Relational concerns Pre-marital therapy Life transitions concerns

Relationship issues Depression Self-esteem concerns

Dating/single concerns Divorce counseling

Divorce mediation Intercultural Issues

African American/Black male concerns African American/Black male female concerns

How much is each therapy session?

This is something that the client and I will discuss.

Do we take insurance?

We will start taking insurance between September 1, 2022, at the latest October 1, 2022. But, we take into account our fees for sessions due to not taking insurance at the moment. We are very affordable!

The insurances we will take are:

• Oscar Health

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

• United Healthcare

• Oxford

• Aetna

• Cigna

Do you do virtual sessions?

Yes, currently all our sessions are virtual through a HIPPA-compliant platform.

What to expect from the therapy sessions?

Great question! The first session is generally an assessment session where the couple and I get to know each other and see if there is a therapeutic match. I then observe the dynamics between you and your partner. I will ask difficult questions to understand your relationship and each partner's perspective on your relational needs. I will serve as a guide/consultant to help (through experiences in session) change old ways of interacting to create a safe place where each partner can be vulnerable in the relationship.

Will couples counseling/therapy really work?

Today’s couples therapy looks a little different than it did even 30 years ago. Back then, most marital counseling approaches had less than a 50% success rate. Therapists helped couples improve their friendship and romantic relationship, but the improvements tended to be short-lived. New approaches to marriage counseling, including Emotion-Focused Therapy, or EFT, and the Gottman Approach, are achieving much better results. EFT, for example, has a 75% success rate. The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists reports an overall success rate of 98%. The success of couples therapy and other factors contributes to a decreasing divorce rate in the United States. Today, counseling can indeed save and strengthen a marriage.

Originally Published by:

W, l. (2020, May 26). What to Expect From Couples Counseling. Therapy Group of NYC. https://nyctherapy.com/therapists-nyc-blog/what-to-expect-from-couples-counseling/

Do I qualify for couples therapy?

At the CFRH most clients qualify for couples therapy unless the following is present in the relationship:

· Domestic violence -within the last year

· Restraining order issued

· Current addiction

· Active affair

Is the CFRH only geared toward couples' work?

No, we work with individual and family counseling also, adult children (over 16) and their parents who want to heal old wounds and rebuild a respectful relationship.

What Is Emotionally Focused Therapy?

Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is a short-term (8-20 sessions) therapy that is used to improve attachment and bonding in adult relationships. This approach to couples therapy was developed by doctors Sue Johnson and Les Greenberg in the 1980s and is rooted in research on love as an attachment bond (Benson, Sevier, & Christensen, 2013).

While often used for couples, it has also been adapted for use with families. This treatment can help couples and family members form a more secure emotional bond, resulting in a stronger relationship and improved communication.

Originally Published by:

F, M. (2021, May 10). What is Emotionally Focused Therapy. Verywell Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/emotionally-focused-therapy-for-distressed-couples-2303813

Additional articles used in this information:

Benson, L. A., Sevier, M., & Christensen, A. (2013). The Impact of Behavioral Couple Therapy on Attachment in Distressed Couples. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 39(4), 407–420. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12020

What is Attachment theory?

Attachment theory is focused on the relationships and bonds between people, particularly long-term relationships, including those between a parent and child and between romantic partners.

According to Hazan and Shaver, the emotional bond that develops between adult romantic partners is partly a function of the same motivational system--the attachment behavioral system--that gives rise to the emotional bond between infants and their caregivers. Hazan and Shaver noted that the relationship between infants and caregivers and the relationship between adult romantic partners share the following features:

• both feel safe when the other is nearby and responsive

• both engage in close, intimate, bodily contact

• both feel insecure when the other is inaccessible

• both share discoveries with one another

• both play with one another's facial features and exhibit a mutual fascination and preoccupation with one another

• both engage in "baby talk"

On the basis of these parallels, Hazan and Shaver argued that adult romantic relationships, like infant-caregiver relationships, are attachments, and that romantic love is a property of the attachment behavioral system, as well as the motivational systems that give rise to caregiving and sexuality.

Originally Published by:

F, C. (2018). Adult Attachment Theory and Research: A Brief Overview. R. Chris Farley. http://labs.psychology.illinois.edu/~rcfraley/attachment.htm#:~:text=Research%20on%20adult%20attachment%20is,adults%20in%20emotionally%20intimate%20relationships.