THE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY CLINIC
Director: Joan D. Atwood, Ph.D.
The Marriage and Family Therapy Center provides clinical services to individuals, couples, and families who wish assistance with interpersonal issues. All services are provided under direct supervision of approved supervisors and experienced faculty.
Individual, Couple and Family Therapy: Family/Parent involvement in treatment plans is recommended in the belief that family members can discover ways of achieving, fulfilling, and satisfying relationship interactions.
The Marriage and Family Therapy Center provides therapy for the following situations:
Separation, Divorce, Remarriage, Couple Difficulties, Single Parenting, Death and Loss, School Related Problems, Custody Arrangements, Communication, Adolescent Issues, Premarital Concerns, Parenting Adolescents, Dealing With Elderly Parents, Relationship/Couple Therapy, Pre-Divorce Counseling, Chronic Illness or Medical Trauma, and Anxiety or Depression Over a Relationship.
Group Counseling: Group Counseling is also available for the following issues:
Children of Divorce, Single Parenting, Remarried Families, Anxiety, Sexual Abuse, Couples, Divorce, Singles, Bereavement, Spouse Abuse, and many other issues.
A basic philosophy of the MFT Clinic is to establish partnerships within the social community. These partnerships often include family, school, agency, court/legal, medical, and industry. In so doing, feedback is generally provided to the referral source and the client treatment plan is thus reinforced in multiple settings.
Schools and Agencies: Where appropriate, referring schools or agencies may be provided with listings of dates of treatment and when indicated meetings with school or agency personnel may be arrranged.
Court/Legal: Referring attorneys and court personnel may be provided with reports of client progress where appropriate.
Medical: Interaction between the Clinic and the Medical Community is encouraged and in many cases team approaches to medical or psychological isues are explored.