Treatment Plans As Unique As You Are…

There is no one-size-fits-all at The Center for Family Well-Being! Grounded in scientifically-backed Western psychotherapy practices and proven Eastern wisdom healing traditions and therapies, our aim is to offer collaborative, integrative, and holistic whole-person treatment. We’re proud to offer individualized, expert care to every child, teen, adult, couple, and family. 

What We Treat & How

We work with a host of life's challenges: anxiety; depression; ADHD; self-regulation (emotional and behavioral); distinct learning styles; chronic illness; grief and loss; trauma; issues of identity across the life span; highly sensitive kids, teens, and adults; family, school, career and life transitions; and more. 

The Center’s skilled therapists address these unique needs through one-on-one, group, couples, and family therapy, as well as parent guidance/coaching, and school consultation and advocacy. Because we prioritize whole-person care, we also partner with functional nutritionists, Ayurvedic practitioners, acupuncturists, integrative psychiatrists, neurofeedback providers, and other yoga, energy, and body-centered therapists. Each kind of therapy we offer is a doorway for greater clarity, connectedness, and well-being!

Effective, whole-person treatment relies on a variety of therapeutic paths.
Here are some of the valuable therapies we use at the Center:

Talk Therapies

    • Cognitive-behavioral therapy

    • Psychodynamic therapy.

Brain-Based Relational Therapies

    • Brainspotting: an innovative and relatively recent mind-body approach, which harnesses the visual field and the brain’s innate capacity to re-process and heal disturbing life events.

    • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing): uses rapid eye movement and bi-lateral stimuli to allow the old “thinking” brain to process distressing experiences in new ways.

    • Heartmath: an evidenced-based approach to establishing emotional well-being and balance by employing the power of heart rhythm coherence.

Energy Therapies

    • Reiki therapy is a gentle healing technique that promotes deep relaxation, balance, and tranquility.

    • Essential oils prompt responses that can alter mood and cultivate vitality and well-being. We offer high-grade, comprehensively researched, and scientifically formulated pure essential oils.

    • Qi gong is an evidence-based mind-body-spirit practice that integrates gentle postures, movement, and breathing.

    • Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) uses gentle taps on distinct energy pathways in the body to relieve distress stemming from charged emotional issues.

Expressive Therapies

Animal Assisted Therapies

    • Lisa Oakley heads up our animal-assisted therapy program with her certified therapy dog, Manny, and rabbit, Theodore.

    • Animal-assisted therapy can be used in both individual and group sessions, integrated into our work with kids and teens with anxiety and mood disorders as well as social skill challenges. 

Ayurvedic Therapies

    • Ayurveda, one of the world’s most ancient (over 5,000 years old) and sophisticated mind-body health systems, focuses on lifestyle, nutrition, exercise, relaxation, self-study, and herbs to alleviate many mental and physical health challenges, including anxiety, depression, digestive problems, weight challenges, allergies, PMS and other hormonal issues, infertility, and menopause.

Mindful Awareness-Based Therapies

    • Yoga, breath, and body-based movement therapy

    • Meditation and mindfulness practices (offered in individual and group sessions)

    • Sound awareness therapies: the ancient practice of creating sound vibrations — whether through chant, mantra, vocal toning, or deeply appreciating healing sounds through music or nature.

Nature-Based Therapies

    • Walk-and-Talk Therapy: Some Center therapists offer outdoor sessions. These walk-and-talk sessions, which take place on the trails in nearby Rock Creek Park, bring the added benefit of physical movement and nature into the therapeutic process. Our clients have found that working on personal goals while spending time in the calm and peaceful setting of the woods can be both invigorating and healing. The walk-and-talk sessions are available to people of all ages — children as well as adults.

    • Outdoor Sessions: For those who prefer not to walk, we offer seated outdoor sessions in our “outdoor living room and play space” for all ages at the Center.

Functional Nutrition Counseling

    • Because food and lifestyle choices can impact depression, anxiety, ADHD, and other mental health conditions, we offer functional nutrition counseling to support clients and their families.

Our goal is to empower you not just to heal, but also to thrive!

We offer one-on-one, group, couples, and family counseling — and so much more! Let us help you open the door to greater clarity, connectedness, and well-being: