FAMILY SYSTEMS CAN CHANGE
Is it time to establish new family patterns that work for everyone in your family?
There are many different problems that can occur in family systems. Parents with children may not have time to spend with each other, which can lead to less emotional intimacy. Children can make it difficult for the parents to communicate effectively with one another. Often, one parent is completely in charge of the child's daily care, which can lead to resentment on the part of the partner. Some of these problems are parents overwhelmed by the needs of one child and not paying attention on the other children, parents not communicating with each other about the children's needs.
For Dr. Jenny, the primary goal of family therapy is to improve the quality of relationships between all members of the family. Therapy may also focus on the individual, marital, or parental aspects of the family. By focusing on these aspects, she can help identify issues that are shared within the family and work together to resolve them.
Psychotherapy and Counseling Services for Families
Areas of Specialization for Families
Psychotherapy and Counseling Services
Dr. Jenny Marshall's counseling approach is interactive and collaborative, with an emphasis on building on strengths and skills that can translate into everyday life.
She uses a variety of therapeutic approaches, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), a type of psychotherapy that is often used to treat anxiety, depression, and other mental health problems. In cognitive-behavioral therapy, she takes a collaborative approach with clients to identify patterns in thoughts and behaviors that lead to distress. She and her clients work together to challenge those patterns, such as negative thoughts about oneself or the world.
Communication Skills
Communication skills are vital for success in life. Communication skills help individuals to understand what makes people tick; empathize; and motivate them.
Dr. Jenny works with clients to improve their communication skills using a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and other therapeutic modalities. Learnings and insights are applied and tested in the time between sessions, allowing clients the opportunity to apply their new communication skills to real-world situations.
Diabetes Mental Health
Diabetes often leads to mental health challenges for many people. Having diabetes can be stressful in itself, but it can also affect your mental health. The condition is known to cause or worsen depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
Dr. Jenny, a Type 1 diabetic, has extensive experience working with diabetics in a psychotherapeutic as well as a clinical setting. She works with a range of diabetic clients, from those newly diagnosed and striving to understand and adapt to their illness to clients dealing with aspects of life such as dating and relationships while diabetic. Her clients become more adept at managing their diabetes as well as addressing the mental health challenges that often arise from being diabetic.
Chronic Illness Mental Health
Chronic illnesses such as diabetes, asthma, and arthritis have been linked to mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. A study from the University of Manchester found that those with chronic illness are three times more likely to develop mental health problems. The best way to support those with a chronic illness is by offering psychotherapy and counseling services for them so they can learn how to better cope with their illness.
A recent study conducted by the University of Alberta, Canada, found that psychotherapy and counseling services improve mental health in patients with chronic pain. The study, which was conducted by University of Alberta's Department of Health Services Organization & Policy, compared the mental health of chronic pain patients who received psychotherapy and counseling to those who did not. The study found that the chronic pain patients who received psychotherapy and counseling were more likely to have improved mental health outcomes.
Dr. Jenny, a Type 1 diabetic, has extensive experience working with individuals whose mental health has been negatively impacted by chronic illness and chronic pain. She helps her clients become more adept at managing the mental health challenges that often arise in conjunction with chronic illness and chronic pain..
Trauma and Grief
Trauma is often a psychological effect of a terrifying event that is often followed by intense fear, helplessness or horror. For someone who has experienced trauma, psychotherapy and counseling provide a path to recover.
Dr. Jenny works with individuals with trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a mental health issue that can develop after someone has experienced or witnessed a life-threatening event.
In addition, Dr. Jenny provides psychotherapy and counseling to support individuals and families through the process of grieving with clinical support and guidance to help manage feelings and emotions. Grief is typically associated with the death of a family member or loved one. Although this is the most prevalent form of grief, it can happen in other instances, such as losing a job or failing at something important to you.
Dr. Jenny understands
modern families
It can be a challenge to find a therapist with the clinical training, skills, experience, AND the ability to connect and understand not only parents, but their kids, tweens, and teenage children.
Dr. Jenny is unique in her field, a licensed clinical psychologist with years of experience who can connect with, understand, and help improve the functioning of family systems to benefit the mental health of all family members. She has helped numerous families navigate today's challenges such as parent-child conflict, poor communication skills, sibling rivalry, infidelity, separation and divorce, domestic violence and abuse, death and dying, chronic illness, social media bullying or shaming, video games and mobile device usage, maintaining family wellness during intense performance pressures at work, school, or sports, sexuality, drug and alcohol usage, eating disorders, and establishing and maintaining relationships.
Give yourself the care you need to achieve optimal mental health
In-person psychotherapy and counseling services offered in Laguna Beach or Newport Beach
Remote video-based services provided to any state supporting licensed clinical psychologists from the State of California
Individual, family, couples, and group sessions available in time slots ranging from 15 minute to 2+ hours
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