SERVING CLIENTS ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA
Advanced Counseling Resolutions offers solutions-focused online therapy for couples, relationships, and families
ONLINE COUPLES COUNSELING
Maybe you’ve found yourself thinking or feeling one – or all – of these things about your marriage or relationship:
“I don’t feel heard”
“They won’t listen to me”
“We just can’t talk to each other anymore”
“I just can’t get past what she/he did to me”
“I don’t know if I will ever trust them ever again”
“I feel invisible”
“I don’t think things can ever change”
“I’m tired of fighting”
“I’m tired of always being wrong”
“I can’t bring anything up because they will overreact or shut down”
“I just want things to be the way they were”
“I still care about them, but I don’t see how this will ever work out”
With over two decades helping individuals and couples, we have found that the most common thread among mental health issues and relationship conflicts is a lack of emotional regulation and effective communication.
Oftentimes, our emotions get in the way of saying exactly what we want to say or hearing what the other person is trying to tell us.
Our past experiences, our perceptions of issues, and our emotions often affect how we respond, and our emotion-driven responses are often not in line with what is best for us, our partner, or our children.
You also don’t have to have “issues” or “challenges” to seek couples counseling. Therapy can be right for a variety of reasons, goals, and stages in a relationship.
Some may want to discuss starting a relationship and will want help getting to know each other better in the process of committing to what they hope will be a lifelong relationship.
Others may want to enhance an already fairly-satisfying relationship.
Some may have intimacy issues and want to enhance sexual fulfillment while others may be dealing with hurt and trust issues within a relationship.
Some couples may need help in communicating with each other and resolving a number of conflicts, while others may be at the stage where they want to end a marriage but need help to do this amicably.
Others may have already ended a relationship but may need help working together to parent children or restore a broken relationship with children after a divorce.
ARC offers therapy to tackle these issues head-on with education, support, practice, and follow-up, so you can learn to manage your emotions, communicate effective, and resolve conflicts for a better relationship.
HIGH-CONFLICT RELATIONSHIP THERAPY
Narcissism is a buzzword right now, but it’s also a very real issue that can make it challenging to have healthy, satisfying relationships – both for the person with narcissistic behaviors and their partner.
We specialize in working with couples where one of the two individuals have features that make relationships extremely difficult:
Narcissism or borderline personality disorder
Severe depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or extreme emotional dysregulation
Anger management issues
Problematic sexual behaviors or interests, such as pornography, infidelity, unwarranted jealousy, difficulty with trust in the relationship, and emotional affairs
Erectile dysfunction, loss of sex drive, lack of sexual satisfaction
Whether the treatment is for the couple together, the person who is affected by the behavior of the individual with the condition (sometimes referred to as the "victim" or "survivor"), or for the individual with the condition who engages in difficult or sometimes abusive behaviors (commonly referred to as the “person who has the condition” or the "narcissist" or "offender") – we can help.
Everyone deserves healthy, safe, and meaningful relationships.
ONLINE FAMILY THERAPY
Family therapy can be helpful for challenging family dynamics, such as blended families and step-parenting, single parent homes, parent alienation, adoption, foster care, sexual abuse within the home, and problematic sexual behaviors of adults or children.
When working with a couple or a family, we start by gathering information from each person involved, usually altogether and by meeting at least once individually with each person.
During this information gathering phase, we work to identify each person’s perspective of the strengths, areas for improvement, and points of conflict within the family.
In our ongoing sessions, our therapists generally meet with both members of a couple or with all family members that are involved in a particular conflict. In families, we will sometimes need to meet with just one of the children and/or just the parents.
Advanced Resolutions Counseling offers specialized therapy for family conflicts involving children, pre-teens, and teenagers. When working with children and teens, we prefer to start with a session that includes at least one parent or primary caretaker and the child.
After gathering information, we determine if individual counseling, family counseling, or a combination of the two will be most appropriate.
In most cases, we like to meet with at least one parent or caretaker periodically to determine how things are going and update the parents on what we have been discussing in therapy.
However, especially with teens, we believe it is important for the child to feel safe and trust that the therapist won’t be sharing every detail of our conversations with parents, so we try to discuss what is important for parents to know and what can be kept between the therapist and the child.
At Advanced Resolutions Counseling, we understand that conflicts are a natural part of relationships, but when handled effectively, they can lead to growth, deeper understanding, and improved communication. We specialize in teaching conflict resolution skills that are grounded in emotional regulation and healthy dialogue.
We're here to help you navigate conflict in a healthier, more productive way.
Reach out today to begin the journey toward more peaceful and fulfilling relationships.
RELATIONSHIP & FAMILY THERAPY RATES:
We highly recommend purchasing an eight-session package when seeking relationship and marriage counseling.
When you are experiencing challenges in a relationship, being on the same page about therapy can be difficult, too.
We have found that purchasing a package creates accountability and helps couples see the most successful outcomes. You’ll also receive one free session by purchasing this package in advance!
Therapy is an investment, and we want you to get the most out of it.
Initial Session:
$150 for 50-minute session
Introduction of the therapist and the counseling process, information gathering about the couple, the main issues of concern, strengths and resources, and goals for therapy
Eight-Session Package:
$1,050
Pay for seven session and receive one FREE
No refunds for early termination
Individually Purchased Follow-Up Sessions:
$150 per 50-minute session
$220 per 75-minute session
Why Choose Private Pay for Couples Therapy?
Not billing insurance for relationship counseling is often due to the fact that most insurance plans require a diagnosable mental health condition to cover therapy services. Relationship counseling, however, focuses on improving communication, resolving conflicts, and addressing relational dynamics rather than treating a specific mental health disorder. Since the goals of relationship counseling often fall outside the medical model used by insurance companies, billing for such services could be considered insurance fraud or may lead to inaccurate diagnoses being applied simply to meet insurance requirements. Additionally, not using insurance allows therapists and clients to maintain more privacy and flexibility, as insurance companies typically require detailed treatment plans and progress notes for reimbursement. This could also enable therapists to tailor services more specifically to the couple's needs without restrictions imposed by insurance coverage limits.
Diagnosing a person with a mental health disorder solely to bill for family therapy or marriage counseling, especially when a divorce and child custody are involved, carries several significant risks including bias in court proceedings and legal impacts.
Given these risks, ARC is committed to ensuring that any diagnosis is clinically appropriate and not applied solely for billing purposes. Marriage counseling should be approached with transparency, focusing on relationship dynamics without distorting mental health records.