Are you struggling or overwhelmed with depression, anxiety or issues with anger? Is your relationship troublesome or even falling apart? Are you having difficulties at work? Has something happened recently or in your past that you need to talk to somebody about? Do you turn to drugs, prescription medication or alcohol to calm your nerves or escape from the every day stress and challenges in your life?
Do you want to make changes in your life but don't know how?
Do you want to make changes in your life but don't know how?
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Founder and Owner of Santa Barbara Psychotherapy(R), Kristine J. Schwarz, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, License # MFC 44909; and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, License # LPCC 994. Kristine provides therapeutic services to clients struggling with the challenges of interpersonal relationships and the stresses of every day life.
It is our intention to provide services that will assist you in reaching your goals. Based upon the information that you provide and the specifics of your situation, we will provide recommendations to you regarding your treatment. We believe that therapists and clients are partners in the therapeutic process.
The have(R) construct is trademarked communications curriculum developed by Kristine Schwarz designed to help individuals, couples and families communicate better. To hear - to listen to someone or something; to be told something; to gain knowledge and information; to listen to with attention; to receive communication.
It is wise for every professional to have a philosophy of practice made up of principles and values that help guide their services. The marriage and family therapy professional code of ethics helps define the principles and values of this practice. The following is a list of such principles gathered from a variety of sources and experiences by Dean H. Hepworth and Jo Ann Larsen (1986) that this practice also subscribes to.
Psychotherapy is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living. This usually includes increasing individual sense of well-being and reducing subjective discomforting experience.
Psychotherapists employ a range of techniques based on experiential relationship building, dialogue, communication and behavior change and that are designed to improve the mental health of a client or patient, or to improve group relationships (such as in a family).
Psychotherapists employ a range of techniques based on experiential relationship building, dialogue, communication and behavior change and that are designed to improve the mental health of a client or patient, or to improve group relationships (such as in a family).
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