Counseling Services

Individual Counseling for Adults

Life can feel overwhelming at times, and you don't have to navigate it alone. Individual counseling provides a supportive, nonjudgmental space to process life's challenges, increases self-awareness, and develops practical tools for lasting change.

At Ascend Counseling Services, we take a whole-person approach by considering the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of your well-being. Together, you and your counselor will identify your goals, build healthy coping strategies, and work toward greater emotional wellness and resilience.

We commonly support adults experiencing:

Anxiety and excessive worry
Depression
Trauma and PTSD
Stress and burnout
Relationship concerns
Parenting challenges
Pregnancy and postpartum adjustment
Grief and loss
Life transitions
Self-esteem and personal growth

Child & Adolescent Counseling

Children and teens often express themselves differently than adults, which is why therapy is tailored to meet them at their developmental level. While conversation is important, healing also happens through creativity, play, movement, and meaningful experiences. Our counselors create a safe, engaging environment where children and adolescents can increase emotional awareness, build coping skills, and gain confidence while addressing the challenges they're facing.

Therapy may include:

Play therapy techniques
Art and creative expression
Role-playing
Coping skill development
Emotional regulation strategies
Parent collaboration and coaching, when appropriate

We frequently help children and teens experiencing:

Anxiety
Depression
ADHD
Perfectionism
School-related concerns
Friendship and social challenges
Self-harm behaviors
Emotional regulation difficulties
Trauma and adverse childhood experiences
Family transitions

Family Counseling

Families experience seasons of stress, conflict, and change. Family counseling provides a safe space to improve communication, strengthen relationships, and work together toward healthier patterns. Using a family systems and attachment-based approach, our counselors help each family member feel heard while fostering understanding, connection, and collaboration. Whether your family is navigating conflict, parenting challenges, attachment injuries, or estrangement, therapy can help rebuild trust and create lasting change.

Family counseling may focus on:

Improving communication
Resolving conflict
Strengthening family relationships
Parenting support
Healing attachment wounds
Navigating life transitions
Rebuilding trust and connection

Couples Counseling

Healthy relationships require intentional care, especially during difficult seasons. Whether you're feeling disconnected, struggling with communication, healing from betrayal, or simply wanting to strengthen your relationship, couples counseling can help. Our therapists utilize trauma-informed and attachment-based approaches, integrating evidence-based interventions to improve communication, deepen emotional connection, and rebuild trust.

Couples commonly seek counseling for:

Communication challenges
Conflict resolution
Premarital counseling
Attachment concerns
Infidelity recovery
Intimacy concerns
Parenting differences
Life transitions
Rebuilding trust and connection

types of therapy offered

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT helps identify the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. By learning to recognize unhelpful thinking patterns, build coping skills and develop healthier responses, clients can experience meaningful and lasting change.

CBT is effective for:

Anxiety
Depression
Trauma
OCD
Stress management
Life transitions

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

DBT teaches practical skills to manage intense emotions, improve relationships, build self-confidence and respond to life's challenges more effectively.

Core DBT skills taught in therapy include:

Mindfulness
Emotion Regulation
Distress Tolerance
Interpersonal Effectiveness

DBT is especially helpful for adults or teens experiencing emotional overwhelm, relationship difficulties, impulsive behaviors and challenges managing distress.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR is a research-supported therapy designed to help individuals heal from trauma and other distressing life experiences. Rather than simply talking about painful memories, EMDR helps the brain reprocess them, so they become less emotionally overwhelming. Clients often experience reduced emotional distress, healthier beliefs about themselves, and greater emotional freedom.

EMDR can be helpful for:

Trauma
PTSD
Childhood experiences
Anxiety
Disturbing memories
Negative self-beliefs

Christian Counseling

For clients who desire faith to be part of their counseling, our therapists can thoughtfully integrate Christian and Biblical principles alongside evidence-based clinical interventions. Christian counseling provides space to explore how faith, values, and Scripture can support healing, hope, and personal growth.

Gottman Method

The Gottman Method is a research-based, couples therapy approach to strengthening relationships through improved communication, increased friendship, and deeper emotional connection.

This approach helps couples:

Navigate conflict more effectively
Build trust
Increase intimacy
Strengthen friendship
Improve communication
Foster lasting connection

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Emotionally Focused Therapy is an attachment-based approach that helps individuals, couples, and families strengthen emotional bonds and create healthier relationships. By identifying patterns of disconnection and understanding the emotions and attachment needs that drive them, clients can develop greater emotional security, improve communication, and build stronger, more fulfilling relationships.

EFT can be helpful for:

Couples experiencing conflict or disconnection
Anxiety and depression
Trauma recovery
Attachment injuries
Family relationship concerns
Strengthening emotional connection and trust

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Internal Family Systems, often referred to as Parts Work, is an evidence-based, trauma-informed therapy that helps individuals better understand the different "parts" of themselves. These parts often develop to protect us from emotional pain or difficult life experiences. Rather than viewing these parts as problems to eliminate, IFS helps clients develop curiosity, compassion, and understanding toward each part while accessing their core self - a place of calm, confidence, and healing.

At Ascend Counseling Services, IFS is often used as a therapeutic lens when working with children, teens, adults, couples, and families. This approach can foster deeper self-awareness, healthier relationships, and lasting emotional healing.

IFS can be helpful for:

Trauma and PTSD
Anxiety
Attachment wounds
Emotional reactivity
Relationship challenges
Self-esteem concerns
Grief and loss
Family conflict
Personal growth and healing

Client-Centered Therapy

Client-Centered Therapy is founded on the belief that people possess the capacity for growth and healing when provided with a safe, compassionate, and accepting environment. If utilizing this approach, your counselor will offer empathy, authenticity, and unconditional positive regard while supporting you in discovering your own strengths, values, and solutions. This collaborative approach empowers clients to create meaningful, lasting change at their own pace.