Marriage Counselor
Donna Carolyn, M.S.
liscensed mental health counselor
9507 N. Division St. STE B, spokane, Washington 99218 | 509 624 3561
Donna loves working with couples and adults. Communication skills are often the most important tools with which she assists couples. Few of us learned good ones from our parents. So often we are starting from zero when it comes to knowing how to really communicate.
Marriage Counselor
Kevin Fleming, Ph.D.
Coach/Change Agent/Consultant
At Home or Private Discreet Intensives
Though we are not licensed marriage counselors, Grey Matters International, Inc. provides cutting edge brain optimization and rebalancing technology to better align the minds of partners to reduce conflict, increase hope---for the brain has the final word on change.
Marriage Counselor
Ross Kellogg, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Licensed Individual, Marriage, and Family Therapist (LMFT)
Bellevue, Washington 98004 | 619-771-1797
I provide couple's therapy using Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy as well as The Gottman Method approach and am trained in each. Together we can analyze negative communication patterns and restore the connection you're seeking.
Related Sites:
City of Spokane
Washington State Department of Health Mental Health Professions
Therapy Spokane, WA
Counseling Balboa, Hillyard, Whitman, Riverside, Southgate, South Ferry
Spokane is a beautiful city to spend time in if you are looking to relax. The Northwest region of the country offers people a number of things to see and do. Mountain scenery and beautiful wildlife make the region attractive for visitors of all kinds. If you are looking to visit locations in the Northern part of the region, consider stopping at the Historic Republic and Stonerose National Fossil Digging Site or the Scenic International Selkirk Loop. If you are looking to visit locations in the Southern part of the region, consider looking at the Palouse County Steptoe Butte or taking a jet boat tour in Hells Canyon.1
Marriage and Couples Mental Health in Spokane
Out of the 25,788 divorces, annulments, and legal separations in the state of Washington in 2012, Spokane contributed 1,755 such cases.2 The collective cost of broken families to the community is enormous, especially when you consider the emotional stress that the children of the house undergo. All this stipulates the need for quality marriage counseling and family support services in Spokane. A non-profit agency providing such services is Partners With Families & Children. They provide individual, family and couples counseling, family team coordination, and Parent-Child interaction therapy. Services are focused on families that have experienced abuse or neglect. For more information, call 509-473-4810.3
Ensuring that older family members are safe, healthy and happy is a primary goal of the Area Agency on Aging (AAA). AAA is focused on helping elderly residents maintain independence and self-sufficiency. Resources for in-home care, food delivery and transportation services are offered. Help deciphering health insurance, Medicaid, and prescriptions is available as well. Assistance for caregivers, such as support groups, training and respite are also provided. For additional information, call 509-458-7450.4
Family Services and Assistance Programs
Hunger is a primary need for many families in the Spokane area. A local non-profit, 2nd Harvest, seeks to fulfill that need through various programs that provide food to those who need it. The organization partners with Habitat for Humanity to provide new homeowners with food so they start off on the right foot in their new home. There are also 22 emergency food pantries throughout the city to serve the immediate needs of those without enough food to eat. Families in rural communities are served by 2nd Harvest's Mobile Food Bank. A Bite 2 Go is a new program that provides weekend food supplies to schoolchildren who depend on free and reduced school meals as their main source of nutrition. To find out more about 2nd Harvest, call 509-534-6678.5
References
1. Wikipedia. (2017). Spokane, WA. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,_Washington.2. Washington State Department of Health. (2016). Divorce Table 2. Divorces, Annulments, and Legal Separations by County of Decree. Retrieved from http://www.doh.wa.gov/DataandStatisticalReports/VitalStatisticsData/DivorceData/DivorceTablesbyTopic.aspx .
3. Partners With Families & Children. (2017). Contact Page. Retrieved from http://www.partnerswithfamilies.org/treatment.html.
4. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. (2017). Agencies That Help. Retrieved from http://www.altsa.dshs.wa.gov/pubinfo/help/agencies.htm#AAA.
5. 2nd Harvest. (2017). Programs. Retrieved from http://www.2-harvest.org/programs/.
Spokane is located in Spokane County, Washington. It has a land area of 68.73 square miles and a water area of 0.76 square miles. The population of Spokane is 213,272 people with 87,623 households and a median annual income of $42,386. .
Therapy Affordability Meter for Spokane, WA
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Mental health treatment and therapy in Spokane is sometimes a struggle to afford for families and individuals without proper insurance coverage. Finances for many in Spokane are not able to cover long term weekly counseling sessions without a budgetary plan in place. The good news is that therapists are often willing to work with you if accessibility is an issue. Low cost therapy and sliding scales are just some of the options that therapists can offer. Insurance may cover your sessions as well. Talk to your counselor to learn more. Low cost counseling and affordable therapy are also sometimes offered by listed city and university level clinics, check with your local Spokane public health department.