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Consultation and Psychotherapy Services Binuclear Family Data Archive Information
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Constance Ahrons, Ph.D. CONSULTATION AND PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
Consulting ServicesDr. Ahrons can provide information, a second opinion or added insight to other mental health professionals and educators about specific situations that arise during a divorce and afterwards, whether they are affecting adults or children. With more than 30 years of experience as a family therapist, Dr. Ahrons is well-versed in the problems families and couples face during this difficult transition. Dr. Ahrons also consults with attorneys to help them understand their client’s needs and give them strategies to manage the emotional issues—and lessen the heightened emotions—that often slow down the legal process. Consultations can take in-person or on the phone. Coaching ServicesCoaching is an excellent way for individuals or families to handle specific issues that arise during divorce. Coaching, however, is not psychotherapy. While coaching is generally focused around a specific issue or two — How do I deal with my anger? Can you help us devise a custody plan? When can I start dating? — therapy helps with problems that are much deeper and that have more emotional complexity. Coaching can be done by phone or in-person and usually requires 1-4 sessions. (Coaching on the phone always consists of at least two sessions and cannot be done by email.) Psychotherapy ServicesPsychotherapy is what’s needed if the issues and problems that arise during a divorce are emotionally very complex and deep. Sometimes the issues that arise for an individual during a divorce have little to do with the divorce, and more to do with the history and psychology of the individual. In that case, Dr. Ahrons will have to learn about the individual’s history and the dynamics of their relationship, in order to help them resolve or work through what is troubling them. Psychotherapy requires more time than coaching and usually lasts from several months to a year or longer. Dr. Ahrons also continues to work with couples and families around issues unrelated to divorce. Dr. Ahrons does not do individual therapy with young children but rather works with children’s problems within the family context. To inquire about the cost of consulting, coaching or psychotherapy, please send a brief email describing the problem you would like help with. Please know that although Dr. Ahrons reads all of her email, she regrets that she can’t answer all of them, nor can she provide advice via email.
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