Mental Health Counseling

RWR is where compassionate care meets innovative approaches. We provide evidence-based, specialized mental health counseling and the unique healing benefits of animal-assisted therapy. Whether you’re seeking personal support, tools to manage life experiences, or a new way to connect in therapy, our practice is here to walk alongside you.

Services

We offer a range of specialized services tailored to meet your needs. Our approach is focused on understanding and responding to your needs so that we can provide effective, practical solutions. Available both in-person and virtual.

Individual Counseling

Personalized therapy focuses on your goals, symptom reduction, and the skills to help you become your best self.

Who it helps
Adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, stress, life transitions, adjustment difficulties, chronic relationship/occupational problems, or managing life's daily challenges.

Core approaches

  • Evidence-based therapies such as Existentialism, person-centered, CBT, trauma‑informed care, and strengths‑based interventions
  • Culturally responsive and client‑centered practice that honors identity and lived experience with a focus on multiculturalism and LGBTQIA2S+ communities
  • Integration of behavioral skills, emotion regulation, and meaning‑making strategies

Typical session flow

  • Intake and goal setting during first 1–2 sessions
  • Ongoing 55 minute sessions with agenda-setting, life event processing, skills review, and homework as appropriate
  • Periodic progress reviews and adjustment of treatment plan

Expected outcomes

  • Reduced symptom severity; improved coping and daily functioning
  • Stronger emotional regulation and problem‑solving skills
  • Clear plan for maintenance and relapse prevention

Couples Counseling

Focused work to improve communication, rebuild trust, and strengthen partnership functioning.

Who it helps
Committed couples, partners navigating separation or reconciliation, and partners managing transitions such as parenting, illness, or other life stressors.

Core approaches

  • Utilizing systemic/collaborative frameworks to 
  • Communication training, conflict de-escalation, and behavioral experiments
  • Attention to power, culture, and attachment dynamics in the relationship

Typical session flow

  • Joint assessments to identify interaction patterns and shared goals
  • 55-minute sessions with structured exercises, relationship challenges and barriers, and homework
  • Possible individual sessions to address personal issues that affect the relationship

Expected outcomes

  • Healthier communication and reduced reactivity during conflict
  • Greater emotional intimacy, clarified expectations, and shared problem‑solving
  • Practical plans for ongoing relationship maintenance

Animal Assisted Therapy

Therapeutic sessions that purposefully include trained therapy animals to support emotional regulation, engagement, and experiential learning.

Who it helps
Clients across the lifespan who benefit from embodied, relational, and experiential approaches—especially those with anxiety, social withdrawal, trauma‑related hypervigilance, or difficulties with emotional expression.

Core approaches

  • Integration of animal interaction within an evidence‑informed therapeutic framework
  • Safety, consent, and animal welfare prioritized at every step
  • Measurable therapeutic goals tied to observable client behaviors (e.g., reduced agitation, increased social initiation)

Typical session flow

  • Pre‑screening for allergies, animal comfort, and client suitability
  • 45–60 minute sessions that combine talk therapy with guided animal‑assisted activities and reflection
  • Ongoing monitoring of client and animal wellbeing, documentation of observable changes

Expected outcomes

  • Faster rapport building and increased session engagement
  • Improved emotion regulation, decreased physiological arousal, and enhanced social skills
  • Practical skills generalized to daily life with follow‑up planning

Beyond the ordinary

Assessment and informed consent
All services begin with a thorough assessment, informed consent, and clear discussion of limits of confidentiality and expected outcomes.

Cultural competence and ethics
Practices are trauma‑informed, culturally responsive, and aligned with professional ethical standards.

Documentation and continuity of care
Progress notes, safety planning, and coordination with other providers occur with client consent.

How to get started
Contact the practice to schedule an initial consultation or intake; clinicians will review fit, goals, and any special accommodations such as animal interactions