Wings of Hope provides a special program for Pre-engaged couples to encourage them to know their conflicts before they get engaged. It is much easier to look honestly at conflicts before committing, and there are more options than after engagement (where most want to minimize them). In addition, some couples need to process more even to see if they want to go to the next step.
In Marriage counseling, Julie uses her training and experience mostly from the Gottman Marriage Institute, IFS (Internal Family Systems), and DNA of Relationships. She has a varied background of couples training in addition to these as well, and will draw on other techniques as needed. She does not use a cookie cutter approach since there are so many factors to consider with an individual, so there are far more when there is a couple involved. After thorough assessment, she makes her decision on treatment, drawing from a large arsenal of training and experience.
Some people form firm attachments to work and/or money. In therapy, you can earn a secure attachment devoid of the fears that drive those addicted to work or money. Richard Rohr states, "There are shared and agreed upon reactions in every culture and every institution. These are often the hardest to heal because they do not look like addictions as we have all agreed to be compulsive about the same things and blind to the same problems." However sanctioned those behaviors may be by our environment, they can be as addictive as alcohol or drugs and bring similar consequences to our personal peace and relationships.
Do you have a history of an endless to-do list, job-hopping, high-risk investments, or some of the above-listed issues? There is now a valid assessment called the MAWASI, which stands for Money and Work Adaptive Styles Index.
Wings of Hope offers the assessment and follow up treatment on issues of financial and work styles.
Julie Dozier offers intensive outpatient therapy to married couples desiring to resolve core issues affecting interpersonal relationships. Intensives are usually indicated for marriages in crisis with such things as infidelity, sexual addiction, or intimacy problems. However, many couples have chosen to do an intensive merely to enrich their marriage.
In addition, intensives are indicated for individuals who are either in crisis or just prefer to focus their time in one larger block of a few days than several months of weekly meetings.
Some clients say they prefer the intensive format to the usual 50-minute session a week format because many times they feel the need to hold back emotionally so they can more easily transition back to work or other things on their schedule.
With an intensive, they can put all their emotional energy to a few days and allow themselves to feel and process more freely.
