Linda Schwartz, Counselor in Phoenix, 85014

Linda Schwartz, LPC

Profession(s):
Counseling
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
Primary License:
Licensed Professional Counselor

My Approach to Helping

My focus is on helping you create healthier relationships -- with your spouse/partner or with your teen. My approach is non-blaming, identifies the negative cycle of communication that often evolves with relationships, and helps decrease distress in the relationship as soon as possible. We can also explore issues of trust, anger, frustration and infidelity. I use Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, which is the most-researched method and which offers effective approaches that can endure long beyond the end of therapy.

More Info About My Practice

I do not accept insurance (see my website for more information and fees. )
My philosophy is that therapy should be as brief as possible, and my training has focused on brief, solution-focused and proven methods.

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

My work focuses on helping couples and parents and teens. I use a method that is well-researched and is brief -- therapy goals are accomplished in as few sessions as possible. This method provides a specific road map to helping the couple identify unmet needs, learn to break the cycle of arguing and conflict and learn to regain closeness, trust and love.

My Therapy Focus

By narrowing my focus to relationships -- between couples and parents and teens -- I concentrate on the work I truly enjoy and in which I feel I am most effective. Relationships can become strained after years of conflict, when trust has been broken and when misunderstandings unintentionally persist. I help clients see the negative cycle of conflict and learn to get out of that cycle as well as learn to turn to each other to have their needs met by their partner.