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Frequently
Asked Questions
Are you accepting new clients now?
Where are you located,
please?
What type of therapy
/ counseling do
you do?
How long does your
type of therapy / counseling take?
What is your training and how long
have you practiced?
Do you accept insurance
or TRICARE ?
How can I encourage
my partner to join me?
We strive to provide
our
clients the very best counseling and therapy services
in San Diego (including
Balboa, Cardiff by the Sea, Carlsbad, Clairemont Mesa, Coronado, Del Mar,
El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, La Costa, La Jolla, La Mesa, Lemon Grove,
Leucadia, Miramar, Mira Mesa,
Mission Bay, Mission Beach, Mission Valley, North La Jolla, Ocean Beach, Oceanside, Old
Town, Pacific Beach, Point Loma, Poway, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa
Fe, San Diego, San Marcos, Santee, Scripps Ranch, Solana Beach, Torrey
Pines, University City, UTC, Vista).
Our services are on the buttons to your left. Please click on
any one
for
your Free phone consultation.
Our job is helping people and we love doing it. Let us help you. -- Dr. Marshall Colt,
Executive
Director Privacy
notice
Are
you accepting new clients now?
Yes, we are, and I'd be honored to
assist you . However, my practice is almost full,
so if I can't help you now, please accept my apologies.
Simply
click here for your FREE, initial phone consultation
Where
are you located, please?
Our office is
conveniently located
in Hotel Circle South in Mission Valley, San Diego,
California. Please click
here
for a map and directions to easily see where we are.
What
kind of therapy / counseling do you do?
I do what's known as brief, solution-focused
therapy. It's not designed to go on a long time. Rather,
it's designed to determine what the issues are quickly and then find
solutions to them. It is very interactive and educational. I
don't tend to just sit in the chair and nod and take notes. You'll
hear as much from me as I'll ask to hear from you.
At
times, when counseling more than one person, I may use a systems approach.
This orientation believes that if something troubles one person, it
cannot help but affect other important people in that person's life.
Balance between the needs of the individual, the couple, the
family, and society is important to me.
How
long does your type of therapy / counseling take?
Each person and couple
is different and we treat our clients as the unique people they are.
Some
problems can be resolved quickly and others may take some time.
I am committed to work as briefly as possible.
Naturally, it
also depends on how committed and dedicated you are to the process.
I
can only urge that you be patient with yourself and with me as I get to
know you and your needs.
Sometimes communication around problem areas can be difficult.
At these times, we will both need to maintain a dialogue until we
reach an understanding of the difficulty.
If for any reason I cannot continue to be helpful, I will make
every reasonable effort to assist you in finding other sources of help.
What
is your training and how long have you practiced?
I am a
fellowship-trained, California-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#41279)
and have been in private practice since 1994.
I am also licensed in Colorado and Florida.
I hold an
APA-accredited
Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical), with a concentration in Health Psychology,
from Fielding Graduate University; an M.A. in Clinical Psychology, with an
Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy, from Pepperdine University; and a
B.S. in Physics from Tulane University.
I
completed an
APA-accredited
clinical adult neuropsychology internship and six months post-doctoral
fellowship training in pediatric neuropsychology. A specialist in
anxiety,
anger
management,
chronic pain management (including
fibromyalgia and
lupus),
hypnosis,
marriage
counseling and in treating
post
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), I am a
certified, experienced American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Provider
and served as a volunteer counselor for Columbine Connections in Littleton,
California.
I
often am invited to appear on radio and television as an expert
on various psychological topics.
Do
you accept insurance?
M Many people not
familiar with the the
medical and mental health systems do not realize their insurance records
are often not as protected as they should be. Diagnoses can stay in
your record for years and be seen by people you would not
otherwise authorize to see it. At times, such unauthorized access has proven
harmful to a person's employment status, or life and/or
health insurance coverage. We choose not put put our
clients at such risk.
Therefore, in order to protect the
confidentiality of our clients, as well ensure our clients' ethical
treatment, we do not work directly with insurance companies,
including TRICARE, Medicare and Medicaid. It's far more
important to us to protect our clients than to get more clients.
However, we do issue receipts you may use to file for reimbursement.
If you have any
questions in regard to the above, just ask us. We'll be happy to
answer all your questions.
How can I encourage my partner to join me?
A At times, when a
couple is having troubles, one partner may want to seek professional
assistance, yet the other may balk
or even refuse to do so. Men, in general,
have more difficulty making the decision to get help. Often this is
because men sometimes feel they should be able to solve the problems on their own,
or may think counseling is too "touchy-feely."
I invite each
couple member to call me and discuss things before our first meeting.
Such phone conversations give each partner a clear idea of what to expect
in our counseling process and the amazing things they can achieve with our
guidance. Also, they learn I do very
practically-oriented counseling, which is anything but "touchy-feely."
To read what our
clients themselves say, please
click here.
We strive to provide
our
clients the very best counseling and therapy services
in San Diego (including
Balboa, Cardiff by the Sea, Carlsbad, Clairemont Mesa, Coronado, Del Mar,
El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, La Costa, La Jolla, La Mesa, Lemon Grove,
Leucadia, Miramar, Mira Mesa,
Mission Bay, Mission Beach, Mission Valley, North La Jolla, Ocean Beach, Oceanside, Old
Town, Pacific Beach, Point Loma, Poway, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa
Fe, San Diego, San Marcos, Santee, Scripps Ranch, Solana Beach, Torrey
Pines, University City, UTC, Vista).
Our services are on the buttons to your left. Please click on
any one
for
your Free phone consultation.
Our job is helping people and we love doing it. Let us help you. -- Dr. Marshall Colt,
Executive
Director Privacy
notice
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