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Family Therapist
Richard Bates, LCMFT, RN
Richard D Bates, Marriage and Family Therapist
205 South Fifth Street Suite 13, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048 | 913-271-7099
Your family is probably experiencing a "bad" person. As a contextual therapist, I am aware that your family is actually one unique "ecosystem". And like an ecosystem, the system balances out. In biology, we called this phenomenon "homeostasis". I am a systems expert and all systems operate under the same rules. No corporation, government, or family is exempt. I can correct this imbalance.
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Family Therapist
Cheryl Pendell, MA, LPC, NCC, CPT
Licensed Professional Counselor
Parkville, Missouri 64152 | 816-699-2047
Families go through periods of time in which they need help. Do you feel that your family is struggling and you feel lost in how to help? I am a Family Therapist and have a unique talent of helping families find new ways to connect in meaningful ways. If your family is experiencing troubled times don't wait for it to get worse. I will help you find a way to navigate through these difficult times and learn ways of communicating so that each person feels valued, loved and accepted. I work from a systems perspective and can help you identify strengths of your family system and more importantly find ways of reconnecting in a meaningful way.
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Family Therapist
Barbara Cleverdon, M.S., LCMFT
Licensed Clinical Marriage & Family Therapist
1225 N. 78th St., Suite A, KANSAS CITY, Kansas 66112 | 913-515-6919
As a Family Therapist, involving the whole family is important to looking and understanding the dynamics of your unit. There will be times when all are invited for a session, with rules that hopefully promote honest discussion, non-judgmental listening, open communication and problem solving. Depending on the problems presented, there may be times when each member will have their own session such as the parental system will have their own session/s and then the sibling system will have theirs. Grandparents may be invited for a session, as well, especially if they play an ongoing supportive role in the family life.
66002 is a zip code located in Atchison County and part of Atchison, Kansas. It has a land area of 179.571 square miles.  The population of 66002 is 13,755 people.