Family Counseling at Therapy2Thrive® Pleasanton
Pleasanton marriage and family therapists and counselors at Therapy2Thrive® of the Ruby Hill Counseling Center, Inc. provide a compassionate and caring family counseling approach. We focus on the relationship you build with your Pleasanton counselor as a key to develop the trust and foundation to be able to make the choices and changes you want to make to reach your goals.
Family counseling at Therapy2Thrive® Pleasanton is intended to assist you in building your strength and courage to manage personal pain, and build strength from surviving to thriving as you define these concepts in your life. Therapy2Thrive® includes assessment, treatment planning, goals and interventions developed on a case by case basis. Your treatment is based on your individual needs. We provide a counseling and therapy approach that is client-centered and results-oriented. Committed to learning and applying the most up-to-date research based methods in the field of psychotherapy.
The mission of Therapy2Thrive® is to provide clients with a therapeutic relationship that provides thoughtful, caring foundation that builds trust and safety for our clients. Therapy2Thrive® works with our clients with practical research based counseling skills and interventions to assist people in making choices to lead to more joy and less distress.
All Therapy2Thrive® licensed counselors in Pleasanton address people’s concerns in a compassionate and results-oriented manner. Individual and Family counseling often requires the sharing of personal and private details and your comfort with whom you work is extremely important to us. We invite you to explore our website to learn more about us and the family counseling services we provide in our Pleasanton counseling center.
Therapy2Thrive® is the concept of building on your courage, your strength and your hope for healing
Does T2T accept insurance? How does insurance work?
Therapy2Thrive® Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists can accept insurance as out-of-network providers. Therapy2Thrive® counseling center in Pleasanton will provide you with a Super Bill for you to submit to your insurance company in order to receive reimbursement. Another option to consider is submitting the Super Bill to your Flexible spending account as some companies may provide reimbursement for therapeutic services.
Therapy2Thrive® therapists support a philosophy where you make the choice in therapist and the length of treatment without the intrusiveness of an insurance company’s oversight. As a result, Therapy2Thrive® counseling center Pleasanton does not hold contracts with any insurance medical plans, preserving your privacy to choose the therapist that best fits your needs and to decide on both the type and length of treatment that supports you meeting your counseling goals.
What is a "Good Faith Estimate" ?
A “Good Faith Estimate” explains how much your medical and mental health care will cost. You can ask for this before you schedule a session.
Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance, or who are not using insurance, an estimate of the expected charges for medical service, including psychotherapy services. Please inform me if you do not have insurance or don’t plan to use insurance, and you will be provided with a Good Faith Estimate.
For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit cms.gov website
Notice about this Challenging Time
Therapy2Thrive® Ruby Hill Counseling Center, Inc. is open during this challenging time as mental health is an essential service. We offer online HIPPA compliant video conferencing and phone and/or FaceTime options depending on your needs. If you are a new client, please contact us by phone or via email through our website email contact.
Please check our blogs. We are offering a series on coping during this challenging time.
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Our Pleasanton Counselor
Leslie Baker, MA, LMFT, NCC, RPT-S #28252
National Certified Counselor, Certified Gottman Therapist, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor
Leslie is the Owner/Director of Therapy2Thrive® Ruby Hill Marriage & Family Counseling Center in Pleasanton CA. She provides compassionate, practical and solution-oriented psychotherapy for families, individuals, couples, and teens. She provides safe, supportive, evidenced based, results-oriented sessions that help to reduce symptoms, increase resilience.
She is a Certified Gottman Therapist and a Gottman Educator. She is also has special training as a Play therapist and utilizes art, play and sand tray techniques to allow children, teens, adult and couples to utilize expressive arts & play to assist in healing.
Life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
Individual Counseling
Our Pleasanton counselors are here to help you sort out your options, make your own choices, and increase the satisfaction your receive from connecting with yourself and others.
Couples Counseling
Our Pleasanton couples counselors use Gottman method to support couples toward becoming closer friends, managing conflict, and creating shared hopes and dreams in the future of the marriage
Teen Counseling
Our Pleasanton teen counselors work with teens to support their development of themselves while still maintaining their relationship to their families
Family Counseling
Our Pleasanton family therapist work to foster and support good communication within the family so problems get solved and conflicts are addressed
LGBTQ Ally
Our Pleasanton counselor facilitates a setting that is LGBTQ friendly. We welcome you to contact us for questions about our experience working with the community.
Therapy2Thrive® brings Hope for Healing
Our counselors at Therapy2Thrive® provide compassionate, practical, and evidenced based practices to assist you in the therapeutic process to meet your goals and find hope to heal the challenges you are facing.
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