Services
Services
Our team of experienced, licensed counselors specializes in treating a variety of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, mood disorders, men’s issues, substance abuse, relationship issues, and eating disorders. We’re here to support all ages and stages of life with skilled counseling and therapy services to address your unique needs.
Individual Psychotherapy — Mental Health Therapy for Adults
Adults of all ages and in all stages of life seek psychotherapy for a variety of reasons. Some have had a recent experience that leaves them feeling unsure how to cope. Others have developed ineffective or unhealthy coping mechanisms over time, and now they are at a point where they need additional skills to operate under a different perspective.
Specialized therapy for adults allows individuals to look at themselves, process how they think, feel, and act, and gain better insight into how to move forward when they feel unsteady or stuck.
Individual psychotherapy at OCC helps adults overcome anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and life transitions. Our licensed therapists provide evidence-based adult therapy, including CBT, mindfulness-based approaches, trauma-informed care, and skills-based work to improve:
- Depression, persistent low mood, or the loss of interest in activities that were once enjoyable.
- Generalized anxiety, panic attacks, and social anxiety
- Coping skills for stress, triggers, and setbacks, emotional regulation, and self-esteem
- PTSD, complex trauma, and trauma‑related symptoms
- Mood disorders, including dysthymia and bipolar spectrum concerns
- Stress, burnout, and work‑related performance anxiety for professionals
- Relationship problems, communication challenges, and intimacy issues
Our training has led the team to understand the importance of helping clients identify and use their strengths to discover or rediscover their instincts. Our primary goal as therapists is to increase our clients’ self-efficacy and empower them so they leave therapy trusting their gut.
If you’re ready to find lasting relief from depression or anxiety, schedule a confidential consultation with one of our licensed adult therapists to build a personalized treatment plan grounded in CBT and proven clinical methods.
Couples Therapy
Relationships can be difficult at times and can have ups and downs, but without the communication and problem resolution skills, hopeless feelings can set in. We can help you build those skills together so that you can begin to change the patterns of communication.
Research shows that those who can repair conflicts are most likely to survive their relationships and avoid divorce. However, in order to make any repair, we have to first have the appropriate tools. Optimal Counseling can provide those simple tools to help repair the relationships.
Relationship therapy can be helpful in a variety of settings. We provide therapy for a variety of couples; here are just a few of the dynamics that our team provides therapeutic services for:
- Couples that are not married and have no intentions on getting married.
- Married couples.
- Married couples who previous to counseling have already decided on divorce and are beginning the divorce process and wanting help with processing the divorce and various aspects related to the divorce.
- Divorced couples looking to improve their co-parenting approach.
- Couples (engaged and not yet engaged), looking for pre-marital counseling.
Perinatal Counseling & Women's Mental Health Services
Postpartum depression isn’t a case of the “baby blues,” diaper-duty dread, or sleep deprivation. It’s a serious mood disorder that affects many new moms (and dads, too!). If you’re struggling during pregnancy or postpartum, you don’t have to manage it alone.
Our perinatal therapists begin with a warm, nonjudgmental intake to review symptoms, provide a mental health history/assessment, and deliver a personalized treatment plan just for you.
Stephani Manzari provides specialized maternal mental health care with focused expertise in pregnancy counseling, postpartum therapy, and PMAD treatment. Licensed, trauma‑informed clinicians address birth trauma, pregnancy loss, and complex reproductive mental health needs.
We also provide whole‑family support, including partner and family therapy to improve communication, bonding, and co‑parenting.
Our perinatal treatment plans focus on symptom relief and parenting goals by utilizing evidence-based interventions (CBT, mindfulness, EMDR, where indicated). We work with new moms on practical coping tools for anxiety, mood, sleep, and newborn care to start feeling better more quickly than “dealing with it” on your own.
What you can expect in therapy:
- Reduced anxiety and depressive symptoms
- Improved bonding and parental confidence
- Better sleep and daily routine management
- Healthier partner communication and shared parenting strategies
- Successful transition through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum phases
- Safety planning and crisis support for intrusive thoughts or severe mood symptoms
Same-week in-person or telehealth appointments are available, with flexible scheduling to accommodate prenatal and newborn schedules. Start feeling better today!
In crisis? Please call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262) for free, confidential, 24/7 support.
Family Therapy— Family Counseling & Systemic Treatment
Family therapy is a place where we can really better understand each other and improve communication. If we have lived with the same individuals for an extended period, we begin to assume we know what they are thinking. This leads us to avoid conversations because “we know how they will respond.” Family therapy is often necessary to manage the multiple dynamics that are at work within the family system.
Family counseling at OCC focuses on improving family communication, resolving conflict, and restoring healthy boundaries, while providing a safe space to identify and express what each family member is truly thinking and feeling.
Additionally, it is an opportunity to identify unhealthy labels that we give family members, such as “the identified patient” in the family or the “scapegoat” of the family. Once we identify these labels, we can begin moving away from the behaviors associated with them.
Our systemic family counseling addresses behavioral issues, parent-child conflict, blended family transitions, and the complex dynamics that accompany living together (or apart) as a family unit. We help families identify unhelpful roles (scapegoating, identified patient), shift maladaptive patterns, and rebuild supportive relationships through structured, solution-focused sessions.
Family Therapy allows us to be free of distractions to focus on what is most important. Because we all have busy lives, we often say that the office environment alone does 60% of the work in family therapy, the individuals in therapy do 35%, and we do about 5%.
The office setting provides a focused environment for practicing new interactions; services are available in person and via telehealth.
A Special Focus On Men's Therapy
OCC offers unparalleled services that meet the needs of our community and change the conversation about men’s mental health. We focus on men’s mental health because stigma, cultural expectations, and social norms often keep men from seeking help.
Men are less likely to access counseling or medication, delay treatment, and rely on unhealthy coping strategies (substance use, withdrawal, anger, or overwork). Our men’s therapy services aim to change that: offering respectful, practical, and outcome-driven care that meets men where they are and helps them build sustainable emotional wellness.
OCC focuses on men who struggle with communication, emotional vulnerability, and the healthy expression of emotions and needs. We treat a wide range of conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, substance use disorders, and compulsions. We use evidence-based modalities, including cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy, and are open to incorporating your areas of expertise.
Take the first step toward better mental health. Schedule a confidential consultation with a men’s therapist at Optimal Counseling & Consulting to create a personalized treatment plan that fits your life.
