Individual Counseling for Adults
Dr. Park-Adams provides individual counseling for adults using a Bowen Family Systems perspective, which emphasizes understanding emotional patterns, relationship dynamics, and the ways family and relational systems shape individual functioning. Therapy focuses on increasing self-awareness, emotional regulation, and the ability to respond thoughtfully rather than reactively in relationships.
Her work is collaborative, practical, and respectful of each client’s cultural, relational, and family context.
Areas of focus include:
- Relationship concerns (with family members, partners, children, or co-workers), with attention to recurring interaction patterns
- Parenting concerns, including managing reactivity and maintaining appropriate boundaries
- Life transitions and adjustment issues
- Depression and anxiety as they relate to stress, relationships, and emotional patterns
- Work, career, and academic performance concerns
- Mood disorders, including bipolar disorder
- Stress management and emotional regulation
- Multicultural and cross-cultural concerns
- Coping with chronic health conditions and illness
Couples and Family Counseling
Dr. Park-Adams offers couples and family counseling grounded in Bowen Family Systems Theory. This approach helps couples and families better understand multigenerational patterns, emotional processes, and relationship dynamics that contribute to ongoing conflict or distress.
Rather than focusing on blame or quick fixes, therapy emphasizes increasing differentiation, reducing emotional reactivity, and strengthening the capacity for thoughtful communication and connection.
Common concerns addressed include:
- Communication difficulties and emotionally reactive interactions
- Conflict resolution and problem-solving within relationships
- Intimacy and sexual concerns
- Commitment, trust, and boundary issues
- Identifying and changing negative relationship patterns
- Working through the impact of affairs
- Parenting challenges and parent–child dynamics
- Family-of-origin influences
- Multigenerational relationship patterns
- Blended family dynamics
- Sibling rivalry and family role concerns
Managed Care and Insurance Panels
Dr. Park-Adams is an in-network provider for the following insurance plans:
- Aetna
- BlueCross BlueShield
- Cigna
- First Choice Health
- Premera
- Lifewise
- Regence
She also works with many additional insurance plans as an out-of-network provider. Clients are encouraged to contact their insurance company directly to determine coverage and reimbursement.
If your plan allows out-of-network mental health services, you may be reimbursed according to your policy’s provisions.
When contacting your insurance provider, you may wish to ask:
- Does my plan include mental health benefits?
- What is my deductible, and has it been met?
- How many sessions per year are covered?
- Is prior authorization required from my primary care physician?
- What are my out-of-network mental health benefits?
Please feel free to contact the office with any additional questions about services or insurance.