At BBC We Respect Your Individual Experience

Psychoeducation

We offer group psychoeducational sessions. Give us a call to discuss your specific needs. Group sessions can be scheduled hourly, weekly, or monthly depending on the topic, and group needs. 

• Churches
• Schools 
• Associations 
• Corporations 
• Small Business

Grief Support

Grief educational sessions and grief support groups are offered. Educational sessions are provided as 1.5 classes and group sessions are provided bi-monthly. 

Family Counseling

Family therapy helps families heal and reconnect in a supportive therapeutic environment. Family therapy assists families with identifying, anger, hurt, and disappointment. Helps with identifying communication barriers and improves communication to strengthen the family system. Family members gain a deeper understanding of how actions affect each member of the family. Benefits of family counseling:

• Improves communication 
• Helps process hurt & disappointments
• Helps identify resentful feelings 
• Helps process anger
• Improves listening skills 
• Improves empathy 

Parent Coaching

It is hard to be a supportive parent when your adolescent is screaming at you. It is difficult to stay silent when your young adult is making bad choices. We are here to help.

Parent coaching promotes positive listening, communication, and problem-solving skills for parents/guardians raising children from toddlers to young adults. Learn to reach your fullest potential as a parent/guardian through the process of becoming more conscious, reflective, compassionate, proactive, and practice self-care. Learn to process emotions and regulate emotions during difficult developmental milestones. You will learn to nurture yourself, process guilt, and how to set and maintain boundaries. 

Relationship Counseling

Relationship counseling helps to explore, recognize, and resolve conflicts in a variety of relationships. Types of relationships:

• Intimate
• Professional
• Peer-to-peer 

Improved communication creates a collaborative environment that promotes growth and empowerment. 

Play Therapy

Play Therapy is a form of play, however, it is more than simply playing. Play Therapy is a way of communicating, processing emotions, and traumatic events. It can also be used to foster and strengthen caregiver relationships with children. Play therapy has no age limit and may also benefit teens and adults. Play Therapy helps with:

• Anger management issues
• Family issues, like divorce or separation
• Processing Loss
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Dementia
• Chronic illness, palliative care, and hospice care
• Substance use
• Trauma and physical abuse
• Unresolved childhood issues

CBT & Mindfulness

CBT & Mindfulness involves becoming more aware of the present moment and bringing focus to thoughts. It is the practice of keeping our attention focused on the present moment without judgments. It is replacing our negative thoughts with positive thoughts. CBT focuses on challenging and changing cognitive distortions and behaviors, improving emotional regulation, and developing coping strategies to manage life stressors. CBT & mindfulness can benefit:

• Anxiety disorders
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Anxiety disorders
• Unhappiness
• Sleep disorders
• Eating disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Substance use disorders
• Depression associated with medical illnesses
• Low mood

Children Counseling

Many children occasionally experience fears and worries or display disruptive behaviors. Sometimes these symptoms are serious and persistent interfering with school, home, relationships, and decreasing self-esteem. There are times when behavior changes occur because of an underlying mental illness or undisclosed trauma.

Sometimes children, adolescents, and teens need help processing difficult life transitions and painful events such as:

• Divorce
• Relationships 
• Developmental 
• New school environments
• Grief
• Trauma
• Stress
• Bullying

We can help with processing those traumas and identifying mood disorders. 

Group Counseling

Therapy groups for both children and parents are oftentimes a way to process and connect with others that are experiencing similar challenges. 

Group sessions serve multiple purposes:

• Creates a sense of belonging 
• Creates a sense of community 
• Increases empathy 
• Highlights interaction patterns
• Increases self-awareness

Types of Groups

• Divorce support (children, teens, and adults)
• Caregiver
• Identity (teen, young adult, and adults)
• Empty nesters
• Self-esteem 
• Grief
• COVID 
• BIPOC Therapist