* Specializing in Group Therapy
Marriage and Family therapists are licensed by the State of California. They are core mental health practitioners educated and trained to help with relationship difficulties, and diagnose and treat the mental disorders and emotional problems of individuals, couples, families and groups. Marriage and family therapy is highly effective because of the systematic orientation that its therapists bring to treatment. In other words, they believe that an individual's mental or emotional problems must be treated within the context of his or her current or prior relationships if the gains are to be meaningful and productive for the patient. This treatment philosophy is consistent with current thinking in the health care field, which increasingly emphasizes inter-agency cooperation, involvement of the family, integration and coordination of services. (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists: Why use a Marriage and Family Therapis t.)
ASSOCIATION
Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society
Kim Ives Bailey is a state licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) in private practice in Burlingame, California.