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The Clinic is an outpatient center that offers supervised counseling and family therapy services with the focus on:
Evaluation and treatment of family, couple, and individual problems
Graduate education of counselors and postgraduate education of marriage and family therapist
Research on family systems and treatment
Our services are provided by master's and post-master's level student clinicians under the careful supervision of licensed therapists. TCNJ Faculty are also available to provide counseling and family therapy.
The Clinic has:
state-of-the-art closed circuit camera capability and observation rooms so that a team approach to family therapy can be utilized.
easy access to all individuals, including persons with physical disabilities. The clinic offers a wide range of services.
Family/Marriage Counseling
Many families and couples experience difficulties at various developmental and transitional points in their lives. Marriage is often an anticipated and a difficult adjustment. The arrival of children brings change not only to the family, but to the couple as well.
Entry into school may create academic or social problems for children. Adolescence tends to create stress and anxiety in the family. Losses of all kinds are sources of strain on family members.
Family therapists are educated and trained to understand and treat the family and couple system in the social context in which they live and work. Not only is the family assessed to determine the areas of difficulty, but so are the larger systems which may be contributing to the identified prob
Treatment of family systems problems including:
Adapting to predictable life cycle transitions
Communication problems between family members
School or work related problems affecting the family
Problems with child and adolescent behavior
Substance abuse and its effects on the family
Abusive behavior in the family
llness or disability as it effects the family
Other problems that affect family behavior
Death or loss of a family member
Other problems that affect family behavior
Couples' Therapy:
Treatment of couples' problems including:
Communication problems
Substance abuse
Work or school related stress
Sexual dysfunction
Infidelity
Abusive behavior
Adaptation to predictable changes in couple development
Life cycle changes
Other relevant issues pertaining to couples
