John Barakos, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
I am an MFT and I specialize in managing conflict, I can help when it seems that you are constantly battling with your child. I work in the short term to stabilize the situation and get everyone back to the table. Then we work together to resolve the underlying issues. I mostly work with at risk adolescents and their families. These are young people who have had conflicts at home, trouble at school and/or trouble with the law. I excel, at working with clients that have had difficulty staying in treatment, I am usually able to put clients at ease and motivate them give therapy a chance. When you're in crisis with your teen you need support to sort out how to respond and calm things down, once calm, families need a plan to resolve the underlying issues that keep conflict going.