Approach

Dr. Malouf and his staff primarily use Gottman Method in their approach to relationship therapy. Dr. Malouf has completed Gottman Level 2 training and uses Gottman Connect as part of his treatment. In addition, he has completed EFT certification and borrows from Imago conceptual framing in his relationship work. Emily Haddad LCSW-C also uses similar approaches and draws upon her decade of experience working with families. Frankie Parent PsyD is supervised by Dr. Malouf and is currently completing EFT training as a complement to their supervision with Dr. Malouf. All of our practitioners have specialty working with same-sex partners as well as partners where exploring gender identity and/or sexuality is part of the relationship work.

Insurance Coverage

Folks are often uncertain about whether or not their insurance will pay for couples/relationship therapy or whether a provider will take their insurance at all. Typically, insurance does NOT cover therapy that is aimed only at enhancing or improving a relationship; this does not fall within the scope of medically necessary care. However, insurance DOES cover therapy that is aimed at treating the mental health of one partner in a relationship. While it is important to avoid pathologizing one partner, our practice believes that family, couples and group therapy can be effective approaches to support individual concerns. As a humanistic practitioner, Dr. Malouf believes that understanding and, in some cases, treating the systems around individuals can be just as effective as one-on-one work, especially since many of our struggles are impacted by or impact the people around us. Since relationships are not one-size fits all, Dr. Malouf and his staff are more than happy to provide consultation to help set expectations about couples work and billing in advance. Our out-of-pocket fees as well as more information about insurance and the plans we take are available here.

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