Frequently Asked Questions
Areas of Focus for Counseling:
All Partnerships: Dating, Pre-marital, and Married
Infidelity/Betrayal within a relationship
Family/Stepfamily Conflict
Individual
PTSD
Anger Issues
ADHD
Anxiety/OCD Tendencies
Depression
Addictions: Alcohol, Substance, Gambling, Sexual
Identity Issues
Parenting
Co-parenting Plans
Life Transitions
Grief
Work/Life Balance
How much will therapy cost, how long are typical sessions, and what is an intensive?
Investing in your marriage or relationship can be one of the greatest pay offs in that the health of your relationships not only improves the relationship, but can also significantly improve your mental health, physical health, work life, and overall family dynamics. If kids are in the picture, you are leaving a lifelong legacy by indirectly supporting your children’s mental and physical well-being through modeling what healthy relationships look like. Making the financial investment last beyond the initial upfront cost of each individual session.
A year’s worth of weekly therapy (you may not need that duration) can cost $9,100. Yet, an average price for a divorce is no less than $15,000 (attorney fees, spousal support, child support, court fees, etc.) far surpassing the cost of weekly therapy for one year.
Fees
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$150
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$175
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$200
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$650 (Breaks included)
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$1400 (Breaks included)
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$2800 (Breaks included)
Ask about our discount for first responders!
What are Intensives?
Intensives are a block of several therapy sessions completed in one/two blocks of (3-6 hours of counseling per block), with breaks offered (completed virtually and in-person). Intensives are personalized for each client by crafting the start/end time, day of the week/weekend custom tailored to fit the needs of the client. Intensives allow for an extended time for focused work, free of interruptions or distractions. This is especially helpful for busy schedules, clients who travel a lot, or those looking for a breakthrough to provide a jump start into a healthier connection faster than weekly sessions.
KellyAnn currently offers intensives for individuals, couples, and families looking to go deeper in the following areas:
Relationships • Pre-Marital/Commitment • Crisis • Step-Family/Co-Parenting Issues• Trauma • Grief • Intimacy/Sex • Infidelity • Boundaries • Family of Origin Issues
If you are interested in finding out if an intensive would be a good fit for you, contact KellyAnn for a free consult.
Do you take insurance?
Even though KellyAnn is credentialed to be placed on insurance panels, the amount of bookkeeping the insurance panels require would take too much time to manage within her small practice. Most insurance companies will reimburse mental health sessions given it is a “super bill” with a NPI number with a diagnosis code and is credentialed to diagnose and to provide a superbill. This can be submitted to your insurance for reimbursement. Please advise KellyAnn that you may need a superbill, and she would be happy to provide that for you.
What is your availability?
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 12pm - 7pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 2pm - 7pm
Friday/ Saturday/ Sunday varies - For Intensive sessions only
Where are you located, and how do I notify of my arrival?
Her office is centrally located in Las Vegas. She is located on the second floor of Marybeya Business Park located on 6655 W. Saraha Ave. Suite B200-137. There is a map of this location on the home page. Feel free to park in any of the non-covered spots. You will be able to locate KellyAnn Woodburn’s name in the directory for further direction. On the second floor there is a small lobby. Locate the iPad on a metal stand. Please check in on that iPad to advise KellyAnn you are ready for your appointment. Have a seat, KellyAnn will greet you shortly after check-in.
Can you bring children, and/or pets to sessions?
KellyAnn’s office is welcoming all emotional support animals. In fact, let’s talk if you are interested in making one of your fur babies an emotional support animal. Co-Creating Healing can help. Children are not recommended to attend since the information that is shared is confidential and sessions can evoke strong emotions at times that may be inappropriate for children to observe. Childcare may be an unforeseeable issue at times, so we can always switch our in-person session to a telehealth session to accommodate your family’s needs.
Cancelation Policy or running late to session?
If you need to cancel within 24 hours or less, a late cancelation fee will be applied. Each session is reserved just for you, and with a short notice she is unable to fill this appointment. It is understandable there are unforeseeable emergencies that do arise, preventing your attendance to session. Please notify Co-Creating Healing through website, email, text or phone as soon as possible to avoid late cancellation fee. To help with last minute issues or emergencies, ask to switch your session to virtual via telehealth to avoid fees.
What is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)?
Marital counseling has typically focused on teaching couples how to be better at some things (communication skills, sex) while doing less of others (unhelpful/destructive behaviors). But overall, less than half of distressed relationships improved, long-term. According to the creator of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Dr. Sue Johnson, this is because distress in intimate relationships derives from “the overwhelming fear of being emotionally abandoned, set adrift in the sea of life without safe harbor. It is that fear of emotional disengagement that precipitates the demands, criticism, arguments and silences . . . these are just an attempt to call, even force, a partner back into emotional connection.” Just as John Bowlby demonstrated through his attachment theory that relationship distress is a result of deprivation – similar to the one between parent and child – Dr. Johnson says that adult romantic love is also an attachment bond.
More than 20 years of research has demonstrated EFT works for all kinds of couples with varying degrees of problems. Ninety percent of couples that receive EFT therapy report improvement. It is also effective regardless of the level of distress a couple begins with. In fact, nearly three-quarters of couples in distress report recovery after EFT. So even if you feel like your marriage is beyond hope or divorce is inevitable, EFT could still help.
How does this work in session?
EFT offers a clear road map with 9 steps and 3 stages. The process is a little different for each couple, but in general here’s why it works. Often, partners get stuck in negative patterns or cycles that escalate into conflict, distancing, and disaffection. Feelings of frustration multiply. It seems like partners can do nothing right, and love seems to be dying (or is gone).
EFT is designed to target these negative patterns that push couples apart and feed conflict.
EFT shines a light on the primary emotions underneath the anger and frustration and help partners move into compassion where they can begin to understand the vulnerable, core emotions like hurt and fear that are driving their partner’s anger and frustration.
As the couple starts to understand what is driving the cycle, they are able to step back and see the cycle as the Common Enemy, and learn how to stop the cycle and connect in new ways. They become more capable of recognizing and describing what is really going on underneath from their own perspective, and their negative cycle begins to de-escalate. The fighting decreases and they begin experiencing each other in a different way – with more empathy and understanding. The Other is no longer the Enemy. This change results in a more secure connection (attachment) between partners.
The final phase of EFT is achieved when both partners experience a strong emotional bond that equips them to face the storms of the future together. EFT isn’t about solving relationship problems or one or both of them changing behaviors. It’s about connecting at a deeper emotional level, experiencing an emotional bond of sustainable, lasting love, and then tackling the old problems as a team.
It is important to note that EFT is NOT for couples presenting with ongoing Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence. Also, if one or both have significant problems with substance abuse, this should be attended to first before working on the relationship. Finally, if one of the partners is having an affair (with no intention of stopping), EFT will not be a good fit. EFT is for couples who are still “in” the relationship, despite how difficult or unpleasant it may have become.
You can learn more about EFT by visiting iceeft.com