Enhancement of personal growth and commitment to well-being, and Psychological / Psychoeducational evaluations. You seek trustworthy knowledge and unparalleled experience. You are in pursuit of a true partner to come alongside you and your family's journey; someone recognized for their ability to provide targeted and tailored solutions. A listening and compassionate ear that offers the perspective necessary to identify, understand and take decisive action for your desired outcomes.
We built Prepare to Change Counseling for people like you. We support individuals and families in their quest to achieve greater effectiveness and connectedness with our focus reaching beyond the surface and truly exploring those internal/emotional areas that impact motivation, purpose, and results. We facilitate change and promote growth through personal transformation.
What makes us unique is our integrative approach that energizes and transforms individual and family relations. With the belief that change comes from within, we focus on your and your family's experience and values, and couple that with our expansive and varied psychological training.
We built Prepare to Change Counseling for people like you. We support individuals and families in their quest to achieve greater effectiveness and connectedness with our focus reaching beyond the surface and truly exploring those internal/emotional areas that impact motivation, purpose, and results. We facilitate change and promote growth through personal transformation.
What makes us unique is our integrative approach that energizes and transforms individual and family relations. With the belief that change comes from within, we focus on your and your family's experience and values, and couple that with our expansive and varied psychological training.
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Kaneeza Lafir is a licensed clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, born and raised in Sri Lanka.
She started her journey with psychology in Madras (now known as Chennai), South India, where she completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees.
Her foundational training was in Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
Dr. Lafir received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology (PsyD) from Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University in Southern California.
While in graduate school, Dr. Lafir was exposed to Object Relations Theory and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and became completely enamored by both of these modalities.
She started her journey with psychology in Madras (now known as Chennai), South India, where she completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees.
Her foundational training was in Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
Dr. Lafir received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology (PsyD) from Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University in Southern California.
While in graduate school, Dr. Lafir was exposed to Object Relations Theory and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and became completely enamored by both of these modalities.
Therapy can help you handle emotions from problems or stressors, even if they aren't dramatically life-altering or traumatic.
Are you longing to create some positive changes in your life?
Are there things that seem to get in the way of making changes, like painful memories or negative feelings, or just a feeling of "being stuck?"
Do you have a desire to feel better about yourself, but don't know how to move forward?
Are you craving a sense of freedom and peace of mind so you can appreciate what life has to offer?
Are you longing to create some positive changes in your life?
Are there things that seem to get in the way of making changes, like painful memories or negative feelings, or just a feeling of "being stuck?"
Do you have a desire to feel better about yourself, but don't know how to move forward?
Are you craving a sense of freedom and peace of mind so you can appreciate what life has to offer?
Through self-exploration, problem solving or skills development, you can overcome obstacles, clarify values, and realize goals and potentials.
Our clients come to us with a wide range of issues.
Some individuals have very specific short-term goals that they want to work on.
For couples in counseling, a therapist aims to give both individuals equal time and attention.
This will help each person to be heard and get their side of the story across.
Yet, professional counseling can be very helpful even if your partner doesn't want to go.
Our clients come to us with a wide range of issues.
Some individuals have very specific short-term goals that they want to work on.
For couples in counseling, a therapist aims to give both individuals equal time and attention.
This will help each person to be heard and get their side of the story across.
Yet, professional counseling can be very helpful even if your partner doesn't want to go.
No two families are alike and there is no cookie-cutter formula or solution that is "one size fit all."
It can be extremely easy for family members to "dig their heels in" during a conflict, and in the process, diminish, ignore, and misunderstand each other.
As parents, we are not only dealing with current issues but we are also contending with the issues we carry from our family of birth to the family we create and raise.
Today's teenagers are faced with problems their parents never had to contend with, and thus have a hard time understanding.
It can be extremely easy for family members to "dig their heels in" during a conflict, and in the process, diminish, ignore, and misunderstand each other.
As parents, we are not only dealing with current issues but we are also contending with the issues we carry from our family of birth to the family we create and raise.
Today's teenagers are faced with problems their parents never had to contend with, and thus have a hard time understanding.
Prepare to Change has an experienced team of clinicians who are trained in assessment and learning strategies.
Our reporting solutions are "uncanned" and provide individualized diagnostic results.
Best of all, test takers have the opportunity to learn something about themselves to promote personal growth and wellness.
There are some common issues that bring individuals and couples into therapy, but there are also many complicated and deep possible reasons.
A psychological assessment can identify needs in therapy, highlight issues that may come up in treatment, recommend particular forms of intervention, and offer guidance about potential outcomes of treatment.
Our reporting solutions are "uncanned" and provide individualized diagnostic results.
Best of all, test takers have the opportunity to learn something about themselves to promote personal growth and wellness.
There are some common issues that bring individuals and couples into therapy, but there are also many complicated and deep possible reasons.
A psychological assessment can identify needs in therapy, highlight issues that may come up in treatment, recommend particular forms of intervention, and offer guidance about potential outcomes of treatment.
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