Dr. Lindsay Okonowsky, PhD

About

Psychologist in Phoenix, AZ. Works with Addiction, Alcohol Use and Anger Management. Sees clients online only. Takes Aetna. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Grief
• Life Transitions
• Parenting
• Peer Relationships
• Racial Identity
• Relationship Issues
• Self Esteem
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)A structured, practical therapy that looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other, and teaches skills for changing unhelpful thinking and habits.
• Cognitive Processing (CPT)A structured therapy for PTSD that helps people examine and change beliefs about themselves and the world that formed after a trauma.
• Emotionally FocusedTreats emotions as a guide to change. Often used with couples, to understand patterns of conflict and rebuild a secure bond.
• Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)The main behavioral therapy for OCD: gradually facing feared situations or thoughts while resisting the urge to carry out compulsions.
• Family / MaritalTherapy with couples or families together, focused on communication, conflict and the patterns between people.
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)Sees the mind as made of different 'parts', and helps people understand and care for them from a calm, compassionate core 'Self'.
• InterpersonalA structured, time-limited therapy focused on relationships and life events, such as conflict, loss or big role changes, and how they affect mood.
• Motivational InterviewingA collaborative style of conversation that helps people explore mixed feelings about a change and find their own reasons to make it.
• MulticulturalRecognizes how culture, race, ethnicity and other identities shape experience, and makes them part of the work.
• NarrativeHelps people separate themselves from their problems and retell the stories they hold about their lives in ways that feel truer and more helpful.
• PsychodynamicExplores how past experiences, relationships and feelings outside awareness shape how a person thinks and acts today.
• Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)A form of cognitive therapy that finds rigid beliefs, such as 'I must be perfect', and replaces them with more flexible ones.
• RelationalSees relationships as central to well-being. The relationship with the therapist is used to understand and change patterns in other relationships.
• Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)A short-term, goal-focused approach that spends less time on problems and more on what already works and the small steps toward what the person wants.
• Trauma FocusedTherapy for people affected by trauma. Puts safety and pacing first, and helps process painful memories so they have less hold on daily life.

More details

Sessions

Online only

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Addiction, Alcohol Use, Anger Management, Antisocial Personality, Anxiety, Depression, Drug Abuse, Grief, LGBTQ+, Life Transitions, Marital and Premarital, Men's Issues, Mood Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Parenting, Peer Relationships, Personality Disorders, Polyamory & ENM, Racial Identity, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Self-Harming, Sexual Abuse, Substance Use, Trauma and PTSD, Veterans, Women's Issues

Insurance

Aetna, Out of Network

Fees

Individual sessions $175, couple sessions $200

Payment methods

ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa

Ages

Teen, Adults

Works with

Individuals, Couples

Communities

Bisexual Allied, Gay Allied, Lesbian Allied, Non-Binary Allied, Queer Allied, Racial Justice Allied, Sex Worker Allied, Transgender Allied

Ethnicity

Black and African American, Hispanic and Latino

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Education

Western Michigan University

Years in practice

14

Other offices

Dallas, 75247

Education & qualifications