Specialties and modalities at strousecounseling

At Strouse Counseling and Wellness LLC, we provide compassionate, personalized support for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. We create a warm, supportive space where healing, growth, and meaningful change can take place.

Here are some of our of specialties: 

CBT is a practical, skills-based approach that helps clients understand the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Together, we identify unhelpful patterns and develop strategies to shift thinking, improve coping, and support meaningful change. CBT can be especially helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and everyday challenges

Art therapy offers a creative and supportive way to explore emotions, experiences, and patterns that may be difficult to express with words alone. Using a variety of art materials and guided reflection, clients can safely process feelings, increase self-awareness, and build insight. No artistic experience is needed—art therapy is about expression and healing, not artistic skill. This approach can be especially helpful for children, adolescents, and adults navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, life transitions, or emotional overwhelm.

Expressive arts therapy expands beyond traditional art-making to include creativity through movement, storytelling, writing, music, and other forms of self-expression. This integrative approach allows clients to access emotions, experiences, and strengths in a way that feels natural and meaningful to them. By engaging the creative process, clients are often able to discover new perspectives, deepen emotional expression, and support healing in a holistic way.

ACT for individuals helps clients develop a healthier relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions while moving toward what matters most. This approach supports acceptance, mindfulness, and values-based action, helping clients feel less stuck and more connected to a meaningful life.

ACT for couples focuses on strengthening connection, communication, and emotional flexibility within the relationship. Couples learn to respond to conflict with greater awareness and compassion, reduce patterns of avoidance or reactivity, and move together toward shared values and relationship goals.

Solution-focused skill building is a strengths-based approach that helps clients identify what’s already working and build on those successes. We work together to create practical, achievable steps toward your goals. This approach supports confidence, problem-solving, and forward movement, helping clients make meaningful changes in a focused and supportive way.