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Providing Compassionate Guidance

Building relationships and raising families can be both fulfilling and challenging. At Nurture Family Counseling we provide compassionate guidance when you need it most. We specialize in working with couples, adolescents and children as young as three.

We help those who are experiencing relational conflict, divorce, depression, anxiety, grief, blending of families, self doubt and more. Our goal is to empower individuals and families to realize their full potential. We have partner and associate therapists and offer flexible scheduling and sliding scale payment options to meet the needs of our clients.

We understand that life can be challenging, and we are passionate about supporting our clients in realizing their full potential for love, growth and peaceful relationships.

Individuals & Couples

Individuals & Couples Counseling Room

Therapy is a collaboration between you and the therapist. We work to make sense of your experience and set attainable goals for a more satisfying and fulfilling future.

Pre-teens & Adolescents

Pre-teens & Adolescents Counseling Room

We take a multi-faceted approach to our work with adolescents, considering your teen’s development, neurobiology, social support system, and unique personality and experiences.

Play Therapy with Children

Play Therapy Room

Younger children may experience grief and loss, divorce of their parents, and other unexpected changes, and they don’t simply forget, not understand, or bounce back.

How Therapy Works

Therapy is a collaboration between you and the therapist. During weekly sessions we will explore your hopes for the counseling process, identify areas you would like to change and build the tools needed to facilitate that change. We work to make sense of your experience and set attainable goals for a more satisfying and fulfilling future.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about our practice.

Counseling Services

Our Counselors

Richard Honey

MA, LMFT, LPC, RPT, NCC

About My Practice

Mandi Meléndez

MA, LMFT, LPC, RPT, NCC

About My Practice

Lindsay Jenkins

MA, LMFT-Associate

About My Practice

Mary Hoofnagle

MA, LPC, RPT, NCC

About My Practice

Our Specialties

Individual and couples therapy
Counseling adolescents and children
Trauma and attachment
Depression
Anxiety
ADHD and anger management

Eating disorders and body image
Behavioral issues
Parenting
Family conflict
Divorced and blended families
Life changes and transitions

Latest News

On Parenting and Therapy | Nurture Family Counseling®

On Parenting and Therapy (or On Being a Parent and a Therapist)

May 15, 2017

As a therapist specializing in work with families and children, I often hear the comment from clients: “with all your training, you must find it really easy being a parent”. My response to this, as you might guess, is both long and involved – no, not easy at all really.

No Drama Discipline | Book Review by Mary Hoofnagle

Book Review: No Drama Discipline

May 1, 2017

As a child counselor, I am asked frequently for advice or endorsements or opinions of a specific model or book. When I evaluate models for parenting I consider three things:

Tips for Talking to Your Teen about Therapy

April 17, 2017

Even for adults the idea of going to therapy can be a tough pill to swallow, no pun intended. Now imagine being a teenager, whose body is changing, peer pressure is a very real and often times vicious addition to everyday challenges, and self-consciousness is at an all-time high.

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