Counseling Services in California, Hawaii and Arizona
Aloha Concepts Counseling offers professional counseling services in California, Hawaii and Arizona. Annie Vance provides therapy workshops with the passion of helping families experience the joys of lifelong love and connection. She offers a unique blend of training and experience by assisting clients in their personal, relationships, grief, anxiety, crisis, and career-related concerns.
Dr. Vance is trained in art therapy, anger resolution, executive coaching, collaborative parenting through divorce, Christian counseling, mediation, EMDR, and many approaches to therapy. Annie Vance’s, in her 25 years as a therapist, has accumulated an awesome cadre of ‘tools’. She has been trained to work with Individuals dealing with life’s many stressors: anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, breakups, conflicts, career changes, crisises, traumas, as well as, being trained in a variety of approaches to couples therapy.
These include the The Gottman Method, developed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, helping partners build stronger, healthier relationships that stand the test of time. It is rooted in over 40 years of research, is evidence-based, and designed to strengthen emotional connection, improve communication, and deepen intimacy. The Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT), developed by Dr. Stan Takin, addresses the scientific, psychobiological, neurobiological, and intricate ways of the nervous system within relationships.
In addition, Annie’s extensive training in Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy, offers this powerful method to effectively work with couples to transform relationships through identifying adaptive behaviors & how they affect their relationships. Expertly conduct inner child work to help heal the client’s relational trauma wounds. Teach powerful relational skills so they can better relate to others. Work with both shame & grandiosity to help people cultivate healthy self-esteem and shift clients into a collaborative mindset to build meaningful relationships.
Offering Therapy Online
Aloha Concepts Counseling also offers therapy sessions online. We will discuss which option suits your situation and then proceed. Our telehealth sessions use a HIPPA compliant platform.
Our Therapist
Our head therapist, Annie Vance, Ph.D. Annie Vance’s, in her 25 years as a therapist, has accumulated an awesome cadre of ‘tools’. She has been trained to work with Individuals dealing with life’s many stressors: anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, breakups, conflicts, career changes, crisises, traumas, as well as, being trained in a variety of approaches to couples therapy.
Her early training in child development has been an excellent foundation for working with attachment, family systems, and psycho neurobiological theories of human relationships. The therapy she provides has helped many patients.
Currently, she links early attachment principles in romantic adult relationships, emotional safety and security, and developmental stages. This therapy is done and assessed through the Adult Assessment Interview, developed by Mary Main and modified by Stan Tatkin.
Memberships
Annie Vance is a member of professional organizations like the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT).
Therapy Groups
Groups are available when the numbers warrant starting one. If you are interested in therapy groups, check with us and we’ll get your name on the waiting list for the start of the next group.
- Co-Parenting Through Divorce
- Anxiety & Depression Workshop
Rates
Dr. Annie Vance will file a claim for your visits with your insurance company. You are responsible for co-pays, deductibles or non covered charges. Assessments are the responsibility of the patient. For Non-insurance or out-of-network clients, please consult with Dr. Vance.
Payments are due at the time of the session and can be made with cash, check or by credit card on file. There is a transaction fee for credit card transactions.
