Dr. J. Richard Cookerly

I endeavor to make my practice a love-centered, personal and professional, nonjudgemental approach focused on healthful outcomes. This is backed by over 25 years of experience helping individuals, couples, singles, families, and people in a wide array of varied life styles to overcome problems involved with couples communications, emotional intercourse and interaction, anger, affairs, codependency (see my book Recovering Love)recovery from dysfunction, jealosy, sexual dysfunction, love loss recovery, parenting, family trauma (recognized for my work with the families of murder victims), families facing serious medical and addictions problems, parent, child (age 4 and up), teen, adult, and elder family member issues, positive pre and post divorce adjustment, blended family, re-marriage, custody dispute, co-parenting, life style choices, love behavior enrichment, love triangle resolution, false love identification, and authentic love growth and development.  My practice also deals with multi-national, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religion, and multi-life styles difficulties of couples, families, and individuals.  in addition I have served as an expert witness and have done forensic work with the courts, individuals, and families locally and internationally. With individuals I am trained and experienced in working with a wide variety of mental and emotional health issues including depression, anxiety, "break down", substance abuse and addictions, behavioral addictions, low self-esteem, low self-confidence, low self-love, etc.; social isolation, adjustment disorders, recovery from serious mental illness and related issues. I also work with children (age 4 or older) and teens with school, and social adjustment, and chemical dependency difficulties, and I do some work with young adults and adults facing education and career choices and changes. I do some hospital, rehabilitation center, medical clinic, and special agency and school related work. I see adults with a wide variety of problems, singles (customary and alternate life styles), couples (conventional and non-conventional), families (traditional and non-traditional), and children and teens from all backgrounds. I do individual, couple, and family group therapy; I conduct special enrichment workshop sessions. I also have been active in teaching, training, and the supervision of graduate, post-graduate, and advanced therapists and counselors; and have published research in relational therapy.?