Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Alexandra Vance is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in compulsive and addictive disorders, focusing on assisting adults, children and couples to design lives that are meaningful, purposeful, balanced, creative and free from compulsive behaviors. Group therapy sessions and workshops cover many topics including Personal Life Development, The Enneagram, Relationship Enhancement, Sexual Compulsivity and Co-Sexual Addiction. Children’s groups include social skills training within the structure of Expressive Arts and concepts of The Enneagram. Alexandra also facilitates Multi-generational Family Process Circles, which involves bringing members of a family together to create a stronger unit where closeness and joy might be felt. Alexandra believes healing can and does occur within individuals, couples, family and communities, if even some of the parties involved are willing to look at themselves and others with compassion and integrity, taking responsibility for personal behaviors and creating healthy boundaries with others.

Education:

MA Counseling Psychology, Antioch University Los Angeles, CA - 1998
MS Psychiatric Nursing, California State University Fresno, CA

Professional Licenses:

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Tennessee #604
Marriage and Family Therapist - Nevada #8041
Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor - Nevada #00263-L inactive
IITAP Certified Sex Addiction Therapist 2003-2008
RH Certified Enneagram Teacher 2008

SERVICES:

INDIVIDUAL PSYCHO-THERAPY :: Using systemic and expressive arts therapies, addictive disorders treatment and the principles of The Enneagram, clients are better able to identify their motivations, dreams, needs and talents. They learn to reframe their internal self-talk, re-energize their lives by grieving personal losses and supporting their preciousness with the development of presence. Clients will be able to decrease reliance on compulsive patterns and increase healthy life choices including healthy loving relationships.

PRIVATE INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS :: During a five day private workshop, a client explores intergenerational life issues. Activating the energy available from one’s historical life story while understanding one’s personality type, makes it probable the client will experience personal freedom and a renewed enthusiasm about life. Then he/she can choose the expressive, stable, and compassionate value driven life that is deserved by all.

COUPLES INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS :: These personally designed workshops assist couples in healing from destructive compulsive relationship patterns including co-dependency, co-sexual addiction, sexual-addiction and other crippling addictive patterns including eating disorders. These compulsive patterns break down healthy communication and healthy attachment. Not only are these issues addressed, but also, concrete methods of dealing with intimate life problems are explored. Re-building and enhancing healthy attachments and commitments are the expected outcomes.

MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILY PROCESS CIRCLES :: These 3-5 day workshops are creatively designed to help families with boundary issues, communication blocks, repetitive compulsive patterns and abuse issues to heal, forgive and reconnect, creating meaningful relationships for the future of their family journey.

PROCESS GROUPS :: With the use of poetry, art, The Enneagram and group sharing, you will be able to encounter a deeper knowledge of yourself. And with that, make decisions for your life that come from your deep and powerful desires for self healing, perfect self-expression and a compassion for the world. Focus will be placed on a quiet mind, a compassionate heart and actions that manifest directly in one’s personal space and relationships.