| Office: |
Life Works AZ
1130 E. Missouri Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85014
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| Phone: |
(602) 575-4030
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| Cell Phone: |
(602) 575-4030
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| E-mail: |
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| Web Site: |
www.lifeworksaz.com
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| Profession: |
Professional Counselor/Therapist
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| Services: |
Psychotherapy/Counseling
Coaching
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| Practice Description: |
LifeWorks AZ Counseling offers customized counseling programs for children, teens, and adults throughout Arizona.
Psychotherapist David Abrams' assists his clients in alleviating depression, anxiety, and phobias, creating healthy relationships (healthy communication), treating trauma and pain, coping with grief and loss, building self esteem and social skills, anger management, problem solving, modifying unhealthy behaviors, strengthening self-esteem, gaining insight and awareness to create ones desired change.
He focuses on a strengths based approach in counseling. He believes that highlighting and tapping into all the gifts and strengths people have makes all the difference in creating the changes they desire in their lives. He also believes that it is vital to obtain balance physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually in order to create the desired change.
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Practice Specialties or Interests:
(Strengths are
in bold text) |
Depression
Relationship Issues
Anxiety Disorders/Phobias
ADHD
Adjustment Disorder
Anger Management
Co-dependency
Cognitive Disorders
Conduct Disorder
Grief/Loss
Learning Disabilities
Men's Issues
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Parenting Issues
Personal Growth
PTSD
Self-esteem
Sleep Disorders
Spirituality
Stress Management
Adults
Adolescents
Marriage/couples
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| Age Specialties: |
Children
Adolescents
Adults
Elders
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| Session Formats: |
Individual
Couples
Family
Group
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| Treatment Approaches: |
Behavioral
Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioral
Eclectic
Experiential
Family Systems
Play Therapy
Psychodynamic
Strengths Based
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| Demographic Specialties: |
African American
Asian American
Buddhist
Christian
Hindu
Jewish
Latino American
Latter-day Saints/Mormon
Middle Eastern
Military/Veterans
Muslim
Native American
Pacific Islander
People with Disabilities
Women/Feminist
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| Education: |
MAPC, Ottawa University, 2004
BA, Arizona State University, 1988
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| License #: |
12440 |
| License State: |
Arizona |
| Additional Licenses/ Certifications: |
Certified advanced graduate specialty in marriage, child, family.
Certified advanced graduate specialty in Trauma, abuse, deprivation.
EMDR Level One training |
| Professional Affiliations: |
 | Arizona Counseling Association | | American Counseling Association |
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| Accepted Insurance: |
Aetna
APS Healthcare
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
CIGNA
CORPHEALTH
Humana
Independence Blue Cross
MultiPlan
Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
TRICARE
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| Office Hours: |
M-F 10-8pm; Saturdays 8-5pm |
| Driving Directions: |
NW Corner 12th Street and Missouri, Phoenix, Arizona 85014
Close to 51 Freeway and Bethany
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