Personal Statement
My clients matter to me. I want each and every client to leave my office feeling deeply heard and deeply understood. You have to parent on purpose from Day One. This takes energy and commitment. Many couples sacrifice their marriages in order to raise their children. But, the truth is that the relationship that created the children cannot take the backseat. A marriage has to be nurtured right along with the kids and it has to be nurtured after they leave.
A marriage is an investment. When a couple can make a marriage work, a legacy is left for the children. There’s just too much at stake to just let a marriage die on the vine, so-to-speak. Let's get started to address the pain that you've lived with far too long!
A marriage is too important to not fight to save it. I care about people, who are hurting. While I will work with all types of client problems, I specialize in helping couples/relationships find hope and healing by looking underneath the fights and disconnects to learn how they are triggered to teach couples how to stop the negative cycle. I also do premarital counseling and individual and group therapy.
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Click HereClient Focus (Age)
- Adults
- Elders (65+)
Faith
- Christian
Therapy Specialties
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Treatment Orientation
- Attachment-based
- Conflict Resolution Therapy
- Emotion Focused Therapy
- Existential
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Family Systems
- Integration of different therapy models
- Person Centered/Rogerian
- Relational
- Relationship Development Interventions
- Systems Theory/Therapy
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
- Group
Years in Practice
20+ years
Services Fee
- Therapy Session $130-$150
Payments Accepted
American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Licenses
License Name | License | State | Year |
---|---|---|---|
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) | MFC40054 | CA | 2003 |
Certifications
Name | Year |
---|---|
Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist (CEFT) | 2014 |
Associations
Name | Duration |
---|---|
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) | 2016 |
Education
School | Degree | Major | Year |
---|---|---|---|
California Baptist University | MA | Counseling Psychology | 2000 |
Languages
- English
Office Address
Lu Ann Ahrens, MS, LMFT
5053 La Mart Drive, Suite 105
Riverside, California 92507
Hours Of Operation
Monday | Closed |
Tuesday | 8:00AM-8:00PM |
Wednesday | 8:00AM-8:00PM |
Thursday | 8:00AM-8:00PM |
Friday | Closed |
Saturday | Closed |
Sunday | Closed |