Business Details
9 Years
experience
Compassionate Mental Health Counseling in Phoenix
Sea Star Counseling Services was founded on the principle that understanding our relationship with ourselves and how past experiences shape our adult lives is essential for meaningful change. Our team of experienced professionals specializes in addressing trauma, addiction, and mental health challenges through evidence-based approaches. With decades of combined experience in clinical settings including The Meadows, we offer personalized therapy that meets clients where they are while guiding them toward healing. Our expertise spans trauma recovery, compulsive behavior treatment, and relationship dynamics, utilizing methodologies like DBT and Pia Mellody's Developmental Immaturity Model.We maintain strict ethical standards and prioritize client safety, transparency, and empowerment throughout the therapeutic process. Our clinical supervisor holds advanced certifications in trauma and addiction treatment, ensuring high-quality care across individual, group, and family therapy sessions. We focus on transforming harmful coping mechanisms into sustainable recovery strategies while addressing co-occurring disorders through integrated treatment plans.
Services
Trauma Therapy
Addiction Counseling
Family Therapy
Codependency Treatment
DBT Therapy
Sexual Abuse Recovery
Anxiety Management
Parenting Support
Boundary Development
Mood Disorder Treatment
Details
- Year established: 2017
Highlights and features
- We specialize in trauma and addiction recovery with 15+ years of clinical experience
- Our team utilizes evidence-based approaches like DBT and Pia Mellody's Developmental Immaturity Model
- We offer personalized treatment plans tailored to individual recovery needs
- Our clinical supervisor holds CSAT certification and advanced trauma training
- We integrate healthy boundary development into all aspects of treatment
What people say
Greatest gratitude
Safe place
Quiet acceptance
Life-changing growth
Deserve wonderful life
Services
Trauma Therapy
Specialized treatment for trauma and PTSD using evidence-based approaches. Our therapists address developmental trauma and its impact on adult relationships. We employ techniques from Pia Mellody's Developmental Immaturity Model to re-parent childhood experiences while integrating DBT skills for emotional regulation. This comprehensive approach helps clients understand trauma patterns and develop healthier coping mechanisms for lasting recovery.
Addiction Counseling
Comprehensive treatment for addictive behaviors and mood disorders. Our certified specialists address compulsive sexual behaviors, substance abuse, and co-occurring mental health conditions. Using task-oriented recovery tools and the Carnes Recovery Model, we help clients establish healthy boundaries while developing relapse prevention strategies. Treatment includes individual and group therapy sessions focused on building sustainable recovery frameworks through structured therapeutic interventions.
Family Therapy
Specialized interventions for improving family dynamics and communication patterns. Our approach addresses intergenerational trauma while teaching healthy boundary-setting techniques. We help families understand codependency patterns and develop more effective parenting strategies. Through structured sessions, we work to resolve relationship conflicts and improve emotional connections using trauma-informed therapeutic frameworks that promote long-term family healing and growth.
DBT Therapy
Evidence-based treatment for emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Our DBT-certified therapists teach mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation skills. This approach benefits clients with borderline personality traits, anxiety disorders, and chronic emotional dysregulation. We combine individual therapy with skills training groups to help clients develop practical coping strategies for managing intense emotions and improving relationship dynamics through structured behavioral interventions.
Codependency Treatment
Specialized program addressing codependency and love addiction patterns. Our therapists help clients recognize unhealthy relationship dynamics rooted in childhood experiences. Using the Meadows model, we address developmental trauma while teaching boundary-setting techniques. Treatment includes individual and group therapy sessions focused on building self-esteem and developing healthier relationship patterns through structured therapeutic exercises that promote personal growth and emotional independence.
People
Nicole Frost
Clinical Supervisor
LCSW and CSAT-certified therapist with 15+ years in trauma and addiction treatment. Completed advanced training at The Meadows under Pia Mellody. Specializes in developmental trauma, compulsive behaviors, and DBT therapy. Provides clinical supervision and leads group therapy sessions.
Questions
What types of therapy do you offer?
We provide individual therapy, group sessions, family counseling, and specialized programs for trauma recovery and addiction treatment using evidence-based approaches.
Do you accept insurance?
Currently, we do not accept insurance providers. Payment arrangements are made directly with clients for all therapeutic services rendered.
What are your areas of specialization?
Our primary focus areas include trauma recovery, compulsive sexual behaviors, addiction treatment, codependency, anxiety disorders, and family relationship dynamics.
What therapeutic approaches do you use?
We utilize Pia Mellody's Developmental Immaturity Model, DBT therapy, Carnes Recovery Model, and evidence-based trauma treatment approaches tailored to individual needs.
Do you offer clinical supervision?
Yes, our Clinical Supervisor provides board-approved supervision for associate licensed therapists seeking professional development in trauma and addiction treatment.
