About
Changes Counseling Center, led by Marielisa Montero-Savinon, is a Raleigh, NC-based practice that specializes in marital and premarital therapy, trauma and PTSD treatment, and mood disorder management. The center offers individual therapy for mental disorders, couples therapy to improve relationship satisfaction, and sex therapy to address intimacy issues. With a focus on solution-focused, narrative, and person-centered approaches, Marielisa works with clients to gain insight, access their strengths, and find healthier ways to interact with their world. Her expertise includes working with couples to manage conflict, strengthen friendships, deepen love, and restore intimacy. Changes Counseling Center also utilizes the Gottman Method, a research-based approach to couples counseling, and EMDR therapy to help individuals heal from trauma. With a commitment to creating a safe and expert environment, Marielisa and her team provide personalized services tailored to the unique needs of each client. By combining evidence-based techniques with a collaborative and trusting relationship, Changes Counseling Center aims to empower clients to be their best version and overcome life's challenges.
Insurance & payment
Changes Counseling Center accepts various insurance plans, including Aetna, Cigna, and Evernorth, HSA, Optum, United Medical Resources (UMR), UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH, and Out of Network. They also offer self-pay options.
- Aetna
- Cigna
- HSA
- Optum
- UMR
- UnitedHealthcare
- Out of network
Listed fee: $140 per session, I accept insurance. Ask about sliding-scale fees if you're paying out of pocket.
Services & specialties
Individual Therapy
Treatment is tailored to the needs of the individual involved, addressing issues such as life transitions, stress, anxiety, depression, anger, bipolar, grief, divorce, parenting, LGBTQ, trauma, and dissociation.
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy is designed to help individuals involved in a romantic relationship gain insight into their negative patterns of interaction and improve relationship satisfaction, addressing issues such as communication, conflict, infertility, parenting, emotional distance, infidelity, intimacy problems, discernment, and more.
Sex Therapy
Sex therapy provides a safe and expert place to talk about intimacy issues, sexual functioning, concerns about a possible sex addiction, or to get help with specific sexual dysfunctions, often including sexual homework assignments for the client to do later in the privacy of their own home.
EMDR Therapy
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is a form of therapy that helps people heal from trauma or other distressing life experiences, demonstrating effectiveness for trauma and helping the brain process memories and allow normal healing to resume.
Gottman Method Couples Counseling
The Gottman Method Couples Counseling is based on over four decades of research by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, utilizing 'What Makes Love Last' and '7 Principles for Making Marriage Work' to provide practical tools for bettering communication, friendship, and intimate life, helping couples build a solid foundation, resolve conflict, heal from an affair, or improve their relationship satisfaction.