About Awakenings Counseling for Couples and Sex Therapy
Awakenings Counseling in Raleigh offers a wide range of services, including Marriage Counseling, Mental Health Counseling, Individual Psychotherapy, Couples Counseling, EMDR, Trauma-Informed therapy, Premarital Counseling, Adolescent Counseling, Family Counseling, Anxiety Therapy, Depression Therapy, Substance Abuse Therapy, Grief Counseling, and Sex Therapy. The highly trained therapists work from evidence-based attachment theory using techniques from Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). The practice welcomes all races, gender identities, and sexual orientations, and all therapists are LGBTQIA-friendly, with black therapists and cultural sensitivity training. The Awakenings team is full of talented therapists competent in individual and marriage counseling, skilled in addressing a wide variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, and attachment. The owner, Laurie, is described as phenomenal, and the practice offers sex therapy intensives. However, one reviewer had a negative experience with the practice's billing and communication, leading to a 3-star rating, despite the quality of the therapy.
What an amazing gift Dr. Laurie Watson has as an educator to many about sex and relationships from an attachment lens. She extends this knowledge to her wonderful staff who are gifted as well and have access to a wonderful, knowledgeable leader and I would highly recommend giving this group of talented therapists your business if you want true change in your relationships.
The Awakenings team is full of talented therapists competent in individual counseling and marriage counseling. The therapists here are high trained in a wide variety of issues including anxiety, depression, and attachment.
The quality of the therapy isn't the issue. I'm rating them 3 stars because I was charged $160 before my session even started, then it turned out there was a missed communication and the session had to be rescheduled anyway. They did not inform me of this until less than two hours before my session, and I missed the call because it was during the workday. So now I have to wait for the reimbursement to go back on my card...it seems unfair that I can't cancel a session in that short a time frame without paying a penalty but they can.I can completely understand that things happen and I don't hold this against my therapist or the nice person who answered the phone and helped...read full review