386 W. Main St. Suite #104, 105, & 106 / PO Box 556
New Castle, CO 81647
(970)319-1999
(970)550-7555 (fax)
marybowles@mindwiseinstitute.com
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The brain develops from the bottom-up, so interventions for behavioral, emotional, and cognitive change are not going to be effective if we start with a top-down approach (what's that?).
Clients come to me with complaints about poor communication (not feeling heard, frequent arguing, parenting differences), of not connecting enough (emotionally, sexually, etc.), financial struggles, extended family issues, infidelity (physical or emotional), stress, and trauma. I see clients who are trying to learn whether it's time to divorce or if there's hope for a better relationship together. I see families that are trying to get along better and manage life transitions. I also work with parents whose children are struggling with behavior, mood, or anxiety issues for any number of reasons. Overall, I work with individuals and any relationship that is struggling, from intimate partners, parent-child relationships, families, to friends, and even work relationships. Mental and physical health is determined by connection at every level, from connections at the neural level to the family connections between individuals, so I work with every level.
All my clients (coaching or therapy - you decide!) easily learn about the neuroscience of the brain, mind, and body so each one is clear about how to work WITH, not AGAINST, theirs and other's brains! I don't see any of my clients as low functioning. I will help you see why all behavior is normal within the context of your life, and how to focus only on making it become more effective. Therapy and coaching is not about finding out if you're dysfunction, it's about learning how normal you already are and for discovering options for improving your life.Working with me you will get a trustworthy, confidential, compassionate, experienced, unbiased, educated, and science-minded Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) OR Life, Relationship, and Stress Coach trained in Neuropsychotherapy and Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) who uses a direct, but considerate approach. I'm also certified in Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT), a form of rapid memory reconsolidation that erases the emotion attached to a memory, allowing clients to quickly process trauma and stress without reliving the event(s). I also offer supervision for clinicians through a systems, neuropsychotherapy, and interpersonal neurobiology lens.
I specialize in all relationships (couples issues, parenting, dating, and divorce, including prevention, recovery, & preparation, and blending healthy families), trauma, stress, anxiety including PTSD recovery, and many other issues. I draw on my personal and professional experiences to help you learn how to draw on yours and to help you find the happiness and success you're seeking in life. I use humor, neuroscience, lightheartedness, calm, and methodically challenging approaches to educate you about your options and help you fine tune your goals, but you always decide how far you're willing to go to improve your life and your relationships. I don't write prescriptions for medication, perfection, or moon chanting (haha, I just googled that and it's a real thing!). However, I do encourage, respectfully challenge, and teach (if necessary) accountability, listening, acceptance, self-challenge, and even mind and brain development (neuropsychotherapy, interpersonal neurobiology). I may suggest that you golf, spa, hunt, or club with each other as a couple if those are things you would or used to like doing together (please note: the last sentence said "club WITH each other"--NOT "club each other."). I always include parents in child therapy and I advocate for both parents and children. I am unbiased, woman-friendly, man-friendly, and child-friendly so do not worry about me judging you. We are all human and I help all people learn to accept humanness in themselves and others.
To achieve effective change, we must work with the brain, not against it.I jest throughout this page, but I am very dedicated to effective care! So, on a serious note, the first step to success in therapy comes in understanding that asking for help shows strength, not weakness. I approach all my clients from an interpersonal neurobiological perspective and a neuropsychotherapeutic framework, not a pathological approach. This means I rarely give a "diagnosis" because rarely is it ever needed or accurate according to what we now know about the neuroscience of safety, connection, control, motivation, and self-actualization.
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Part 1 & 2 of my Memory Reconsolidation article which was recently published in
The Neuropsychotherapist! 
The Science of
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Specialty focus:
- Relationships- personal, professional, & academic
- Anxiety - (Panic)
- Life, Relationship & Stress Coaching - supporting you in meeting your goals in all areas of life!
- Relationships- personal, professional, & academic
- - Couples Relationships- Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 3) - communication, infidelity, sexual & financial problems, parenting, in-laws, divorce recovery & prevention, divorce planning & questioning, blending (step) families
- Parent/Child Relationships
- Sibling relationships
- Professional relationships
- Academic Relationships
- Anxiety - (Panic)
- Life, Relationship & Stress Coaching - supporting you in meeting your goals in all areas of life!
Here's a great article about the success rates of Marriage & Family Therapy...
Does Marriage Counseling Work? 8 Surprising Statistics & Facts - By: Racheal Tasker
Does Marriage Counseling Work? 8 Surprising Statistics & Facts - By: Racheal Tasker
Learn more about the BRAIN here!
Do not hesitate to contact me to ask questions! I'm a real person and I'll be happy to answer! Just give me a call.
Some lighthearted (or potentially obnoxious) therapy humor...
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