Cactus Wren Family Therapy, PLLC provides therapy to adults, teens and children. For specific areas of focus, please refer to the Therapists link in the main menu. Our providers are all trained in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, DBT, Family Systems Theory, Polyvagal Theory, EMDR, IFS and other forms of therapy to meet the needs of each individual client.

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Therapists will typically use a combination of therapies and interventions to provide the most relief from symptoms and desired life/relational change.

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We also provide treatment for trauma and post-traumatic stress. Our providers are trained in various trauma treatment modalities, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).

Steffi Butler is a Certified Associate Sex Therapist (ABCST - American Board of Christian Sex Therapists). Certification requires a minimum of 150 hours of classroom hours in content specific to sex therapy protocols, sexual disorders, medical and trauma protocols in sex therapy and pain disorders. 

Steffi was drawn to this certifcation specifically because of her work with women and men suffering from the impact of trauma. Often times, the symptoms we deal with include those related to sexual intimacy. 

Steffi will work with you and your partner on issues ranging from pain during intercourse, unconsummated marriages, orgasm disorders, ejaculatory disorders, erectile disfunction and desire discrepancy. 

We are trained in the Gottman method of couples therapy. John Gottman researched relationships for decades at the University of Washington and with his wife, Julie, developed the Gottman Method to help practitioners work with couples.

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The Gottman method is a practical and accesible modality that will help you reestablish and nurture your friendship with your spouse and resolve the conflicts, betrayals, hurts or wounds that have brought you to therapy.

Renowned therapist and physician, Carl Whitaker once said, "There are no individuals, only fragments of families." We believe that the system of the family has immense and lasting impact on the internal system of self. 

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Family therapy can provide a space for you to process issues in various dynamics. Adult child, aging parents, Teens and parents, children and parents, co-/divorced parents, step-parents, blended famlies...

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If you are desiring space to work through relational issues or conflict and improve the quality of your familial relationships, we'd like to help.