Dr. Rox’s Value Driven Approach
“It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society.” ~ J. Krishnamurti
At Acacia Rising Counseling, Dr. Rox offers individual, couple, and family therapy using a strength-based, heart-centered approach grounded in multiple theoretical models, including EMDR, attachment, experiential, emotion-focused, cognitive-behavioral, and systems.
At Acacia Rising Counseling, Dr. Rox believes that each of us is on our own unique journey towards healing and growth, and that her role is to assist clients along this journey, in accordance with their own values, beliefs, goals, and dreams.
At Acacia Rising Counseling, Dr. Rox starts with what is going on for you in the present, and we only go digging in the past when the past is keeping you from reaching your desired dreams. And even then, we don’t start digging until you are fully equipped with the confidence and tools necessary to keep you grounded and safe.
At Acacia Rising Counseling, Dr. Rox understands that all behaviors (including coping and defense strategies) were at one time learned/developed either to protect ourselves, or to get basic core needs met; and that we never develop a coping/protective mechanism that is bigger than what was needed at that time. Therefore, Dr. Rox believes it is paramount to never take away someone’s coping and defense strategy until she has helped them develop a better and more healthy alternative.
At Acacia Rising Counseling, Dr. Rox recognizes that each individual, couple, and family is unique, and works with the entire client system to negotiate a plan that is tailored to meet their needs. Roxanne encourages clients to engage in sessions with friends, relatives, partners, or family members who may be affected by, or can assist with understanding the issue(s).
At Acacia Rising Counseling, Dr. Rox welcomes all compositions of families, and does not discriminate based on age, gender, race, class, culture, or sexual orientation.
“There are three ways that oppressed people can deal with oppression: (1) Rise up in physical violence (The danger of this method is its futility. Violence creates many more social problems than it solves); (2) Resignation & Acquiescence (aka Passive Resistance… This is just as bad as violence because non-cooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good… Passively accepting violence and injustice… is cowardice and stagnant passivity; (3) Nonviolent Resistance (organized nonviolent resistance is the most powerful weapon that oppressed people can use in breaking loose from the bondage of oppression. Nonviolent Resistance is dynamically active… It is the method of the strong, not the weak)… I believe firmly in non-violence… but at the same time I am not an anarchist… I believe in the intelligent use of police force. I think one who believes in non-violence must recognize the dimensions of evil within human nature. And there is a danger that one can indulge in a sort of superficial optimism thinking man is all good. Man does not only have the great capacity for goodness, but there is also the potential for evil.” ~ Martin Luther King. Nonviolence is the most powerful weapon. Interview of Martin Luther King by Martin Agronsky, https://youtu.be/74XJJ3Tq5ew?t=14
Roxanne George, PhD, LMFT, EMDR Certified; Acacia Rising Counseling: 195A SR 240, Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557; Phone: (575) 758-4270; Cell/Text: (541) 389-5050; Email: acaciarising@proaxis.com