Focused Expertise for Meaningful change
A Specialty Practice in Couple’s Counseling, Post-Separation Coparenting, and Divorce Dynamics
Upstate Marriage and Family Therapy is excited to welcome Specialty Intern, Allison Osborn, to our team. Allison is completing her graduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy at Capella University and brings a wealth of experience in community and behavioral health. Her expertise in Emotion Focused Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy creates a strong foundation for understanding and creating change in complex family dynamics.
Welcome, Allison!
built on the foundations of academic research and real-world experience
Couple's Counseling, parenting, & Coparenting Consulting
Today’s world is fast, socially and digitally complex, and, in many ways, overstimulating. This makes it hard to stay focused on what really matters . . . the relationships with the most important people in our lives.
At Upstate MFT, we specialize in complex coparenting and couple dynamics in intact and separated families. We recognize that our past experiences can create challenges in becoming the parents and partners we aspire to be. We understand how essential friendships and support systems can break down following a divorce or separation, and we understand how easily we can lose touch with deeply held values and beliefs. We use a no-nonsense, consultative approach to help you rebuild trust and security with the most important people in your life.
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315-527-7936
Services
Discernment Counseling
Discernment counseling is a specialized, short-term approach for couples unsure about the future of their relationship, often considering separation or reconciliation. It focuses on understanding each partner gain clarity and confidence in their decisions as they explore whether to work on the relationship or move forward separately.
Couple's Counseling
State of the science counseling techniques emphasize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), family system theory, and solution-focused techniques to resolve conflict, increase trust and security, improve communication, and strengthen and rebuild your relationship.
Coparenting Consulting
Parental separation will always be difficult for children. Using the latest research on the effects of divorce and separation on parenting we will help you and your coparent to overcome those difficulties to minimize or avoid the negative effects of separation on your children.
Courses & Seminars
Greg offers seminars and workshops throughout New York State to help intact and separated couples establish effective, actionable, and insight-oriented coparenting and relationship practices.
CENTRAL NEW YORK'S SPECIALTY
COUPLE'S COUNSELING AND COPARENTING PROGRAM
About Greg Kovacs, PhD, LMFT
owner and clinical director
Greg holds a master’s degree (MS) in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of New Hampshire and a PhD. from Syracuse University.
Dr. Kovacs is a Utica, New York-based licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who specializes in couple’s counseling and post-relationship coparenting. His evidence-informed counseling techniques emphasize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy, family system theory, and solution-focused therapy to achieve actionable and effective results.
In addition to his private practice, Dr. Kovacs is a highly sought-after, engaging public speaker on topics related to relationship health, parenting, and coparenting dynamics, offering online and in-person seminars and workshops.
You can learn more about Dr. Kovacs on his personal website at gregkovacs.com
Upstate Marriage and family Therapy, PLLC
2219 Genesee St., Utica, NY 13501 315-527-7936
