Business Details
38 Years
experience
Trusted Mental Health Therapy in Syracuse
PFP Consulting has provided counseling and psychotherapy services to individuals, couples, and families in Syracuse, New York, and surrounding areas for over thirty years. With a focus on therapeutic relationships, mental health resources, shared belief systems, and balanced support and challenge, the practice addresses diverse client needs across ages, cultural backgrounds, and professional fields. The therapist emphasizes understanding unresolved emotional issues, fostering personal growth, and addressing how family-of-origin dynamics impact current relationships.Clinical supervision and business consultation services are also offered, applying psychotherapeutic principles to professional development and organizational challenges. The practice integrates humanistic, family systems, cognitive-behavioral, and psychodynamic approaches, grounded in decades of experience and supervision from leading professionals in the field.
Services
Individual Counseling
Couples Therapy
Family Counseling
Clinical Supervision
Business Consultation
Details
- Year established: 1988
Highlights and features
- We offer over 30 years of experience in individual and family therapy.
- Our team provides clinical supervision informed by leading psychotherapeutic models.
- We address unresolved family-of-origin dynamics impacting current relationships.
- Our practice integrates humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and psychodynamic approaches.
- We specialize in business consultation addressing organizational emotional health.
Services
Individual Counseling
Individual counseling addresses personal growth, emotional distress, and life challenges through a tailored therapeutic approach. Sessions focus on building self-awareness, resolving past traumas, and developing coping strategies. Clients explore patterns affecting their mental health, with therapists providing balanced support and challenge to foster meaningful change.
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy resolves relationship conflicts and enhances partnership dynamics by examining unresolved family-of-origin issues. Therapists help partners understand unconscious patterns, improve communication, and rebuild trust. The process focuses on creating healthier interactions and addressing underlying emotional barriers to intimacy.
Family Counseling
Family counseling addresses systemic issues affecting family dynamics, including parenting challenges and intergenerational conflicts. Therapists assess structural boundaries, marital impacts, and individual contributions to dysfunction. The goal is to improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthen family cohesion through structured interventions.
Clinical Supervision
Clinical supervision supports mental health professionals through skill development, case consultation, and personal growth. Supervision focuses on therapeutic self-awareness, intervention strategies, and managing countertransference. Services cater to graduate students, school counselors, and practicing therapists seeking professional development and ethical guidance.
Business Consultation
Business consultation addresses workplace challenges by examining unresolved emotional dynamics affecting productivity. Services include leadership development, team-building, and conflict resolution informed by psychotherapeutic principles. The approach identifies family-of-origin patterns impacting professional environments and fosters healthier organizational cultures.
People
Paul F. Pickett
Therapist, Clinical Supervisor
Dr. Pickett holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and has practiced mental health therapy since 1988. He has taught at Syracuse University, received 18 years of clinical supervision, and specializes in individual, couples, and family therapy. His work integrates humanistic and psychodynamic approaches.
Questions
What can I expect in a therapy session?
Sessions last 50-55 minutes, focusing on discussing primary concerns. Active participation and follow-up actions like reading or journaling may be recommended.
What benefits can I expect from therapy?
Benefits include improved self-understanding, relationship skills, stress management, and resolution of personal issues through personalized therapeutic approaches.
Do you accept insurance?
I am not a provider for any insurance company, but many clients receive out-of-network reimbursement. Check with your carrier for details.
Is therapy confidential?
Therapy is confidential except in cases of suspected abuse, threats of harm, or self-harm risks, as required by law.
What types of counseling do you provide?
We offer individual, couples, and family therapy, addressing emotional issues, relationship dynamics, and personal growth needs.
Do you offer clinical supervision for professionals?
Yes, we provide clinical supervision for graduate students, school counselors, and psychotherapists, focusing on skill development and self-awareness.
