Business Details
Your Trusted Mental Health Counseling Partner in Salt Lake City
Aspen Grove Counseling was founded on the belief that relationships form the foundation of human well-being. Our practice specializes in helping individuals, couples, and families navigate emotional challenges through evidence-based therapeutic approaches. With expertise in communication skills development, trauma recovery, and family systems therapy, we address issues ranging from relationship conflicts to childhood emotional development. Our team includes a licensed psychologist with academic affiliations and a clinical social worker specializing in behavioral pattern transformation.We employ child-centered play therapy for young clients, premarital counseling for couples, and family therapy to resolve intergenerational dynamics. Our practitioners have shared their expertise through media appearances and academic instruction, bringing both clinical and educational rigor to every session. By focusing on validation, empathy, and personalized growth strategies, we help clients achieve lasting emotional peace and improved relational satisfaction.
Services
Individual Counseling
Couples Therapy
Family Counseling
Child-Centered Play Therapy
Premarital Counseling
Trauma Recovery
Adolescent Counseling
Parenting Support
Highlights and features
- We offer specialized therapy for relationship issues and family dynamics
- Our team includes university-affiliated mental health professionals
- We employ evidence-based child-centered play therapy techniques
- We address both current emotional challenges and historical trauma
- We provide practical communication skill development for lasting change
Services
Individual Counseling
Personalized therapy sessions address emotional challenges, behavioral patterns, and mental health concerns. Our approach combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with insight-oriented therapy to help clients understand and change negative patterns. Sessions focus on developing coping strategies for anxiety, depression, and trauma recovery while promoting personal growth.
Couples Therapy
Specialized relationship counseling helps couples improve communication and resolve conflicts. We address intimacy issues, infidelity, financial disagreements, and blended family dynamics. Our approach focuses on creating mutual understanding and developing practical solutions for long-term relationship satisfaction through structured therapeutic interventions.
Family Counseling
Systemic family therapy addresses intergenerational patterns and improves family communication. We help resolve conflicts related to parenting, adolescent behavior, and family trauma. Our sessions focus on strengthening relationships while addressing substance abuse, grief, and mental health issues within the family system.
Child-Centered Play Therapy
Developmentally appropriate therapy for children aged 2-11 uses play as primary expression medium. This non-directive approach helps children process emotions, develop coping skills, and improve social interactions through carefully structured therapeutic play activities that promote emotional growth and behavioral change.
Premarital Counseling
Structured premarital counseling prepares couples for marriage through communication skill development and conflict resolution training. We address expectations about family planning, financial management, and relationship boundaries to build strong foundations for lasting partnerships using evidence-based assessment tools and therapeutic techniques.
People
Mark Burton, PhD
Licensed Psychologist
Dr. Mark Burton specializes in relationship counseling and family therapy with over 20 years of clinical experience. He teaches graduate counseling courses at the University of Utah and has shared relationship expertise through media appearances.
Lindy Burton, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker
Lindy Burton focuses on behavioral pattern transformation and trauma recovery with specialization in childhood emotional development. She helps clients address depression, anxiety, and eating disorders through evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
Questions
What types of therapy do you offer?
We provide individual counseling, couples therapy, family counseling, child-centered play therapy, and premarital counseling. Our specialists address relationship issues, trauma recovery, adolescent challenges, and parenting support.
How does child-centered play therapy work?
This approach uses unstructured play to help children aged 2-11 express emotions and develop coping skills. The therapist creates a safe space for emotional expression without directing the child's activities.
Do you work with both individuals and groups?
Yes, we treat individual clients while also offering couples counseling and family therapy sessions to address relational dynamics and improve communication patterns.
What are your therapists' qualifications?
Our team includes a licensed psychologist with university teaching experience and a licensed clinical social worker specializing in behavioral transformation and trauma recovery.
How do you handle adolescent counseling?
We focus on adolescent identity development while helping parents establish healthy boundaries. Our approach addresses impulsive behavior patterns and facilitates family communication.
