Services we provide

Individual Therapy:

Individual therapy is usually 60 minutes and can be booked online once you are an established patient.  Depending on symptoms and diagnosis evidence based treatment will be recommended to include play therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, trauma treatment, solution focused therapy, conflict resolution and increased communication skills.  

Couples Therapy:

Couples therapy is 60 minutes long and includes both partners.  Typically sessions focus on communication skills and ways to bond and work towards a more harmonious relationship.  Typically work is done using many of the Gottman techniques.  

Family Therapy: 

Often times family therapy is an essential part of treating a child or adolescent who has gone through significant stressors, mood dysregulation or behavioral problems.  

Telehealth appointments
Telehealth appointments are available via Doxy.com which similar to Skype or FaceTime but it is HIPAA secure.  You will be able to login to an online "waiting room" and then you are able to see your therapist via video.  Most insurances cover Telehealth in Arizona.  

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences.  Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference. It is widely assumed that severe emotional pain requires a long time to heal.  EMDR therapy shows that the mind can in fact heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma.   Using the detailed protocols and procedures learned in EMDR therapy training sessions, clinicians help clients activate their natural healing processes.

Somatic Experiencing  is a body-oriented approach to the healing of trauma and other stress disorders. It is the life’s work of Dr. Peter A. Levine, resulting from his multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, together with over 45 years of successful clinical application. During Somatic Experience, the client  releases traumatic shock, which is key to transforming PTSD and the wounds of emotional and early developmental attachment trauma.

It offers a framework to assess where a person is “stuck” in the fight, flight or freeze responses and provides clinical tools to resolve these fixated physiological states. 

About Sonja & Marc Raciti

Our Non-profit Healing Wounds is aimed to help those suffering from trauma. We understand the lasting effects this can have on a person and on a family.  There are many different treatments and effective resources available. Our goal is to help those that are enshrined in darkness to see hope. 

Sonja Raciti, Psy.D., is co-founder of Healing Wounds, Inc - Non-profit. 

Marc Raciti, PA-C., is co-founder of Healing Wounds, Inc - Non-profit.  He is the author of I Just Want To See Trees: A Journey Through PTSD, which tells the courageous story of his fight against PTSD.  It starts off with him seeing trees as a means to hang himself and looks at the impact his 5 deployments had on him and his family.  He is a motivational speaker and has been featured on national and international media due to his personal experiences with PTSD and suicide.   "I just want to see trees" is an International Book Award Finalist in Health: Psychology/Mental Health and in History: Military.  He is passionate about helping veterans and their families. 

Dr. Raciti does full battery psychological testing for  both children and adults.  Testing may be recommended due to complexity of case to look at differential diagnosis, academic success, insurance purposes or noticeable changes in behavior/mood.  

Referral: You or your child may receive a referral for psychological assessment from your physician, pediatrician, psychiatrist, school, daycare provider or other concerned professional. You may also receive a referral as a result of a court order or legal proceeding.

Personal Concern: You may refer yourself or your child for psychological assessment. Personal referrals are typically generated as a result of noticeable changes in daily functioning, behavior or personality, difficulties or extraordinary strength in academics, inter- personal problems, or career concerns. Please contact Dr. Raciti to discuss any assessment concerns or questions you may have.

The following are some of the things Dr. Raciti is able to do testing for: 

ADHD

Learning Problems

Autism

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

High School and College Examinations

ADA

Personality Disorders

Substance Use Disorders

Mood Disorders

and differential diagnosis