Welcome to Yavapai Consultation and Healing
We offer caring, competent and confidential personal consultations, counseling and therapeutic services for individuals and couples. With over 30 years of experience, we specialize in helping you address life's emotional, relational, sexual, and spiritual challenges.
- Caring, competent and confidential personal consultations, counseling and therapeutic services for individuals and couples.
- We specialize in helping you to address life's emotional, relational, sexual, and spiritual challenges.
- We are highly qualified professionals with over 30 years previous experience offering psychotherapy, counseling, and consultation. We are thoroughly trained in traditional psychodynamic psychotherapy, sexuality counseling, and medical family therapy. We also have specialized training in yoga therapy and in indigenous healing practices.
- We are now offering personal consultations, relationship and individual counseling and other healing practices, as well as sex therapy, in Yavapai County. We are also ordained ministers for our work with meditation but please know that our personal spiritual commitment is nondenominational and will not interfere with your faith.
- Appointments are available at your convenience in your home, at our offices, or by telephone. We accept cash, local checks, and Visa. Call or email us for further details.
Marsha Rand
MS, CST
Marsha has extensive experience as a psychotherapist, with specialized training in medical family therapy as well as indigenous methods of healing. She works as an ordained nondenominational minister, as well as a personal consultant, bodyworker, and sexuality counselor. She has special skills as an energy healer, and is known to be warm and easy to talk with.
Barnaby B. Barratt
PhD, DHS, FAPA, ABPP
Barnaby is a certified psychoanalyst, as well as an internationally eminent sexuality educator and sex therapist. Formerly Professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, he is past President of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, and is the author of several books and professional articles. Barnaby is interested in all aspects of clinical psychology, and especially in somatic and spiritual approaches to healing. He is known for his generous heart and non-judgmental warmth.
Barnaby and Marsha have studied and practiced tantric spirituality for over thirty years. Their approach integrates ancient wisdom with contemporary understanding of psychology, embodiment, and relationship. To learn more about their meditation practices and the path of tantric spirituality, visit centerfortantricspirituality.org where you can find articles, workshop information, and resources for deepening your own practice.
For most of us, life brings moments when we feel stuck, overwhelmed, or simply not ourselves. Maybe you are carrying something heavy from the past. Maybe a relationship feels like it is slipping through your fingers. Maybe you wake up tired even after a full night of sleep, or you cannot figure out why you feel angry all the time for no clear reason. These are not signs of weakness. They are signs that something inside you is asking for attention.
We have been doing this work for more than thirty years. That is not a boast. It just means we have sat with hundreds of people in rooms just like the one you might walk into. We have heard stories that would break your heart and stories that would make you laugh until you cry. And what we learned is simple: healing does not come from having all the answers. It comes from feeling safe enough to ask the real questions.
Therapy is not about someone fixing you. You are not broken. Therapy is about finding a place where you can say the things you have never said out loud. Where you do not have to pretend. Where someone listens not to respond but to actually understand. That is what we try to offer. Not fancy techniques or complicated theories first. Just a real human conversation where you can let your guard down without getting hurt.
People come to us for many reasons. Some are dealing with anxiety that makes everyday tasks feel like climbing a mountain. Others are stuck in patterns they cannot break, like always picking the wrong partner or saying yes when they want to say no. Some are grieving a loss that happened years ago but still feels fresh. Others just have a sense that something is off and they cannot name it. All of these are valid reasons to reach out.
We work with individuals and couples. When couples come to see us, they are often tired from the same fights that never seem to end. The fight about money, about parenting, about who does the dishes, about who pulled away first. Underneath all of that, there is usually something simpler and sadder: I do not feel seen by you anymore. I do not feel like I matter. We help couples find their way back to each other, not by pretending problems do not exist but by learning to talk about them without tearing each other apart.
One thing that makes our practice different is the range of training we bring. Marsha has deep experience in medical family therapy, which means she understands how physical illness and emotional distress get tangled up together. She also works with indigenous healing practices that honor the connection between mind, body, spirit, and community. Barnaby comes from the world of psychoanalysis and sex therapy, but he is also trained in somatic approaches that pay attention to what the body holds long after the mind has forgotten.
We also offer yoga therapy and energy healing for those who are interested. Some people find that talking alone is not enough. Their bodies need to move, to release, to breathe in a different way. We respect whatever path feels right for you. If you want to sit on a couch and talk, we do that. If you want to incorporate meditation or breathwork, we do that too. If you just want someone to sit with you in silence until you find your words, we can do that as well.
We are ordained ministers, but please hear us on this. That does not mean we will talk to you about God unless you want us to. It does not mean we have a hidden agenda to convert you. It simply means we have studied spiritual practices deeply and we can hold space for your spiritual questions if they come up. And if they do not, that is fine too. We have worked with atheists, agnostics, devout Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, and people who have no idea what they believe. All are welcome here.
People often ask how long therapy takes. The honest answer is that it depends. Some people come for a few sessions just to get unstuck from a specific problem. Others stay for months or years because they are doing deeper work around childhood wounds or long standing patterns. We do not push people to stay longer than they need, and we do not rush people out the door. You decide when you are ready to start and when you are ready to leave.
Confidentiality matters to us. What you share stays with us. We do not talk about our clients to friends, family, or anyone else. The only exceptions are the legal ones that every therapist has to follow, like if someone is in danger. But beyond that, your story is yours. We are just privileged to hear it.
We know that reaching out takes courage. It is easier to stay busy, to distract yourself, to tell yourself that things are not that bad. And maybe they are not. But maybe you are tired of carrying this alone. Maybe you want someone in your corner. If that sounds like you, we would be honored to talk.
You can schedule an appointment at your convenience. We meet people in our offices, in their homes, or by phone. We accept cash, local checks, and Visa. Give us a call or send an email and we will get back to you as soon as we can. There is no pressure. Just a conversation to see if we might be a good fit for what you are looking for.