Collaborative, Specialized Care That Meets You Where You Are

At Arizona Connection Counseling, we believe good therapy meets you where you are—whether you’re brand new to this process or have been doing it for years and still feel like something isn’t working.

Our team of trusted specialists work together to provide personalized support for the challenges you’re facing. We don’t offer one-size-fits-all therapy. We match you with the right therapist, using the right approach, to support your healing in ways that feel grounded, safe, and deeply human.

Healing doesn’t happen in isolation. We offer safe, compassionate connection to help you transform pain into growth—and stuckness into change.

Explore our core areas of support below:

Counseling & Therapy

When Life Feels Overwhelming

Stress, racing thoughts, panic, burnout, or a constant sense that you’re not doing enough—even when you’re giving it your all. We help you slow down, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with yourself.

Whether you’re navigating a major change, feeling emotionally stuck, or facing chronic overwhelm, we support you through the messy middle of it all—so you can find clarity, balance, and a new way forward.

Whether you’re newly diagnosed, feeling overwhelmed by executive dysfunction, or parenting a neurodivergent child—we offer practical strategies and deeper emotional support.

When Relationships Hurt

Disconnection, resentment, or the aftermath of broken trust—you don’t have to figure it out alone. We help couples move from reactivity to repair, rebuild emotional safety, and restore connection that lasts.

We support couples and individuals working through mismatched desire, sexual avoidance, betrayal trauma, compulsive behaviors, and more. You can rebuild emotional and sexual intimacy without pretending, performing, or giving up.

Whether you’re co-parenting after divorce, raising a neurodivergent child, or navigating conflict with your teen, we provide tools and support for stronger family connection.

Family dynamics, work stress, and friendships can be some of the most complicated parts of life. We help you navigate boundaries, communication, and relational patterns—so you can show up with clarity and confidence in the relationships that matter most.

When the Past Won’t Let Go

If you feel stuck in survival mode, haunted by the past, or triggered in ways you can’t explain, trauma-informed therapy can help. Our EMDR and somatic specialists help you release what no longer serves you—without reliving every detail.

Loss isn’t just about death—it can include divorce, estrangement, missed expectations, or identity shifts. We walk with you through your grief and help you find your footing again.

When You’re Struggling With Self

If you’re consumed by food thoughts, negative body image, or disordered eating patterns, you’re not alone. Our therapists offer gentle, specialized care for recovery that centers your worth, not your weight.

Whether it’s substance use, compulsive behaviors, or self-harm, these struggles are often not the problem—but a way of coping with something deeper. We help you explore the emotional pain underneath the behavior with compassion, not shame—so healing becomes possible, not just survival.

You’ve checked all the boxes but still feel lost. Or maybe you’re trying to figure out who you really are underneath the pressure, pain, or perfectionism. We help you reconnect with yourself and build a life that feels aligned.

From grounding skills to nervous system regulation, our goal is to help you feel more steady, more equipped, and more in control of your inner world—even when life is anything but.

When you don’t feel understood

You shouldn’t have to choose between your mental health and your beliefs. Our therapists are trained to honor and integrate your faith in the therapy process when desired.

We believe therapy should feel like a place where all of you is welcomed—including your cultural identity, lived experience, and spiritual or family background. Our therapists are committed to offering care that is culturally responsive, respectful, and rooted in humility—not assumption.

Animal-Assisted Therapy

Some healing happens best with a soft nose and a wagging tail nearby. Jake, our therapy dog and CEO of Emotional Support, joins select sessions to support emotional safety and nervous system regulation.

Learn more about Animal-Assisted Therapy →

Not Sure Where to Start?

That’s okay. You don’t need to have it all figured out. We’ll help you explore your options, meet the right therapist, and take the next step with support.

Our Rates for Counseling Services

The following are our rates for our therapy services.

Insurances Accepted

AZCC is contracted with the following insurance providers:

As a licensed facility, we are pleased to serve clients at our Mesa locations who carry these insurance companies, as well as self-pay clients. We can also work with you if you have out-of-network insurance coverage, or an HSA account.

For all insurance, we bill as a courtesy and while we make every reasonable effort to collect payment from the insurance company, the patient is ultimately responsible for payment in full if we are unable to collect any or all costs from the insurance company.

If you have insurance concerns, please contact us.

Questions? Contact Us

If you have a question about our therapy and counseling services, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team using our contact form or email info@azconnectioncounseling.com or (call/text) 480-744-5864.

Other Insurance

For any other insurance – we are an out of network provider which means:

1. You pay Arizona Connection Counseling for full session fees at the time of service.

2. In return, we will provide superbill for you to submit to your insurance for reimbursement.

3. You are responsible for verifying out of network benefits with your insurance company. 

Eating Disorders - It's Not About the Food

By Kelly Lopez

If it’s not about the food, what is it really about?

The eating disorder serves a function, it does a job. Despite the problems an eating disorder creates, it is an effort to cope, shield against, communicate, and solve problems. Behaviors may be a way to establish a sense of power or control, self-worth, strength, and containment. Bringing may be used to numb pain. Purging may be a way to release emotions. When one cannot cope in healthy ways, adaptive functions (behaviors) are created to ensure a sense of safety, security, and control.
According to Carolyn Costin*, some of the “adaptive functions that eating disorder behaviors commonly serve are”:
It’s not about the food, it’s a way of coping with low self-esteem, negative emotions, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, unstable home, difficulty resolving conflict and much more.
*Costin, Carolyn. The Eating Disorder Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Causes, Treatments and Prevention of Eating Disorders. 3rd. edition, McGraw Hill, 2007.
Fuller, Kristen. “Eating Disorders: It’s Not All about Food.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 22 Mar. 2017