Rick Presley, Marriage and Family Therapist

01/18/2023

SOZO Therapy Group is pleased to announce the newest member to our team. Welcome Julie Karanaja.

Julie believes in the power of healing through connection. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, she seeks to help clients find hope in the midst of life’s unexpected turns. Julie provides a warm, client-centered space, where growth and redemption can occur.

Julie is a 17 year specialist in Perinatal Care. We are excited to have Julie at SOZO helping this precious population.

10/07/2022

So excited to let you all know that SOZO Therapy Group continues to grow. Please welcome our newest clinician, Victoria Sawyer. Victoria specializes in EFT work and attachment based interventions with adult individuals. Please welcome Victoria to our amazing team.

Alyssa Young Alyssa Young is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Alyssa is dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families reach their full potential. She is passionate about caring for her clients in whatever space they are in now. Alyssa loves being a hopeful and safe space for her c...

09/22/2022

I am sooo excited that our website went live today. Would love your feedback.

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06/15/2022

WE ARE CHANGING OUR GAME PLAN AND WE ARE HIRING!!! SOZO Therapy Group in Lenexa is making changes and becoming a group practice. We are looking for W2 clinicians who desire to work in a safe, respectful, collaborative, fun, supportive environment. Great candidates might be
new graduates,
those that want to get out of agency work,
those that want to build a great private practice.
Pass this along to anyone you know might be a great fit.

03/22/2022

We need help. We have multiple calls every week from couples who are dealing with various forms of sexual behaviors that also include lying, deceiving, gaslighting, etc., AND they are trying to save their marriage. As a result, there is a total destruction of trust in the relationship. These are hard clients and we have far more calling every week that we can take on. If you are interested in working in a collaborative, supportive, open minded, differentiated environment, let us know. We have open offices spaces for clinicians looking to build their own practice. DM or call/text. 913-738-4757

03/16/2022

Fantastic truth about relationships. It can take a couple years to finally see that nothing is wrong with themselves or each other. They are just going thorough the people changing machine and process call “marriage”.

Sexual desire difficulties are built into committed relationships and therefore every couple will face them. Problems related to sexual desire and sexual behavior do not make you abnormal. They make you human. Consider the following:

- 38.2% of men and 22.8% of women experience one or more sexual problems.
- 29% of women had or**sm problems and 40% felt anxious or inhibited.
- 35% of men had moderate to severe er****on problems
- 30% of women and 15% of men report hypoactive sexual desire
- 30% of men report premature ej*******on

A committed relationship is doing what it’s designed to do when it flushes out the relational and sexual difficulties in each partner. Sometimes we think the relationship is broken when in reality the marriage system is working flawlessly. Committed relationships have an uncanny (and unpleasant) way of cornering us with dynamics like family of origin wounds, past harm, compulsive behaviors, how dependent we can be on a partner’s validation, and how well (or not) we can tolerate anxiety amid tension and passion.

One reason I believe extra-marital affairs, non-monogamy, p**n, divorce can be appealing is because they allow us to avoid these maddening, yet human-forming realities. I want to be clear that there are very good and necessary reasons to choose divorce, like domestic violence, betrayal , and several others. I am talking here to individuals that sabotage their marriage with contempt, hiding, or the possibility of sexual indiscretion to avoid the more difficult work of relational growth.

Sexual and relational difficulties are how we grow.

01/25/2022

SOZO Therapy Group is looking for passionate therapist to join our growing group in Lenexa, Ks. If you are looking for space to rent that is in community with other passionate, skilled and collaborative therapist, this is your place. We have 3 offices of various sizes waiting for your creativity to furnish and make your own. Conveniently located near the corner of I-35 and 87th Street Parkway, we offer a fully furnished lobby with coffee/water bar, internet, and a beautifully designed and decorated space with purpose and meaning. If you are interested, call/text/dm/ for more info. 913-738-4757

11/07/2021

We are growing. Sozo Therapy Group is looking for therapist desiring to work in community and collaboration. We focus on helping individuals and couples hurting from the intense shame and pain that problematic sexual behavior and trauma from betrayal. While that is our focus, and we have way more calls coming in that we could ever take, we also desire to have therapist trained in marriage and family therapy, somatic experiencing, emdr or other trauma protocols, or massage therapist. DM us, or call us at 913-738-4757.

10/28/2021

We need your help!! Sozo Therapy Group in Lenexa, Ks is growing. We are looking for clinicians passionate about helping couples and individuals heal and grow from the stress, shame and hurt of sexual addiction and the partners experience from betrayal trauma. We are overwhelmed by calls for help. If you want to grow your practice in this modality and clientele, feel free to call, text or DM. 913-738-4757.

10/21/2021

We are growing. If you know of massage therapist, trauma yoga trainers, and mental health therapist that are looking for space and desiring to work in a holistic therapy environment, feel free to pass our info along. DM or phone/text 913-738-4757. Office near 87th and I-35.

10/20/2021

We are overwhelmed with phone calls. Last week 15 new clients phone calls that we cannot take. We need you. If you are interested in learning more about problematic sexual behavior and betrayal trauma, we want to partner with you. If you are already specifically trained in working with this population and feel overwhelmed by the weight of this type of work, we want to partner with you. We are in very high demand as we have built a practice helping these precious clients find congruence, freedom, hope, healing and relationship restoration. We are very good at what we do, and want to share our passion and experience with you. We have 5 offices that are available to be leased near 87th and I-35 and we will help you build your own LLC. DM or call/text 913-738-4757