Patrick J Curran LMFT

Introduction: We are offering psychotherapy from a Christian world view, dealing with a huge variety of concerns. Some of those concerns include: assisting couples through challenging times in their marriage, pre-marital counseling, blended family issues, help for children of parents who are divorced, post–traumatic stress, loss and grief, depression and anxiety, to name a few. Patrick Curran is a licensed family and marriage therapist. He was raised in Los Angeles with 7 other siblings. His training involves twenty-five years employment in the education field, and raising his own 6 children and 3 step-children. He earned a University of New Mexico bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1977, a school counseling master’s degree from University of LaVerne in 1999, as well as a National University master’s degree in counseling psychology in 2006. For nine years, he was a home school coordinator in Hayfork, as well as a group home counselor for Redding's Open Line Group homes. Currently, he's serving Corning and Anderson high school students doing therapy with students via River Cities Counseling, Inc. and assisting low-income customers via Red Bluff's family service agency. Patrick is particularly passionate about assisting couples in improving their relationships through emotionally focused couple’s therapy. Areas of expertise include: • Victims of physical or sexual abuse as children • Couple counseling • Blended family issues • Children of divorced parents • Anxiety • Depression in men, women and teens • Certified trauma therapist • Pre-marital counseling • Christian and religious issues • Student and teacher conflicts • ADHD and difficult and energized children • Male and female mid-life crisis issues • Adjustment issues: loss, career, relationship changes, divorce