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Counseling Corner for Marriage and Family Therapy, P.C. (CCMFT),
opened its doors in March of 2003. It
was originally The Relationship Enhancement
Center. Our mission is to build strong
families who will grow adults with strong
character, to create more simplicity in our
lives and make it easier to deal with the
pressures of modern life. Our founder built this company with
relationships in mind and takes pride in
being able to say we help many people
improve their lives on a daily basis. 
Many people who come to
CCMFT for services have tried therapy before
and had little success. Many times
they have brought their family, spouse or
partner in and did not feel the therapist
was able to help. We feel that not
every therapist is skilled in working with
more than one individual in the room and
this can be a difficult task if not trained
appropriately. This is why therapists
at CCMFT are unique in that each therapist
is trained to do just that--to work with
more than one person. Our therapists
know how to deal with high conflict issues
between spouses/partners, parent-child/teen,
siblings, etc. Having this confidence
provides hope and opportunities for new
experiences. So, we encourage you to
get to know our staff and see if CCMFT is
the right place for you.
My
mission is building stronger families so
that values are held and connections
sustained throughout the child’s development
and well into adulthood. I am passionate
about living life more consciously whether
it is how we are in our relationship with
our family and others, with the environment,
the foods we eat and the values we attempt
to carry out and pass on generation after
generation.
I
believe globally we all need to be
responsible to creating a more sustainable
future. My mission is to help with building
individuals with values and strong character
to make this happen. A kinder more peaceful
world needs to start from the beginning,
from a couple’s first connection and their
desire to conceive. Establishing a healthy
attachment in the couple relationship and
continuing on with a strong attachment with
infants, as well as how to maintain this
connection with partner and child as
children grow up. Helping families to manage
the modern day stressors and maintain a
healthy attachment will create deep
connections between parent and child so they
remain attached to healthy adult models. I
believe that honoring childhood as a sacred
time for nurturing and growing healthy
beings is imperative to creating a person
that is caring, confident, conscientious,
curious, focused, etc.. I also believe that
healthy attachments to responsible adults
will reduce a young child’s need to attach
to peers, reducing violence, mental health
problems, divorce and many other issues
impacting our modern world.
I hope that you will enjoy your visit of our website and welcome you to
contact us for help with your relationship.
Warm regards,
Cari
Sans
Who We Are
Cari L. Sans, M.A.,
LMFT, Counseling Corner for Marriage and
Family Therapy, P.C. founder and director,
is a New York State licensed marriage and
family therapist. She holds a master’s
degree in marriage and family therapy from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York,
and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from
the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte. Cari is also certified in Human
Interaction Technology, a neuro-linguistic
programming coaching certification.
Cari opened her private practice in 2003
while also working in a non-profit agency
providing her services to clients with
substance abuse and criminal issues. She was
dedicated to not only seeing services
provided in the public sector but also the
private, where she found there were many
people who wanted a safe place to come with
their partners/spouse and family that was
confidential. Since 2005 she has solely
focused on her private practice and has
recruited other therapists to join her team.
Cari has worked within the social
service/mental health arena since 1995 in various roles. She has experience
working with couples, families and
individuals providing psychotherapy both
within non-profit agency settings and
private practice . She
has provided groups dealing with issues of
weight loss, anger management, couple
enhancement, parenting, and substance abuse. Cari has also presented workshops on anger
management, families and chronic Illness,
parenting during divorce, and eating
extremes. In her career, Cari has worked
with children, adolescents and their
families both in residential treatment and
early childhood programs. Additionally, she
has worked with adults in correctional and
substance abuse treatment.
Cari is a clinical member of the American
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
(AAMFT) and the Long Island and Metro New
York chapters of the organization. She is an
AAMFT approved supervisor, a member of the
New York State Board for Mental Health
Practitioners, and a trained Parenting
Journey© and PEACE facilitator. Cari is also
currently a candidate to become a certified
alcohol and substance abuse counselor (CASAC).
She has lectured at City University of New
York’s Hunter College School of Education
and has been called upon as a relationship
expert for local media outlets including the
Long Island Press, Metro New York, BronxNet
as well as a documentary about families
filmed for the Korean Broadcasting System.
Shari D.
Siegel, MA, CFT, LMFT is a Licensed
Marriage and Family Therapist in the state
of New York. She has earned her Bachelor of
Arts degree in psychology from the State
University College at Oneonta, New York, and
a Master of Arts degree in marriage and
family therapy from Hofstra University, New
York (Magna Cum Laude).
Shari is a Certified Family Therapist, a
Clinical Member of the American Association
of Marriage and Family Therapy as well as a
member of the New York Association of
Marriage and Family Therapy (Long Island
Chapter). She has been working extensively
with couples, families and individuals for
the past eight years. She has owned
and operated a private practice for
psychotherapy for the past 3.5 years, and
has also worked in consultation with
various practices/agencies over the years.
Shari has experience working with
individuals, couples, and families who have
presented with difficulties in setting or
reaching goals, getting into a routine, time
management, becoming clutter-free, feelings
of stress, self-esteem issues, communication
difficulties (in any of their
relationships), identifying triggers or
repetitive patterns as to heal old hurts and
get their needs met, roles, rules, and
expectations of self and partner, division
of tasks, dual-career management,
relationship enhancement, positive
discipline/parenting issues, sibling
rivalries, lack of structure within the
family, parents of children of divorce
(effects on children, telling your children,
parenting roles) and many more. Shari works
from a strength-based approach incorporating
solution-focused and Imago therapy
principles. She has also run groups and
workshops on the above listed topics in the
community.
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