Positive Family Dynamics

Specialties

individual and family counseling, couples counseling, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, divorce, parenting

History

Established in 1994.

Positive Family Dynamics was founded in 1994 by Dr. Alice Vlietstra, Ph.D. She received her Ph.D. in human development and psychology from the University of Kansas, and served on the faculty of the University of Missouri-​St. Louis. She has published a number of articles on human development. In addition to counseling work, she is trained in coaching in Positive Psychology and relationship programs.

Meet the Business Owner

Dr. Alice V.

Business Owner

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Alice Vlietstra, Ph.D. is a Missouri licensed psychologist as well as a licensed marriage and family therapist. She has been counseling and working in preventive mental health with area physicians, schools and churches over 25 years. She has consulted on legal cases as well.

During her practice and work as an expert witness for various legal cases of families of divorce, she became increasingly aware of the fragmenting impact of a negative past on relationships and families. This pain fueled her mission to develop faster and more effective techniques for releasing the negative dynamics that so damage our relationships.

Today, her state of the art counseling and dynamic coaching focus on the positive. This enables her to help individuals and families identify their strengths and create transforming change. In addition to counseling work, she is trained in coaching with the Relationship Institute, in Positive Psychology, «Conscious Uncoupling» and «Calling in the One.