At Summit Family Therapy, we provide professional counseling services for individuals, couples, and families in Peoria, Illinois. Our married co-founders, Drs. Ryan Stivers and Courtney Stivers, have the experience and expertise to help you achieve your goals. Both are Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and have PhDs in Marriage and Family Therapy from The University of Louisiana at Monroe. As Assistant Professors, they also teach graduate level counseling courses to help shape the next generation of therapists. Counseling is typically brief, solution-oriented, goal specific, and designed with the "end in mind." Sessions are confidential and tailored to your specific needs.Research demonstrates that clients are highly satisfied with services of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT, 2016). Clients reported improvement in areas such as work productivity, co-worker relationships, family relationships, partner relationships, emotional health, overall health, social life, and community involvement.In a recent study, consumers shared that marriage and family therapists are the mental health professionals they would most likely recommend to friends (AAMFT, 2016). Over 98% of clients of marriage and family therapists report therapy services as good or excellent. Today 50,000+ marriage and family therapists treat individuals, couples, and families nationwide.