ACBS LMIC International Conference November 2023

Nathaniel Chua, founder of One Life Only Counseling Services will be one of the keynote speakers in this upcoming virtual conference organized by the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) called LMIC (Low or Middle Income Countries) International Conference on November 17, 2023.

He will be speaking about Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT): An ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) Consistent Approach for Couples.

Click here to know more!

After the Affair: A First Aid Tool Kit for Recovering from Infidelity

Our very first international collaboration!

Jacob Martinez and I, Nathaniel Chua, have just created an online on-demand workshop for people who are recovering from an affair!

We know how difficult it is for any couple to start anew in their relationship after such a devastating revelation.

We also know how hard it is for some of you to take that step to getting couple therapy.

So here’s a resource for you to learn in the privacy of your home!

Here’s an introductory video featuring Jacob Martinez and Nathaniel Chua:

Click the link below to see how you can sign up for it and get access for one full year!

https://aftertheaffair.vhx.tv/?fbclid=IwAR3shgo21i4PMWMBDCq4CfLqk4z7FhxPDI6MdPciUr0rfRL2rWfYufyrz7w

Brief Therapy Packages for 2023!

At One Life Only, we always endeavor to help you find the kind of therapy that will be most helpful to our clients!

We believe that therapy should be brief (as possible) and effective in moving our clients’ lives in the direction that they want.

There are some of you who want to know what sort of packages we recommend for individual, couple, and family therapies!

Well, we are now publishing it here for your guidance in making a decision that can prove life-changing not just for you but even your loved ones!

The packages are now available in our FAQ pages, the general one and the one for personal inquiries.

Here is the update that we just introduced to these pages:

What are your suggested packages for individual, couple, and family therapy?

  • Here are our suggested packages for individual and couple therapy:
    • Individual: Six to Eight Sessions may be done weekly, biweekly, or monthly depending on your needs
    • Couple: Our package for couples therapy consists of four sessions.
      The first and the fourth sessions are conjoint, while the second and third sessions are individual sessions. The total amount of time for the four sessions is 300 minutes or 100 minutes each for the conjoint sessions and 50 minutes each for the individual sessions.
      We generally see significant improvements after four sessions for a majority of our clients.
      The four sessions can be done between one day to as long as your schedule permits.
      Follow up sessions if needed will be mostly conjoint at 75 minutes each.
      You may choose to schedule one session at a time and decide if you wish to continue anytime during your series of sessions.
    • We currently do not have a package for family therapy.

Note: You may still choose to schedule one session at a time and decide if you wish to continue anytime during your series of sessions.

One-Day Couple Counseling!

Are you having a marital or couple issue?

We know how busy you are and how it can be difficult to schedule a visit for both of you.

We are now offering a one day counseling session for couples!

This saves you time and travel costs!

Send us a message at +63 917 886 5433 today!

Or email us at info@onelifeonly.net

Here’s how it works:

Initial conjoint session (1 Hour 40 Minutes)

Two individual sessions (50 Minutes Each)

Conjoint feedback session (1 Hour 40 Minutes)

Optional follow up session (1 Hour 15 Minutes)

Reach us now!  Discounts available for this type of booking!

Meet Our Second One Life Only Consultant for Couples and Family Counseling!

Dr. Blake Evans, One Life Only Consultant for Couples and Family Counseling

During a workshop with Dr. Steven Hayes, I badgered him about what approach to use for couples therapy that is consistent with functional contextual principles.  One of them he mentioned was new to me and I haven’t tried before.  The approach is called Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT)!  With the kind heart of Dr. Andrew Christensen, one of the co-developers of IBCT, I was allowed to attend one of his workshops online.  He eventually referred me to Dr. Blake Evans, one of his certified IBCT therapists, to help me with developing my skills in IBCT.

It has been a rich experience consulting with Dr. Evans and I find so much joy working with him.

Here’s a short bio of Dr. Evans, our One Life Only Consultant for Couples and Family Therapy:

Dr. Blake Evans is a Staff Psychologist at a satellite clinic of the St. Cloud VA HealthCare System in Alexandria, Minnesota.  He obtained his doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, internship at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, and post-doctoral fellowship at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

He holds a collateral position as a national trainer/consultant for the VA Family Services Division OMHS-SP for Integrated Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) and was previously a trainer/consultant for Behavioral Family Therapy (BFT). 

His primary professional interests lie in the assessment and treatment of relationship difficulties as well as a variety of conditions including trauma-related disorders, affective and anxiety disorders, and personality disorders.  Dr. Evans’ interests also include training, consultation, and program design/improvement. 

His theoretical orientation is cognitive-behavioral, with an emphasis on contemporary behavioral approaches, including Integrated Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI).

Thank you Blake!  I have had so much enlightenment in our discussions.  I count it a privilege to have you part of this One Life Only team!

Nathan

We’re Back at our West Avenue Office!

Hello everyone!

We are very pleased to announce to you that we are back at our West Avenue office starting Wednesday, March 30, 2022! 

The address again is:

CMS Clinic

2nd Floor Back to the Bible Building

135 West Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines!

We can see there every Wednesdays between 10:00 am to 12:00 noon!

See you all there!

Get to know the difference in our approach to counseling…in 30 minutes!

I am quite sure that many of you think that all of the counseling practices being offered in the Philippines are just the same.  Pretty much about common sense advice to deal with your difficulties in the secret life you and I have in our minds.  You probably hear a lot of these in talk shows and see them online in your Google searches.  

I must admit that from 2009 up to 2019, my practice varied only slightly from what was and is still widely available in the Philippines, that of a syndromal and symptom-reduction approach to therapy.  

Since 2019 though, I have come across an approach that I believe jumps out as the most scientifically sound that I have ever experienced applying in my own life, as well as those that I have helped in the past two years or so!

In my zeal and excitement to share this with you, I am now offering a 30-minute session that is packed with enough information for you to see how this relatively new approach in the field of counseling and psychology works so well, and why it is now the most researched method in the world for the last 20 years! 

What you will be shown is what Dr. Kevin Polk calls the Psychological Flexibility Point of View, which can neatly sum up this approach to therapy in just 30 minutes!

Feel free to reach out to us and book yourself a quick 30-minute appointment that we are confident will change your life’s direction!  Yes, that’s all we ask!  Thirty minutes and you are free to decide if you wish to continue your work with us or not.

You can be an individual, a couple, or a family. Just take 30 minutes of your time and see if this is something that will explain best why you and I struggle within our mental worlds!

Call or message me now at 0917 886 LIFE (5433)!  I’d be more than excited to share my newfound knowledge with you, so you can start your journey towards creating that best version of you that you’ve always wanted!