Dr. Tina Lepage, Lepage Associates

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Directions to Office:

From I-40, take exit 276 and turn onto Fayetteville Road away from Southpoint Mall (so go right off 40 coming from Raleigh/Cary, go left off 40 coming from Chapel Hill); go about ½ mile and you will see Sutton Station on the left; turn in on Geneva Drive and drive around back. Our suite is one of the four corners near the fountain in the middle of the campus. Our website has a map of our placement on the campus.

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Degree(s):

Doctorate, Clinical Psychology Two Master's, Clinical Psychology and Management Bachelor of Science, Family Relationships & Child Development

Insurance Accepted:

All services are insurance reimbursable.

Areas of Expertise:

Relationships, Couples, Families, Parenting. Primary area of expertise is in the broad arena of relationships, to include the most often seen and more rare couple's and relationship issues (for example, communication problems, fighting, parenting issues, lack of romance, boredom, infidelity, pornography addiction, gambling, etc.). Lepage Associates is a services center staffed with psychologists who all specialize in couple's and family relationships, with a variety of sub-specialties, to meet the unique needs of all couples and families who seek services. Please visit our website for more information.

Professional Organizations/Affiliations:

North Carolina Psychological Association (NCPA), NCPA Division of Independent Professional Practice (DIPP), International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP), Association of Family & Conciliation Courts (AFCC), and The Chapel Hill Women's Center

Background Information:

Couples counseling/marriage therapy has been a primary specialty area for Dr. Lepage, and remains one of her favorite things to do. She has worked with young couples in their teens, early married couples, mid life couples with and without children, and retired couples in their 70s. Her approach to couple's therapy is active, interactional, and problem-solving based while also being realistic and grounded in empathy. Using an active style, she listens intently to the communication content and patterns, and intervenes to help couples become aware of their unhealthy patterns and learn new ones. Building on this she uses an in-session interactional approach, prompting and guiding couples though difficult conversations and the practice of new skills. A scientific trial-and-error tact is taken to potential solutions, as ideas developed in-session are assigned for use between sessions to best determine what is effective for each unique couple. Having done couple's counseling and marriage therapy for many years, Dr. Lepage understands and is empathetic to both male and female perspectives, and works to develop empathy between the couple, as well as realistic expectations of self and others. Lastly she aims to help each person regain a sense of contentment and happiness with self, the relationship, and life in general. At Lepage Associates, as a senior clinician in couple's work, Dr. Lepage provides peer supervision to the other psychologists, and often even when working more directly with another clinician (all skilled at couple's work in their own right!), you will also have Dr. Lepage's mind on your case as well.