Page J. Littlewood is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and CPA working with families, couples, individuals and small businesses. Page has over twenty five years experience in the arena of business consulting and team building and now pursues her passion of supporting families and relationships at Satir Systems. Her work is relationship focused working under the assumption that in our relationships, we find meaning in our lives, and in the lack of fulfilling relationships, our heartache is born. She believes that in the business of going about our lives, our relationships depict our life’s work, if not purpose.
Her training includes a concentration in Medical Family Therapy. She has experience using the Satir Model with chronic illness in the context of pancreatic cancer at Duke University Medical Center with clients, families and clinicians.
She is currently studying Emotionally Focused Therapy and its combination with the Satir Model. Emotionally Focused Therapy emphasizes the role of emotions and their interpersonal impact in recreating the supportive bonds between individuals within the context of couples and families.
Page is an active member of the Board of Directors of the Satir Institute of the Southeast.
Specialties and Interest Areas:
• Medical Family Therapy: initiating and facilitating communication among providers and clients/families; developing a collaboratively driven comprehensive plan of treatment; supporting families through the change process; and promoting mind-body awareness. In addition, specific goals include helping clients, families, and providers cope with a chronic illness or disability, feel less conflicted about a medical regime, accept a medical problem/diagnosis, make lifestyle changes, and access all components of the healthcare/healing system to collaborate on care.
• Support Groups focusing on chronic illness, grief, caregiver and end of life issues
• Couples Therapy combining EFT and the Satir Model
• Supporting Families in Multicultural Contexts
• Supporting Relationships in the Context of Family Owned and Small Businesses
Experience:
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Satir Systems
• Board of Directors, Satir Institute of the Southeast
• Marriage & Family Therapy Intern, Family Therapy Clinic, East Carolina University
• Marriage & Family Therapy Intern, Duke Cancer Client Support Program, Duke University Medical Center
• Certified Public Accountant and Business Development Specialist, owned and managed practice providing team building, small business development, consulting and tax services; managed audit staff of large local firm; staff, international accounting firms
• Author of The Satir Model and Emotionally Focused Therapy: A Response to Lorrie Brubacher, The Satir Journal, Volume 3, Number 1, 2009, pp. 26-37(12)
Education:
• East Carolina University, Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy, Nu Iota chapter of Kappa Omicron Nu (KON, honor society member), Ursich Marriage and Family Therapy Scholarship recipient
• Rutgers University Graduate School of Management, Masters in Business Administration
• Rutgers University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
• Drew University, Semester at the United Nations