About UsAbout Balance Therapy Center
A practice built on understanding, emotional safety, and meaningful connection.
At Balance Therapy Center, we believe healthy relationships are built through understanding, emotional safety, and meaningful connection.
Our practice specializes in helping couples, co-parents, individuals, and families navigate life's most challenging transitions and relationship struggles. Whether you're facing communication breakdowns, recovering from betrayal, navigating separation, or trying to reconnect with someone you love, our goal is to help you move from conflict and disconnection toward clarity and healing.
Meet the TeamTwo therapists, one shared commitment
LMFTDebbie Rasmussen
Debbie Rasmussen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with advanced training in relationship-focused therapy. Her work centers on helping couples and co-parents break free from destructive communication patterns and develop stronger, more secure connections.
Debbie has completed Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 3 Training and has advanced training in both PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
Areas of specialization
Couples in conflict
Attachment injuries
Family reunification
Communication challenges
Co-parenting support
Grief recovery
Emotional disconnection
Debbie helps clients understand not only what is happening in their relationships, but why those patterns continue and how to create lasting change.
LMFTGwen Smithson
Gwen Smithson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with couples and individuals experiencing significant life transitions.
Her compassionate and collaborative approach helps clients navigate difficult seasons while building resilience, self-understanding, and hope.
Specialties
Life transitions
Relationship challenges
Anxiety and stress
Divorce and separation
Personal growth and healing
Grief and loss
"Together, Debbie and Gwen provide a warm, supportive environment where clients feel understood, challenged, and empowered to create meaningful change."
Let's TalkFind the right fit for your needs
We'll help determine which therapist and services may best fit you.