Dr. Gina LaFrazza, Lepage Associates
(Gina LaFrazza)
Office Address:
5842 Fayetteville Road Suite 106Durham NC 27713
Durham, NC
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):
Dr. LaFrazza has a Doctorate and Masters in Clinical Psychology. Lepage Associates is a full service practice 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.
Insurance Accepted:
All services are insurance reimbursable.
Areas of Expertise:
Therapy for all ages. Psychological, educational, and forensic evaluations for all ages.
Background Information:
Dr. LaFrazza believes that couples therapy allows two individuals who may be experiencing life from two very different perspectives to gain and/or regain a greater sense of empathy, compassion, and respect for one another. Dr. LaFrazza facilitates couples in becoming more skilled at making clear and precise requests, clearly expressing needs and feelings, and increasing each partner’s ability to not only listen, but actually hear the other. Her approach to couples therapy is dynamic, interactional, and problem-solving based. Dr. LaFrazza is able to identify patterns that often times have gone unnoticed despite causing much distress in the relationship. After identifying these patterns, she then guides couples through exercises meant to strengthen their own abilities to notice these patterns, and subsequently, replace them with healthier and more functional methods of communication. Dr. LaFrazza also has experience working with couples in specific areas such as transitioning to parenthood and increasing sexual and emotional intimacy. In addition, as a former competitive athlete she is also a sport psychologist and understands the unique stressors being an athlete brings to a marriage, or similarly the unique stressors any position with intense performance requirements can bring to a marriage.
