Marriage & Family Therapy – Life Worth Living Counseling
Bonnie Perkins, LMFT, LCAS, brings 25 years of clinical experience to Life Worth Living Counseling, a therapy practice based in Blowing Rock, North Carolina 28605. Perkins holds dual licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist and as a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist. The practice provides individual and couples psychotherapy across a broad range of presenting concerns, serving clients from early adulthood through aging and retirement.
Therapeutic modalities used at the practice include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based therapy, with additional approaches incorporated based on the individual client’s needs, history, and goals. Specialty areas include anxiety, depression, grief and bereavement, social anxiety disorder, couples counseling, support for new mothers navigating postpartum transitions, and counseling for individuals on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum. Life Worth Living Counseling also addresses life transitions, family estrangement, and challenges related to addiction within the family system. Perkins notes a particular area of expertise in working with neurodivergent couples, including situations where one or both partners present with autism spectrum traits or ADHD.
Sessions are available through a hybrid model that includes both in-person appointments and virtual options, providing scheduling flexibility for clients in the Blowing Rock area as well as for those who prefer or require remote access to therapy services. The practice accepts insurance and also works with clients on a private-pay basis, offering flexibility around payment arrangements.
The mailing address for Life Worth Living Counseling is 867 Ski Acres Drive, Blowing Rock, NC 28605. Prospective clients may reach the practice by phone at (828) 372-2434 or by submitting a consultation inquiry through the website contact form. Office hours are noted as available on request. The practice’s clinical depth across addiction, neurodivergence, grief, and postpartum concerns reflects Perkins’s broad licensure background and the range of populations the practice has served over more than two decades in the Blowing Rock, NC area.