The benefits of counseling can far outweigh any discomfort encountered during the process.
Remember: Counseling does take work both in and out of sessions to be effective.
The benefits of counseling can far outweigh any discomfort encountered during the process.
Remember: Counseling does take work both in and out of sessions to be effective.
Individual therapy provides individuals the opportunity to confidentially talk through problems or situations with a trained professional that has an unbiased opinion. It is effective treatment for many types of mental, emotional, and behavioral issues. It can also help people who are facing difficult life situations or would like to develop healthier, more functional personal habits.
Therapy does not necessarily make problems disappear, but it equips individuals with the tools needed to cope with them more appropriately.
It focuses on inspiring change and improving the quality of life for people who may be experiencing any one of these common issues (but not limited to):
While working on moving forward, here are some of the areas you might work on:
It is estimated that nearly half of all married couples get divorced and about one in five marriages experience distress at some time.
Relationships can get strained resulting in a failure to function optimally which ends up producing self-reinforcing, maladaptive patterns. Couples counseling attempts to improve the relationship and resolve interpersonal conflicts.
The basic principles for couples counseling includes:
Child and adolescent counseling offers invaluable insight into your child’s mental health, along with their social and emotional development.
Counselors have the knowledge and expertise to recognize, identify, assess, diagnose, and treat a wide range of mental health conditions, adjustment issues (divorce, new school, bullying, grief, etc.), and psychological distress.
More specifically, counselors can work with children and adolescents to help them make sense of what is going on in their minds, bodies, and lives, in a way they can understand. Talking to a counselor can be beneficial for coping with these changes and dealing with confusing situations and feelings.
Counseling aims to help children and adolescents (but not limited to):
Treatment approach most likely will include:
Family therapy focuses on your own thoughts, emotions, and behaviors while understanding that others have their own too.
The counselor is there to:
It’s about developing knowledge as to how it all impacts each other and the relationship. To work as a team, not against each other.
Substance abuse is the repeated harmful use of any substance, including drugs (legal or prescription), alcohol, or substances that aren’t even classified as drugs for mood-altering purposes.
Abuse occurs when you aren’t using the substance the way it was intended/recommended or you are using more than was prescribed. This use causes significant impairment in various aspects of your life.
In counseling the underlying causes of addiction would be addressed because just removing the drug does not instill understanding in order for one to move forward. After one hasn’t been using and been sober, counseling would be aimed at rebuilding their life. It looks at solving the problem that made the substance so attractive in the first place. It would focus on education, prevention, and recovery such as:
Kids who need the most will ask for it in the most unloving ways. At times, this is hard to understand because as a parent your own emotions could get in the way. Unfortunately, there is no book that walks parents through their own emotions, emotional regulation, or how to separate your emotions from your child’s during a difficult time.
This is where counseling with a focus on parenting could be useful. Parents become equipped to take care of their family by understanding and identifying their needs, along with every individual in the family. It aims at providing tools, guidance, and support to parents in an unbiased, healthy manner without them having to worry about being judged.
Some benefits:
The stress of combat can persist during and long after one’s duty has ended. These emotions affect the veteran and their loved ones.
Due to the traumatic environment in which active military serve, veterans are at a significantly higher risk for developing certain mental health concerns such as posttraumatic stress (PTSD), depression, anxiety, traumatic brain injury (TBI), substance abuse, suicidal ideation, and anger management.
Factors such as the following can contribute to all the above conditions:
Mental health professionals who work with veterans will assess each person individually and take all symptoms and life experiences into consideration before starting treatment. Just because a person serves in the military doesn’t necessarily mean that is the cause of their struggles. A mental health condition may have no relation to the time in the military.
Counseling for the family members
Military life and deployment can take a toll on each member in the family. The need to adjust may lead to increased tension between family members.
Reiki is a Japanese form of energy healing which is used to reduce stress and induce relaxation. The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words Rei which means “God’s Wisdom or the Higher Power” and Ki which is “life force energy”. So, Reiki is actually “spiritually guided life force energy.”
Reiki is administered by the practitioner gently laying hands above you and channeling the energy. It is based on the idea that the unseen “life force energy” flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If your “life force energy” is low, then you are more likely to get sick or feel stress. If our “life force energy” is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.
Reiki is simple, natural, and safe method for healing and self-improvement. It has been shown to be effective in helping virtually every known illness and works in conjunction with other medical or therapeutic treatments.
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Cost:
30 minute session $85
60 minutes session $125
Groups (Support/Skill Building/Therapy) provide an opportunity for people to come together to share experiences, develop necessary skills, learn coping mechanisms, be educated on relevant topics, and discuss common presenting problems.
Group members can:
Group leaders can: