Individual Counseling
How does Individual Counseling work?
When people are troubled with painful life situations, Individual Counseling can be a way to make significant changes.
Often, people are in pain because of "baggage" from the past. They wish to discuss these experiences with a caring therapist without the involvement of other family members-- and without burdening them.
Individual Counseling allows this flexibility. More importantly, Individual Counseling is an opportunity to be really listened to and understood.
How long does Individual Counseling take?
Our approach is a solution oriented approach. We take your past history into account, but that does not mean we focus only on the past. Your background, however, may shed light on current feelings, opinions, reactions, preferences, fears, and so on.
Understanding of the past may give empowerment to the present.
Getting out of pain now is always the main focus of solution oriented therapy, so it is usually brief. Some people may need only one session; others, more, but you are always in charge of deciding how many sessions you want. Individual Counseling.
What about goals?
Your job is to decide what is not working and how you wish it was. Sometimes when people are really hurting--that is about all they can decide. Your Counselor's job is to help you turn those wishes into small, do-able goals. The "art" of counseling is to notice themes and patterns, see things from a slightly different angle, and remember seemingly unrelated events that may be important.
We have counselors who specialize in:
- depression and or/anxiety
- making important decisions
- eating disorders
- alcohol and substance dependency
- separation and divorce
- re-marriage issues/blended family issues
- grief and loss
- post abortion issues
- loneliness
- feeling overwhelmed
- parenting issues
- feelings of hopelessness
- adult children issues
- empty nest syndrome
- stressed out families
- panic attacks
- agoraphobia
- stress
- adoption issues
- physical illness and pain
- caring for an older parent
- anger management
- men's issues
- internet addiction
- pornography addiction
- feelings of inadequacy
- job loss
- financial stress
- communication skills
- in-law issues
- sexual issues
- different spiritual inclinations