Counseling
Why choose counseling?
People come into counseling for many reasons. Some need to respond to unexpected changes in their lives, while others seek self-exploration and personal growth.
It's normal to have difficulties
Some difficulties and challenges are a natural part of life and are vital to our growth and development. People seeking therapy are willing to take responsibility for their actions, work towards self-change and create greater awareness in their lives.
A push in the right direction
A number of benefits are available from participating in counseling. Often it is helpful just to know that someone understands. Therapy can provide a fresh perspective on a difficult problem or point you in the direction of a solution.
Make the most of life while moving
forward in your career
Don't turn down opportunities just because you are afraid and uncertain of your true potential.
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Achieve your goals
A career transition can be stressful, long and often frightening. Together we will identify what cycle of transition you are in now and your emotions, and how they connect to success and your life goals.
Solution Focused Therapy
Solution-focused therapy, sometimes called "brief therapy," focuses on what clients would like to achieve through therapy rather than on their troubles or mental health issues. The therapist will help the client envision a desirable future, and then map out the small and large changes necessary for the client to undergo to realize their vision. The therapist will seize on any successes the client experiences, to encourage them to build on their strengths rather than dwell on their problems or limitations.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive-behavioral therapy stresses the role of thinking in how we feel and what we do. It is based on the belief that thoughts, rather than people or events, cause our negative feelings. The therapist assists the client in identifying, testing the reality of, and correcting dysfunctional beliefs underlying his or her thinking. The therapist then helps the client modify those thoughts and the behaviors that flow from them. CBT is a structured collaboration between therapist and client and often calls for homework assignments. CBT has been clinically proven to help clients in a relatively short amount of time with a wide range of disorders, including depression and anxiety.
Family Systems Therapy
Family Systems therapists view problems within the family as the result not of particular members' behaviors, but of the family's group dynamic. The family is seen as a complex system having its own language, roles, rules, beliefs, needs and patterns. The therapist helps each individual member understand how their childhood family operated, their role in that system, and how that experience has shaped their role in the current personal, professional, family relationships.