Individual and Group Counseling
Quality of life often requires that we dig deep and resolve issues that may be more foundational or related to traumas and dramas over which we had little or no control. Our clinicians can help you to address and resolve these issues. Additionally, research suggests that healing from trauma may actually be easier and quicker when you work with others who have been through what you’ve experienced. If you would like to heal with those who really “get” you, we’re here to support you.
We all go through things, sometimes painful experiences happen early in life, sometimes things occur later. But, no matter when those things take place, they can leave a mark.
When we endure hardships or traumas, we may try to just shove the memories aside. We may try to swallow them, or numb them, but at the end of the day, the memories and their after effects just root deeper and deeper, waiting for the opportunity to be acknowledged.
When we wait, that scar tissue just gets tougher, and recovering from those painful experiences may take more time. When we respond to traumatic events quickly, resolution follows more rapidly.
“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We like to believe that LOVE is the answer. We invest millions of dollars per year in the fantasy that if we love a partner enough, that person will be and do everything that we expect and desire. Most of us truly believe that love will carry any relationship through whatever obstacles come our way.
Unfortunately, that’s all it is: a fantasy. Healthy relationships require work every day. And, in order to feel motivated to do that kind of daily work on ourselves and in the relationship, we must achieve and maintain unwavering faith and commitment to one another.
Relationship coaching and counseling can provide a nurturing and objective environment to review the current structure and function of your relationship. Together, we can determine the health of your relational foundation, and revise anything that doesn’t support health and happiness together. Whether you’ve been together for a few months, a few years, a few decades or more, relationship coaching and counseling can enable you to enhance what you have together.
Very few of us relish the thought of sharing our deep dark secrets or dirty laundry with anyone, much less a group of other people!
But, research shows that when people join together to support one another, especially around a common topic, folks get better FASTER.
Group therapy can be a way to eliminate stigma, bond with others who “speak your language” and to give and receive support without judgment.
Dig deep. Let all the nonsense go. Embrace who you are. Share it with others.
Just because you see a therapist doesn’t mean you’re crazy.
Depression strikes more than 21 million people per year in the United States and has been on the rise since the start of the pandemic. And even as common as that may be, most folks suffering from depression feel isolated and alone. Mood disorders include Depression, Anxiety, and the Bi-Polar Disorders. These are likely the most common symptoms reported, though there are dozens more diagnoses that can be challenging as well.
For some, the solution to these mood fluctuations and disorders is medication. For others, psychotherapy and other forms of Integrative Medicine can be equally, if not more, helpful with the symptoms of depression.
Consultation provides a wonderful opportunity to evaluate your symptoms and to make a reasonable, informed decision about the best way to manage your mood.