Counseling Services
I serve individuals (adults and children), Couples, Families and Groups who are dealing with
the following types of concerns:
Facing Depression
- Feeling a sense of hopelessness
- Feeling very sad - crying a lot
- Feeling very tired physically and emotionally
- Experiencing changes in sleeping and eating patterns
- Having suicidal thoughts
Coping with Anxiety and Stress
- Experiencing excessive worry
- Having physical symptoms, e.g., sleep disturbance, fatigue, racing heart, etc.
- Having panic attacks
- Experiencing stress related illness
- Obsessing on negative and unempowering thoughts
Dealing With Traumatic Life Events Including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Seeking to recover from physical, emotional, verbal, mental or sexual abuse
- Dealing with oppressive situations, people, and relationships
- Coping with traumatic loss, illness, or death
- Having distressing flashbacks/dreams
- Feeling a loss of interest in life
- Avoiding thoughts, activities, places, or people who remind you of the trauma
- Experiencing physical symptoms, i.e., difficulties with sleep, eating, inability to concentrate
- Feeling sadness, anger, shame, guilt, or sense of low self-esteem
Working on Relationship Issues
- Desiring more healthy and intimate relationships
- Dealing with family of origin issues
- Dealing with current family/couples issues
- Dealing with workplace or school issues
- Having difficulty with communication, trust, and processing painful experiences
- Having difficulty with differences
Dealing With Life Transitions
- Moving to a new location
- Mid life
- Empty nest
- Separation
- Divorce
- Career/job change (forced or desired)
- Retirement
- Aging
- Life Review
- Illness: Chronic and/or Life-Threatening (personal/family/friend)
- Death of a loved one – anticipation of one's own death
Transitions create the need to
deal with change and cope with an array of feelings that can include
sadness, confusion, depression, anxiety, anger and/or grief.
Transitions call upon us to make adjustments, and be open to
discovering new possibilities for growth and living fully.
Helping Children to Deal With
- Family Issues
- Divorce
- Loss of a family member
- School adjustment
- Bullying
- Sense of self
- Trauma