Individual Counseling

This type of care and connection is one on one counseling with focus on improving different facets of one's life or all of ones life. Many people first come to counseling with a symptom or symptoms that they want to work on. The degree to which change is found in a counseling setting varies on the strength of the person to accept the change, make choices that are effective in choosing different thoughts, emotions and behaviors and taking the one by one steps to overcome various types of concerns. Intensity of the work varies, but you are the best person to know what level you want for yourself. These sessions usually run on a weekly basis for a minimum of 5-6 sessions before progress is seen. Click HERE for more.

Trauma care

Individuals that have been under a lot of stress or experienced unexpected pain may have trauma in their current or past history. This could be connected to something really new happening or something really old in the past reoccurring in their mind. Frequently there is not a knowledge of how to cope with the thought and it bothers so much that it exacerbates the symptoms of depression, sleeplessness, and anxiety already present. Flooding the system like this ends up causing health problems and at worst case altercations with strangers or people that you love. Often a way of coping would be to use high doses of medications to relieve the symptoms and this type of individual is familiar with seeing a medical doctor for such help. I think medications are essential at times for creating a way to function and live, but addressing the emotions and behavior in therapy will also cause increases in function. Having specialized in high level chronic illness care, substance abuse treatment, and tools to treat trauma and disordered states, I have knowledge of how to treat trauma patients or refer to higher levels of care. Please come see me as soon as you can to work on finding some relief. Click HERE for more.

Depression

A basic view of depression would indicate that it has to have been present for a good amount of time, created new patterns of thinking, and caused pain or hardship with relationships, work, or basic self care. Frequently the latter is when you discover the patterns that are driving it and want to come to a professional to seek change. Regular treatment of depression through therapy is also something that is good to maintain. Going to sessions on a regular basis helps you and the therapist evaluate how you are coping or functioning. Good prevention keeps one from falling back to old habits or helping see signs that depression is getting worse. Suicidal depression is not something to play or put off. Playing a joke and saying you are thinking about ending your life is still a cause for concern because thoughts have the ability to lead to action. Come in for an evaluation and see what you can do to be kind to yourself. These sessions usually run anywhere from weekly sessions that are accomplished over 1 month to a year at times. Click HERE for more.

Obsessive Compulsive

If you think you are going to lose your job every day you go to work, if you are concerned about what people think about you or if they are judging you, or if you are noticing you can't avoid a certain thought or behavior and you impulsively choose to follow through with it regardless of the repetition or consequence, and you think this is a really long sentence and you think I need some punctuation and to stop writing... come and see me and count the door knobs on the way here to make sure you can return to where you started. Frequently these session might include in session work or homework to increase skills. Preparing to face things you might not enjoy could be part of this work to increase tolerance. Sessions usually take various lengths to complete the goals. Click HERE for more.
 

Substance abuse

Walking with through life with a person fighting substance abuse is something I have done frequently and I know that I can only walk or run when they want me to be a partner in the fight to not use what they crave. If you are in need of these type of services or help, please come and get ready for homework and admitting that there are a lot of underlying causes that are present in your life. The time spent here will not go without growth and rewiring the brain is something that I am passionate about and want to do with utmost care and integrity. Amount of time working for sobriety is up to the client, but the longer the better. Statistical results indicate healing comes with time in this area of treatment. Click HERE for more.

Anxiety

Did the garage door go down when you left? Did you see what was around the corner? or are you afraid of what is around the corner? What if it is something that you can't possibly think about facing because it just can't possibly be real or happen? Well asking the what if questions and worrying about whether or not your parents or children have been in an accident in the last five minutes are well known things that people with anxiety deal with daily. Deeper forms of anxiety frequently need medication assistance. I think this is something good for the person who is coping. Medication will create a way for a skilled therapist to move a person past the true underlying fear. Medication also causes one to be temporarily free of symptoms to focus and create a healthier existence while in therapy. Anxiety tends to be an indicator of deeper concerns. When connecting further underneath the surface with a skilled clinician, other concerns pop up. Click HERE for more.