FAQ's

1. Why would I attend group counseling?
2. What is the difference between therapy and counseling?
3. What is bibliotherapy?
4. How does counseling work?
5. What kind of counseling do you offer?
6. What is offerred for individual counseling?
7. What is couples counseling?
8. What is group counseling?

Why would I attend group counseling?

Groups allow you to be less isolated as you work on your issues and helps you to realize you're not alone in your struggles. Especially for children, who tend to learn well from the peers, the notion of multiple perspectives on issues and how you are seen by others is very helpful.

Groups provide a safe environment in which you can experiment with new behaviors, improve communication skills, and receive feedback from others with similar concerns and interests.

What is the difference between therapy and counseling?

Each state has different requirements for licensing and there are many kinds of assistance available. Some licenses contain the word "therapist," some use "counselor," and others do not have either of those words. Some view "counseling" as a limited, direction-oriented, problem solving approach, while "therapy" works more in depth understanding of what is underlies behavior. However, it might often be difficult to distinguish between counseling and therapy. The theoretical orientation behind each therapist's work guide that person's style of assistance and is more dependent upon the person than her title.

What is bibliotherapy?

The idea of healing through books is not a new one--it can be traced far back in history. Bibliotherapy can be defined as the use of books to help people solve problems. A more precise definition is that bibliotherapy is a tool for structuring interaction between a therapist and a client based on mutual sharing of literature.

Bibliotherapeutic intervention may be utilized for many reasons to: (1) develop an individual's self-concept; (2) increase an understanding of human behavior or motivation; (3) foster an honest self-appraisal; (4) provide a way for a person to find interests outside of self; (5) relieve emotional or mental pressure; (6) to show an individual that he or she is not alone with such a problem; (7) show an individual there is more than one solution to a problem; (8) help discuss a problem more freely; and (9) help plan a constructive plan of action to solve a problem.

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How does counseling work?

Counseling works by giving you the chance to be heard. Your counselor will give you all the time you need to talk, sob, shout or just think. It's an opportunity to look at the problem in a different way with someone who'll respect and encourage your opinions and decisions.

In an article published by Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, clients of marriage and family counselors reported on their experience with counseling. The findings indicated that marriage and family counselors treated a wide range of issues in relatively short-term fashion and client satisfaction and functional improvement are quite high.

For many, the solution is right under their noses - it just takes someone objective to help see what it is.

It's difficult to measure how effective counseling is, but it's a service that's rapidly growing as more and more people discover the benefits. If you haven't considered counseling before, and you feel life’s problems are having an impact on you, your relationships and on important parts of your life, you might consider counseling to learn how to handle it better.

What kind of counseling do you offer?

Counseling is provided for individuals in a setting that is comfortable. Choose from group, family, couples, and individual psychotherapy sessions to suit your personal needs. Some of the therapy services provided include:

• Coping with Depression and Anxiety
• Personal Growth
• Creating Functional Relationships
• Eating Disorders and Food Issues
• Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Adolescent and Parenting Issues
• Blended Families’ Concerns
• Cultural and Multicultural Identity Issues

Learning to achieve a balanced life and to accept who you are is possible through proactive counseling services. With the assistance of a highly qualified therapist, you too can finally overcome your challenges and start to set and attain goals in your life. Create personal growth through individual, group, family and couples therapy.

Individual Counseling

Coping with Depression and Anxiety Personal Growth Creating Functional Relationships Eating Disorders and Food Issues Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Adolescent and Parenting Issues Blended Families’ Concerns Cultural and Multicultural Identity Issues

What is Couples Counseling?

Why is it so many people, want and need to be close to someone, but end up divorced, filled with anger and disappointment? Many who are in long-term relationships attempt to achieve a strong, enduring bond based primarily on emotions. In most relationships the love and acceptance continue as long as the other person is meeting a certain level of expectation. If the feelings are warm, both can enjoy one another's company, overlook a partner's troubling or annoying traits, communicate adequately, and still express affection.

But when the feelings cool, one or both find no reserves or capability to love an obviously “imperfect person.” Now needs are not met, which causes hurt, which promotes defensiveness, which reduces positive communication, which heightens misunderstanding, which provokes conflict, which fuels anger and bitterness. If forgiveness and reconciliation do not break this spiral, the ability to love one another is difficult.

This pattern in nearly all relationships may be avoided awhile as long as the tough issues that provoke selfishness do not exist or are obscured. But sooner or later reality hits. In spite of a couple's best intentions, two independent people cannot both have all of their needs met all of the time.

What is Group Counseling?

Groups allow you to be less isolated as you work on your issues and helps you to realize you're not alone in your struggles. Especially for children, who tend to learn well from the peers, the notion of multiple perspectives on issues and how you are seen by others is very helpful.