Short Term, Effective Help

Everyone wants to be happy and to live a good life. Sometimes, in order to do that, it becomes necessary to seek out professional help. 

Counseling is a gift you give to yourself. It is an opportunity to work with me, a professional in practice for over 30 years, who is trained to listen, to guide and gently support your personal growth. Together we take a look at your life, your behavior, your patterns and the choices you are making. Your decision to be in counseling will lead to healthy, positive changes. You begin to become much more aware and live your life with more purpose and more enthusiasm. There is often a shift in your perceptions and this is reflected in all your relationships. You feel better about yourself, more powerful, more balanced. You begin to feel in control of your life and of your self. You get yourself back again...and begin to really know and value yourself. Good things begin to happen because you are on the path that was waiting for you to be on all along. 

Short term therapy is solution focused which means you can expect to feel relief and a sense of hopefulness after the first session. Sometimes you have a goal to reach or a problem to solve. I am very actively involved in partnering with you to help you reach your goals and lend you support and understanding.  A longer comittment to therapy will give you the opportunity to know yourself better, listen to and integrate your dreams and feel the energy and joy to work on creatve projects or new adventures. Either short or longer term counseling will always support your true potential and help you lead a more productive, purposeful, and powerful life.  

Relationship counseling is a very special interest of mine and one which I  practice with couples, families or any relationship that needs attention to "get back on track'.  I help with communication issues and offer tools to help make relationships more successful: Problems arise in relationship when needs are not being met and in relationship counseling there is every opportunity to clarify those needs and ask to be heard. If a relationship is to work, needs must be met and honored. I work on strengthening relationships by creating an environment of trust and respect where feelings can be safely expressed, understood and supported. Special attention is paid to men's concerns since they often have not found a person who will help them own and express their feelings. Once they can truly know what they are feeling and how to express feelings there is great opportunity for growth and understanding. 

Sometimes relationships have to end and I provide the space and a safe environment to explore the options that lead to an amicable ending.  My hope is to have my clients terminate their relationship in a kind and caring manner especially if there are children, This leads to a better partnership for raising the children and a better feelings about yourself and your partner when  there is integrity within the closure.  

I have been married for 40 years and value the opportunity to help clients keep their love alive. I work to repair, restore and revitalize relationships. Often relationships in transition need attention; a new move, children leave home, retirement, onset of illness - these are stressors that can greatly benefit from short term counseling. Sometimes long term relationships can use a boost, a check up to determine if we are being good partners for one another. This inquiry can be fun and enlightening and often brings new energy into the relationship. I also offer pre-marital counseling with the intention of giving couples communication tools, whereby they achieve greater understanding of one another They learn to appreciate healthy discussion, active listening and the sharing of goals for a long term committment.  

Family counseling is also available for those  families who are having difficulty with one another and therefore not finding harmony in the home. Blended families often need some guidance in order to get over the challenges that they face. My intention is to value family life and help make it pleasurable to all family members through good communication and active loving involvement. I hope that you will call me for an appointment and the opportunity to help you live a wonderful, successful, happy life.