Individual Counseling

Life can be full of problems, stress, anxieties, difficult situations, or just feel empty sometimes. During individual counseling sessions, I can help you identify and understand your specific situation. Together, I will support you in finding the courage and motivation to address your situation and start moving forward in a positive direction. You can trust that I am a professional counselor who has an excellent education and many years of experience.

Where can individual counseling help? (See also Common Questions page)

• Personal growth and enrichment
• Motivation
• Self-determination
• Confidence
• Satisfying relationships
• Regulating moods, such as depression and anxiety.
• Dealing with loss and trauma

How does it work? (See also Common Questions page)

I help people to understand their feelings and needs. Working together, we develop the steps (sometimes baby steps!) and daily tools needed to stabilize emotions and initiate positive changes in your life. These are some of the ways we accomplish that:

• Discuss current problems or goals
• Recognize negative thought processes contributing to distress
• Identify triggers, stressors, and resulting emotions
• Describe early problem-solving skills
• Examine patterns of relating to others
• Develop goal-oriented strategies
• Assess personal resources
• Learn tools and techniques for changing old patterns of behavior and implementing decisions and positive life choices.