Counseling

As your therapist our clinicians are trained to assist you in finding the direction you want to go in life, learning new skills to ground and thrive while learning about the values and beliefs you have so you can live a life that fulfills those beliefs and values. Sometimes we do things that are not in alignment with those beliefs and values and that can cause a disruption in positive feelings toward ourselves. Our goal is to peel back the layers and help you discover the person you want to be and learn to make a choice that is in alignment with those. And at the same time helps you learn to give yourself grace when falling back to old patterns of behavior. Check out the approaches our clinicians are trained in.

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Child Therapy: up to 8 years

While starting to working with your child, we will start by engaging in an assessment with the parents initially. This will allow us to take inventory of the concerns you have with your child’s behavior. After that, we will not just work with your child. Many of the children’s behaviors need to be mitigated through the relationship they have with their parents. We will require that the parents engage in learning new parenting strategies prior to engaging in therapy with your child. We can help with concerns related to child irritability/anger; refusal to follow directions; hitting; disrespectful language and behavior; overly emotional; inappropriate (over the top) temper tantrums; inability to sit still, focus, and concentrate, among others

Adolescents: 9 to 17

Depending on how the adolescent comes into counseling, we will engage in an intake starting with a meeting with both of you and then each individual to obtain a picture of the concerns. After that, we will engage with your adolescent and at the same time at (different times) we will require the parents to engage in learning the Nurtured Heart Approach to help mitigate the concerns while utilizing the parental relationship. This especially helps in mitigating behavioral concerns related to anger outbursts, anxiety, depression, difficulty concentrating, low self-esteem, trauma responses, lack of follow

Adult Counseling Services

There are a lot of symptoms individuals face when experiencing mental health challenges. You may not know that you have difficulty starting tasks because you have symptoms related to ADHD. You may not realize that you bite your nails because you are anxious or triggered by a traumatic event. You may not realize that the reason you are so tired is that you are severely depressed.

Our clinicians are trained to provide coping strategies to help decrease the symptoms while also helping to uncover the underlying concern. They will help you understand why you are experiencing your specific symptoms. Our staff will meet you with empathy and support from the moment you reach out.

Couples Counseling

Couples Therapy can be expansive and wonderful and lonely and disorientating and sometimes all these things at once. Couples come to therapy for several reasons and the hope is to get a better understanding of who the couple is by unpacking how they came to be. Some common reasons for a couple’s work are life transitions, work-life balance, failing to connect, infertility/IVF/adoption, parenting styles and differences, infidelity, contemplating long-term commitment, and orchestrating morals and values of self and then as the couple together.

Couples counseling while challenging can be useful in helping you identify what you are wanting and need within one of your primary relationships. It is beneficial in exploring the root causes of conflict between two people. To help the relationship heal and grow, it is imperative to focus on learning positive communication skills. It can be instrumental in facilitating mutual respect, consideration, and building trust. These skills can also be gained to help couples who are moving toward marriage to help strengthen the bond before making the commitments, used to help facilitate a positive divorce experience or gain trust and communication when wanting to transition to/from an open relationship/marriage.

Challenges Related To:

Premarital Counseling

Coparenting Before or After Divorce

Navigating or Engaging in Open Relationships/Marriage

Counseling Before Deciding to Divorce

Infidelity/Having an Affair

Gaining a Work/Life Balance

Making Time for Each Other

Build Open Communication

Emotional and/or Physical Intimacy

Navigating Differing Values/Beliefs/Personalities

Challenges that PTSD Brings to the Relationship

Feelings of Isolation

Not Feeling Appreciated

Not Connecting with Each Other

Misunderstanding Each Other

Family Counseling

At Positive Inner Self, we offer specialized Family Counseling services aimed at fortifying relationships, enhancing communication, and resolving conflicts within the family unit. We understand the complexities that families can face, and our dedicated professionals are committed to helping navigate these intricate dynamics. Whether addressing a specific crisis, long-standing discord, or simply aiming to deepen family connections, our inclusive and personalized approach focuses on creating an atmosphere of empathy and open communication. At Positive Inner Self, we believe in helping families thrive, because when families flourish, individuals do too.

Living in a family is not easy. So many parts that may or may not be aligned. Family counseling can help families recover from traumatic events, transitions in life (college, retirement, death in a family), divorce or separations, blending families, misaligned parenting practices, triggers from childhood events, illnesses, having emotional and/or challenging behaviors in children or partners, and differing communication styles. Family counseling can help bring family members to identify family goals and values as well as increase positive communication.