Why do individuals seek counseling?

People choose therapy to help them through major life transitions.

Some of the reasons for choosing counseling may be:

• Feeling stuck or trapped
• Inability or difficulty in trusting others
• Grief and loss
• Relationship/Intimacy difficulties
• Separation/Divorce
• Parenting challenges
• Job stress, loss, or dissatisfaction
• Excessive worry

What issues do couples work on in counseling?

  They may want to improve the health of their relationship or to repair a damaged relationship. Some issues addressed with couples in therapy are:

• Communication
• Money and finances
• Sex and intimacy
• Infidelity
• Balancing priorities
• Dealing with extended family
• Blending families
• Resolving conflict
• Clarity about taking the next step, i.e. marriage, divorce, living together, having a child

What are some other concerns that bring people to counseling?

• Prioritize life's demands
• Improve communication in your personal and professional relationships
• Learn to set boundaries
• Develop ways to move past anxiety and depression
• Gain confidence
• Manage anger
• Forgive yourself and/or others in your life

Take the first step...

"What you resist persists." -- Carl Jung