Counseling

Psychotherapy & Counseling People deserve to live with health, happiness and dignity. Sometimes life circumstances, personal choices and other factors may interfere. At our center, we provide a variety of affordable services to help people overcome their past hurts and traumas; identify limiting beliefs, perceptions and behaviors; set and achieve short and long-term goals; and design a healthier, balanced lifestyle for a better tomorrow. Our psychotherapy and counseling are services provided by trained and experienced therapists. Our goals focus on providing the tools, resources, skill-building and support to help our clients to increase their opportunities for greater success in life, love and work. Sessions are available by appointment for individuals, couples, families and groups. Sessions are available in our office, and also by telephone and email for those unable to travel to our office locally, or who live in other areas throughout Florida. Participation may be possible in some of our groups by tele-group (conveniently meeting by telephone) as well. Contact us for more info. Counseling Can Help . . . Counseling can help the majority of people at various stages of their lifetime. Some of the more important times can be: • When the usual coping strategies that worked in the past, harms or no longer works for you • When your past interferes with the present • When you have difficulty with life transition or maintaining balance • When emotions, poor choices or poor coping is creating physical symptoms or Illness • When you have repeating negative patterns in attitudes, behaviors, or relationships • When you have difficulty coping with life challenges and crises • When you self-sabotage, or you allow others to sabotage your happiness and success • When you want to live together or marry and need help to identify areas of compatibility, • strengths and problems to resolve before making the 24/7 commitment of life together • When you and your spouse are separating or divorcing and want a cooperative experience for yourselves or to co-parent more effectively • When you argue or avoid conflict more than you communicate and resolve problems Therapy/Counseling services include: • Complimentary Consultation by Phone, E-mail or in our Office by Appointment • Initial and Periodic Screenings and Assessments • Confidential Counseling Sessions for Individuals & Couples • Pre-Marital or Pre-Commitment Ceremony Counseling • Civilized and Compassionate Separation or Divorce Counseling • Addiction Counseling to Address Chemical Dependency Issues • Group & E-Group Counseling • Free Health, Wellness & Recovery Classes Complimentary Consultation A brief complimentary consultation in our office, by telephone or e-mail is available to answer your questions and assess if we can provide the services you will need, or need to provide you with appropriate referrals to other clinicians or for other resources. Just call to schedule time. Screenings and Assessments We provide many free screenings to the general public for a variety of health, mental health and recovery issues. In addition, we provide a thorough bio-psychosocial assessment as part of the initial session for each new client. Goals and a behavioral-oriented treatment plan are mutually developed between each client and their assigned therapist within the first two sessions. As part of the counseling process, additional screenings may be provided to clients as needed. Individual Counseling Sometimes life stressors or events become too difficult to handle. Sometimes it is necessary and helpful to work with someone who is not related, won’t judge you, is skilled in listening, who offers options, strategies, skills and resources for you to consider, while maintaining confidential and ethical care. Depending on your needs, we will match a clinician with you to provide weekly 50-minute individual sessions. Occasionally it may become necessary to address and overcome a crisis, or to work more intensively on a specific issue. For those times, we can provide the option of temporarily meeting on a more frequent basis. Therapy for Couples There are many stressors today that place pressures on individuals that may make it more difficult to invest the time and nurturance necessary to create and sustain healthy, loving relationships. Communication may be lacking or break down, tensions and resentments may build, partners may lash out at one another or withdraw from one another. Skilled intervention by a trained professional may be necessary to help you both repair and rebuild your relationship. Separation and divorce are not the only options. We provide sessions for couples in need of Pre-Marital, Relationship, Separation and Pre-Divorce Counseling. Answer lingering questions, resolve issues, heal hurt feelings, learn forgiveness and move forward with your lives, together or through healthy separation. We also provide group therapy and full-day educational and experiential intensives. Help Is Here - Don’t Despair – Prepare & Repair! Addiction, Chemical Dependency & Recovery Counseling Substance abuse & Addictions have the power to destroy – health, self-esteem, personal integrity, finances, families, relationships, careers and more. Whether your problem is with addiction to drugs, alcohol, work, shopping, food, Internet, relationships, or a combination of issues, treatment is available. Our specially trained Addiction Counselors will work with you (and your spouse, life partner, or family if indicated) to create a life recovery action plan regardless of the addiction. We will only work as hard as you do, so services are provided to those men and women who are interested and motivated to make the necessary positive changes in their life to begin, and stay, in Recovery through. . . Conscious Living©.

Group Counseling Counseling for individual and couples has been proven to be an effective catalyst to facilitate change. But, sometimes individual and couple’s therapy can move forward a bit quicker in a group setting. The dynamics can be gently challenging while supportive at the same time. Many people have breakthroughs when previously stuck, gain support from others with similar issues, gain information and resources, and are provided with an opportunity to try out new skills before using them with others in your daily life. They are structured, safe, confidential, affordable and life changing. Below, we have listed some of our groups. Contact us about any of the following: Understanding and Controlling Anger Anger is a normal and natural feeling to experience, but it becomes problematic when you either try to keep it inside or allow it to explode. It may damage or threaten to damage various areas of your life. Sometimes that may include damage to your physical health in the form of increased stress, cardiac problems, increased blood pressure, digestive disorders, sleep and eating difficulties, and pain. It can also include loss of jobs, friends, relationships, and possibly legal issues. Improve your communication, health, & interactions with self and others in this weekly group. Recovery4Women – The Next Step! This is a safe, supportive group specially designed to help women who are in recovery for 5 months or longer. In weekly sessions, we will focus on helping women to be more successful in recovery and in life, improve self-esteem, stop relapsing, gain life skills, repair family relationships, learn to love – self before others, and improve interactions at work. Women will explore their life roles, expectations, needs, feelings, patterns, choices, options, dreams and goals to sustain a healthy, joyful, spiritually enriched recovery process. Healing Trauma & Abuse – A Safe Space for Women Ready to Heal When many people experience a traumatic event, changes occur in the brain, biochemistry. physical body, affecting emotions, moods, behaviors, choices and can block their spiritual development – the Mind~Body~Spirit Connection. What is created is a dis-connection, from self, their feelings, other people or relationships, and their Spiritual Self, Soul or Higher Power as they know it to be. This weekly supportive group is designed to help women explore what occurred in the past without dwelling there, learn how the past has affected and infected their current life, and gain skills to make more confident, informed, and healthy choices for their life, in the moment and in the future. Join other women on this journey to wholeness. Women’s Life Journey ~ Creating Balance in a Chaotic World. Women will explore their life patterns, roles, expectations, stressors, fears, barriers to success, priorities, spirituality and more in this weekly 1-hr support group. With the help of a behavioral strategist coach, each woman will create goals for themselves, improve self-esteem, draw from their inner wisdom and strength, design their own action plan, support the efforts of the other group members and strive to achieve balance and mindfulness in all areas of their lives. Begin your New Life Journey with this supportive group! Women’s Life Journey Tele-Group ~ Creating Balance in a Chaotic World. No travel, distance, weather, transportation, traffic concerns. Meet weekly in the comfort of your home or office - by telephone from anywhere in the world. From your comfy chair, meet with your personal coach and other supportive women. Get a cup of tea, your notebook, pen and slippers! Pre-register & pre-pay monthly. Telephone number will be e-mailed to participants prior to group coaching session each week. Relationships through …Conscious Living© A group to teach couples to identify problems, gain skills, change destructive patterns, heal and love ~ consciously. Couples will explore and identify roles, expectations, repeating negative or sabotaging patterns, styles of communication and fighting, individual and mutual goals, how they have each helped - and harmed - their relationship. Participants will gently challenge what is not working, personally and in their relationship. Interactions will occur with greater honesty, mutual respect and integrity to begin the healing process, resolve past issues and move forward with deeper love and commitment. Discussion, written and experiential exercises will be provided to help couples gain the necessary insights, skills and mindfulness to improve, repair and rebuild their relationships. Relationships through …Conscious Living© Tele-Group No travel, distance, weather, transportation, or traffic concerns. Meet weekly to work on improving your relationship in the comfort of your home or office - by telephone from anywhere in the world. Pre-register & pre-pay monthly. Telephone number will be e-mailed to participants prior to the tele-group session each week. Military Spouses/Partners: Dealing with the Aftermath Many military families are being pulled in different directions – adjusting to long absences of spouse or a loved one during wars or re-establishment of peace. It can be difficult trying to maintain a normal routine for yourself or your family, then visited by your spouse or loved one only to have the ‘normal’ routine disrupted, strained, challenged, or become chaotic. This support group is for women who have a spouse or life partner who is currently deployed, returning or retiring from the military. Affordable Fee. (Affordable confidential Individual and couple counseling is also available to address issues in more depth). G/L Relationship Renewal Same-Sexed relationships are unique and can be more complicated at times than heterosexual ones. Everyone wants connection, but often there may be too much baggage for gay or lesbian relationships to thrive. Invest the time and nurturance necessary for a healthy, loving relationship to develop and thrive. Identifying and addressing individual issues as a partner in need of change is as important as well as exploring the issues you both share as a couple that are difficult to resolve on your own. You both deserve to be in a healthy, happy, successful relationship. Through weekly group sessions you will explore issues, roles, skills, and more to re-negotiate your relationship. (Affordable confidential individual and relationship counseling sessions are also available when necessary to address issues in more depth) G/L Relationships Tele-Group – Repair & Renew No weather, transportation, travel, distance, or traffic concerns. Meet weekly in the comfort of your home or office - by telephone from anywhere in the world. Affordable for all budgets. Pre-register & pre-pay monthly. Telephone number will be e-mailed to participants prior to the tele-group session each week. (Affordable confidential individual and relationship counseling sessions are also available by telephone throughout Florida when necessary to address issues in more depth. Coaching for relationship skill-building is available for G/L individuals and couples in English-speaking countries.) Care-giving Women of the Sandwich Generation Tele-group Caught in the middle? Are you care-giving your children, grandchildren and your parents? What do you do to nurture and replenish yourself? In this tele-group we will explore easy solutions to help you balance your life, family, work and your care-giving responsibilities. Convenient from anywhere by telephone! No weather, travel, distance, transportation, traffic concerns. Meet weekly in the comfort of your home or office - by telephone from anywhere in the world. From your comfy chair, meet with your personal therapist/coach and other supportive women. Get a cup of tea, your notebook, pen and slippers! Pre-register & pre-pay monthly. Telephone number will be e-mailed to participants prior to group session every other week. Meeting twice each month on Wednesdays either from 8am-9am or 9pm-10pm EST. Professional Women’s Tele-Group Professional women today try to do it all. They face many stressors including trying to balance life, work, family, relationships, caring for parents and more. Sometimes they lose their identity, feel burned out, experience harassment, develop stress-related illnesses, go through transitions in life and work, have financial difficulties to overcome. This tele-group will provide a safe space for educated, trained professional women to join with other supportive women professionals to vent, mentor and be mentored, gain skills and resources, personally and professionally grow and connect with one another at a genuine (not competitive) level – from anywhere in the world, conveniently by telephone! Meeting every other week on Wednesdays, from Noon-1:30pm. Pre-register & pre-pay monthly. Telephone number will be e-mailed to participants prior to each group session. Call Today to Join – 954-920-5020, or by e-mail at Counseling@stressandwellness.com with the name of the group or tele-group as the header. We look forward to being of help to you Counseling by Telephone The Services We Provide Include: Free Phone or E-mail Consultation Screenings and Assessment as Needed Individual Counseling Therapy for Couples Some Groups may be available by telephone Educational Classes by Telephone (Tele-Classes) Who Can Benefit from Counseling by Telephone Many People Can Benefit From Counseling or Therapy by Telephone, Especially Adults Who Are: Busy Career Men and Women Shut-Ins from Anxiety, Depression or Fears and Not Currently Seeing a Therapist Injured or Rehabilitating People with a Disability Elderly without a Support System Stay at Home Moms without Childcare Without Transportation to get to a Therapist’s Office People in Rural Areas Living far from a Therapist’s Office Call Today for more information or a brief consultation – 954-920-5020, or by e-mail at Counseling@stressandwellness.com with PhoneCounsel in the subject line. We look forward to being of help to you Who Should NOT Receive Their Main Counseling by Telephone People Who Are Having Thoughts of Harming Themselves People Who Are Acting Out in Self-Destructive Ways People Who Are Homicidal, Having Thoughts of Harming Others People Who Are Chronically in Psychiatric Hospitals People Who Do Not Remain Stabilized By Taking Their Prescribed Medication Important: If you experience any of the above situations, you could benefit more from working with someone face-to-face in private sessions, or someone who may be able to come into your home to provide counseling. If you are reaching out during a severe crisis now, please contact 911 immediately for help to stabilize yourself in a supportive, secure setting. Most problems in life can improve with the right people and resources to help. Hope and Help Are Available! For those without access to a 911 system, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached by calling 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255). Services for Caregivers Office Hrs - Monday – Saturday, Day or Evening by Appointment in Our Office, by Phone and E-mail. Call 954-920-5020 Today! Having experienced many aspects of care, personally and professionally, our staff understands much of what a caregiver goes through on a daily basis. Many feel that there is not enough time to care for themselves. It is important that we provide education, skills, support and resources to assist caregivers in doing what they do best – Care for Others. Our services include: * Assessments * Screenings (many are free) * Health & Wellness Classes * Health & Wellness Tele-Classes (by phone) * Counseling provided in our office in South Florida * Counseling by telephone and e-mail throughout Florida Since not everyone needs counseling or therapy, we also provide Life, Health & Wellness and Recovery Coaching to English-speaking people worldwide. If you need balance in life, help with reducing anxiety, depression and stress, substance abuse and recovery issues, help saying “No” and setting boundaries, support and resources for health issues for you or those for whom you provide care, our Counselors and Coaches can help. Call or e-mail us today for information about our services and groups by telephone as well as a brief complimentary consultation to see how we may be of help to you. We are ready to be part of your health team. Payment may be made by Credit Card (M/C, VISA, Amex) or Check in U.S. Funds (processed in advance of session). Information will be provided by request to submit to your insurance company for possible reimbursement.