Addressing Issues Related To:

Counseling

Individual

The majority of my individual clients come to see me because of issues related to anxiety, depression, and grief resulting from a variety of long-standing concerns or current crisis or loss in their lives. Some have specific goals they want to achieve, and some just need someone with whom to talk. Most are experiencing some dissatisfaction with their current life. Many present because of difficulties in their intimate relationships. Some individual issues include:

  • Anxiety & Stress
  • Gender Issues
  • Men’s Issues
  • Women’s Issues
  • Mind/Body Issues
  • Health and Disability Issues
  • Addictions
  • Sexual Desire and Incompatibility
  • Grief & Loss
  • Unsatisfying Relationships

Couples/Relationships

Couples come for a variety of reasons. Some have been in crisis for a very long time, and some have just realized their relationship is losing some of its zest. Others come in anticipation of marriage or a commitment ceremony to insure they get the best possible start. I also address a number of intimacy and sexuality concerns with couples. For all couples I use the Imago Model of Relationship Counseling and the book Getting the Love You Want” by Harville Hendrix. I also provide Pre and Post Divorce Counseling to assist in the transition from Married to Divorced, which is often part of the Mediation process. I believe this is often essential if there are children involved.

  • Sex & Intimacy Counseling
  • Sexual Desire and Incompatibility
  • Pre and Post Divorce

Family, Step-Families , Adolescents, & Children

Families present with a large number of diverse issues related to conflict with children and adolescents, extended family members, adult children moving back into the family residence, and care giving to elderly parents. There are unique issues with step-parents and step-children. I work particularly well with adolescents and actually enjoy working with pre-adolescents and adolescents, having raised three foster teenagers before raising two of my own!

  • Step-Parenting
  • Adolescent & Pre-Adolescent Issues
  • Parenting & Co-parenting
  • Extended Family Issues

Sports Enhancement Psychology

Sports Psychology is a part of the larger field of sport and exercise science. Its goal is to help athletes perform their best by improving their mental attitude and skills necessary to excel in sports. Sports psychology also studies human behavior in the sport environment and the effect of the sports on the participants.

A mental coach teaches players how to be more confident, focus better, stay composed under pressure, and develop performance routines. Mental coaches also work with teams to develop team unity and cohesion, improve coach-athlete relationships, and help the team perform to its full potential.

The following is a list of sports whose participants can benefit from mental performance coaching: Golf, Tennis, Skiing, Swimming, Basketball, Running, Body Building, Baseball, Softball, Aerobics, Soccer, Football, Track & Field, Gymnastics, and Hockey, among others.

Hypnosis

Hypnosis is used in association with behavioral change, but it is known primarily for quitting smoking and weight loss. I also use gudied imagery or self-hypnosis for a variety of issues including depression and anxiety, health issues, and it is especially effective for anger issues.

  • Smoking
  • Weight Loss
  • Behavioral Change
  • Anger

Life Coaching

A personal coach does just what an athletic coach or an executive coach does, only in a fuller and bigger way. Coaching is a relationship between people in which dreams, desires, and needs are integrated into goals. These goals are achievable when both coach and client develop and implement action plans necessary to realize them. People hire a coach because they want more, they want to grow, and they want to do things more easily. Adults, children, teens, students, families, partners, and organizations can better meet their goals with the support of a personal coach.

  • Career Change
  • Business Development
  • Life Change and Adjustment

Mediation

Mediation is for couples who want to work cooperatively during separation and divorce. In mediation, couples meet together with a mediator to reach decisions about dividing property, parenting arrangements, sharing parental responsibilities, determining support payments, and deciding other related matters. The mediator guides the sessions and sets a positive tone for the partners to negotiate their own cooperative agreements.

Click here to view my Mediation page.

Collaborative Divorce Mediation

The Collaborative Divorce Process is a way of practicing law where the attorneys for both of the parties in a divorce agree to assist them in resolving conflict or legal issues using cooperative strategies rather than adversarial techniques and court proceedings. Collaborative Mediators are specifically trained to work with these attorneys to assist with this process. I can provide a list of local attorneys who are trained in the process of collaborative divorce.

  • Divorce & Separation
  • Creative Parenting Plans
  • Family
  • Neighbor
  • Construction
  • Business
  • Disability
  • Medical