Types of Counseling

Individual Counseling

Individual counseling is the process in which a client works one-on-one with one of our trained clinicians. This is a collaborative process between the client and the therapist which aims to achieve the goal of the client. Individual counseling offers clients an opportunity to become self-aware and promotes self-growth.


Areas covered include, but are not limited to:
  • Depression and bipolar disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Grief and loss
  • Chronic pain
  • Parenting support
  • Relationship issues
  • Work and life balance issues
  • ADHD/ADD
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Trauma and recovery
  • Substance abuse / addiction
  • Eating disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Psychological evaluation/assessment

Child and Adolescent Counseling

During child and adolescent counseling, one of our trained clinicians works specifically with a child or adolescent member. We understand that these years of life can be a challenge for both the child as well as the parents. There are many stressors that children and adolescents face. Child and adolescent counseling can help children, adolescents and families identify and work through these stressors in a caring and supportive environment.


Areas covered include, but are not limited to:
  • Depression and low self-esteem
  • Child anxiety
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Problem behaviors at home/school
  • ADD and ADHD identification and treatment
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Social skills and peer relationships
  • Divorce transitions
  • Parent/teen relationships
  • Blended family relationships
  • Self-injury
  • Psychological evaluation/assessment

Family Counseling

Family counseling aims to address specific issues that affect the family unit. A family, just like any other social system, can face difficulties with structure or communication. In family counseling, our experienced clinicians help families identify sources of conflict and provide families with strategies to resolve them.


Areas covered include, but are not limited to:
  • Communication skills
  • Conflict resolution
  • Parenting skills
  • Parental conflict
  • Child/teen behavior
  • Substance abuse
  • Chronic health problems
  • Separation or divorce
  • Blended family transitions
  • Emotional abuse/physical abuse

Couples Counseling

Couples counseling helps couples work through conflict and find resolutions. Couples therapy gives partners a chance to explore challenging relationship issues in a safe, non-judgmental environment. There are different types of couples counseling such as counseling for couples who want to strengthen their relationship, address intimacy issues, resolve conflicts regarding parenting, as well as premarital counseling.


Areas covered include, but are not limited to:
  • Communication skills
  • Conflict resolution
  • Intimacy issues
  • Sexual difficulties
  • Conflicts about child rearing or blending families
  • Substance abuse and addiction
  • Parenting issues
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Healing after trauma
  • Grief and loss
  • Financial challenges
  • Infidelity



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