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I ndividual, Marriage, Family & Child Counseling / Counselling
We offer professional marital & pre
marriage therapy services for couples, family guidance involving
children, and help in working through a variety of individual issues including grief, anger management, mental health
struggles, etc.. We integrate a cognitive behavioral / behavioural approach in some of
what we do.
Explanation
There is a time to seek help.
Most of the time we can cope with the problems &
stresses that we encounter every day, but sometimes they can pile up &
overwhelm us.
It is normal that all of us would at one time or another
need help in negotiating the transitions of life. It might be a marriage or
family crisis, communication problems, low self esteem, depression, child
behavior / behaviour including school performance or social adjustment problems, a career
choice or change, a sudden or chronic illness, or the loss of a significant
person.
Some of the signals to watch for would be : feelings of
dissatisfaction, loneliness, isolation, moodiness, or distress when talking
about life; recurrent anxiety, unexplainable fatigue or sleeplessness; drastic
weight fluctuations or irregular eating patterns; inability to set or reach
goals; sexual problems or concerns; intense or unmanageable anger or hostility,
abusive communication, repeated conflict with others, recurring employment
difficulties or job changes; workaholism, burnout; compulsive/addictive
behaviors / behaviours (alcohol, drugs, sexual, financial, etc.); or repeated illnesses that
may be related to stress.
These are some of the indicators that one’s normal
methods of coping with life are failing to work.
articles on "Depression"
(03 & 05/02) & "Marriage
Counseling" (09/02)
Our goal is to help you sort out & work through any
relevant past or present hurts (& their resulting influences on your life &
relationships), & any communication, power struggle or intimacy issues that may
be hindering your marriage, family, etc..
Phone counseling / counselling,
Online audio / video, email
or LiveType Chat Instant Messaging etherapy sessions are available for
working through issues as an alternative to the standard
Office appointments we
also offer
(see
Online & Phone Counseling).
In our
Resources section we have a number of
links, books, articles, essays & seminar notes that may be of help as a
supplement to counseling.
Context of
our Value Base
Our counseling services are available
to both Christians & non-Christians alike (as per our
Mission Statement), & for both we integrate our spirituality only to the degree that people request & are
comfortable with.
We are respectful
of others being in somewhat different places than we are in the life journeys we walk out, & are also aware that many have been hurt or offended
religiously by others in their past.
We
do not try to force our Christian value base or
beliefs on others, although it can at times affect what goals we feel
comfortable about being able to work on, because
there are a handful of moral & spiritual issues where we will not be
comfortable in counseling contrary to our beliefs. These issues generally
do not tend to come up in most people's counseling though.
We come from a spiritual, biblical
perspective so when requested we also function as pastoral counselors / counsellors
in addition to being professional counselors, marriage & family therapists.
We are very comfortable with prayer & the inclusion
of scripture where this is requested & desired,
yet even
then it will be integrated only
to the degree that people are
comfortable with.
Who we are : MSW MDiv 20+ years counseling experience
Please feel free to book
Online & Phone counseling appointments as an alternative to our Office
appointments
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