About
Individual / Group Counseling - For persons facing a variety of emotional, relational and professional stress, which may include such things as depression, anxiety, grief, spirituality, professional pressures, substance abuse and other life controlling proble
Pre-marital Counseling - Pre-marital counseling is geared to help couples discover and strengthen the spiritual and psychological resources they bring to each other and to explore the values and morals that make for a healthy marriage.
Marriage Counseling - For couples with a variety of relationship concerns, which may include communication issues, problems with anger and conflict, balancing personal and professional life, management of children, sexual issues and religious concerns.
Family Counseling - For families who are having difficulties, including such things as family conflict, poor family communication, divorce of parents, death of a parent, school related problems, parenting issues, problem behaviors, and mental health.
Geriatric Counseling - For aging individuals and their families faced with the issues related to this stage of life, and for those who provide care for the elderly.
Substance Abuse - Counselees are encouraged to identify attitudes and beliefs that enable criminal conduct and drug use; solutions to problems are discussed and explored so that the beliefs and behaviors of the counselee may be understood and subsequently changed.
Parent/Child Conflict – This is an area of counseling that focuses on communication skills and conflict resolution; it empowers both the parent and sibling through developing ways in which to better communicate and resolve relational conflicts.
Anxiety/Depression – Counseling is provided to help the patient gain control over emotional challenges presented by negative thought patterns, in order to reduce the symptoms of negative emotional fallout.
**A host of other services are available such as: anger management, conflict resolution, communication skills and other areas of life skills development.
Why I Became a Pastoral Therapist
My faith was key in my becoming a Pastoral Licensed Counselor. I had been in the field of counseling (secular) for many years and learned the many approaches to counseling which mostly were some operant conditioning techniques and cognitive reframing, coupled with some behavior modification. These were okay, but to me lacked the ability to reach the core issues which emanate from a skewed belief system, which lends itself to faulty reasoning.
My counseling approach involves the use of belief therapy. I provide support and practical feedback to help clients resolve current problems and long-standing patterns. Our thought patterns, mood and behavior are all impacted by our belief system; many erroneous beliefs about various aspects of life can cause significant disruption in one or more life areas. By utilizing the TRACE counseling model of belief therapy, in a faith-based counseling approach, I provide guidance and support, while helping the patron overcome the negative beliefs that are causing life controlling problems.
