Focus on turning today’s pain into tomorrow’s joy
Deciding to begin therapy could be one of the most challenging decisions you face for you and your family. Identifying that you need additional support and accepting the challenge of allowing someone to step in and provide you with that support is a major step in the right direction and requires a lot of courage.
Counseling is more than telling a stranger your problems. It’s a decision that will enable you to learn how to manage your stress or circumstance, giving you the energy you need to pursue your goals and live a more peaceful, satisfying and fulfilling life.
As a counselor, I provide a person-centered approach building on a client’s strengths while incorporating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness techniques. I can provide support and treatment with issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief support, marriage/couple/premarital counseling, substance abuse and behavioral issues.
My only goal is to help my clients to become autonomous, identify who they are and become the best version of themselves. If you feel ready to work on improving yourself, your situation and to reach your goals please call or email today to schedule an initial appointment.
During individual counseling, the client and therapist work together to develop a personalized treatment plan to address the client's specific needs and goals. The client can explore their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and beliefs, and learn to evaluate issues more objectively. The therapist can help the client identify solutions and develop problem-solving skills.
Couples therapy is a type of therapy where a romantic couple works with a trained professional to address relationship issues, improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthen their bond together; essentially, it's a way to work on problems within a partnership through guided discussion and skill development with a therapist.
It aims to identify and address specific problems within a couple's dynamic, like poor communication, trust issues, or power imbalances.
Grief counseling, also known as bereavement counseling, is a process that helps people deal with the emotional and psychological stress after a loss. Grief counseling helps people work through normal feelings of sorrow, or more extreme reactions to loss. These reactions can include behavioral and physical problems, extreme mourning, and being unable to separate emotionally from what or who was lost.
The biggest challenge you will face is having the courage to do what you know needs to be done in your life. We spend a lot of time focused on the next step or finding our motivation without recognizing sometimes that is where we self-sabotage.
Imagine planting seeds, nurturing them so they grow and right when they sprout above ground uprooting the plant to do something else. You will never see the full growth potential if you move around or quit every time you need to feel like you are doing something of value.
Having the courage to keep pushing forward even when the spark is gone is tough, but the reward is in the finished product once you see it through to the end. So keep taking those steps and stay the course. Feeling uninspired is normal, but don’t let it hold you back.
Take action despite your doubts and watch your readiness flourish. Remember, readiness will follow your courage to be consistent.
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When was the last time you truly checked in with yourself to determine if you are really doing well? With everything life throws at us it can leave you feeling completely beat up, bruised up and sometimes broke down.
If you’re not whole you don’t know that you are broken. You begin to think that’s normal. Face up to the changes that need to be made in your life.
Healing is the power! Healing allows you to feel complete. So while we are investing in new shoes and slayed hair styles of you really want to see your true beauty invest in your healing!
Depression does not look the same for everyone. Many families assume that depression looks very sad and tearful but in reality depression takes on many different forms.
When checking on your friends and families it is important to not only pay attention to what they are saying and doing but also what is not being said or done. Have their routines changed? Are they isolating more? Are they becoming more irritable and angry? If it’s a child or adolescent are they acting out behaviorally? Have their grades dropped in school? Are they becoming more argumentative and are consequences becoming less effective?
Depression can be hidden by a mask that most don’t see until it’s too late.
Pre-marital counseling is important to help set the tone for your marriage. Every marriage is unique and has a foundation that is built by two significant individuals who are one of a kind. Your marriage is even more unique but you have not defined it yet. Here is what you can expect:
Anxiety is something we all face but some struggle with it more than others. If you struggle with controlling your anxiety; ground exercises are a great coping strategy to manage your symptoms.
Anxiety is your body’s response to stress. Anxiety essentially is the anticipation of a future threat. Have you ever started overthinking so much it led you down a rabbit hole? Well, grounding exercises help to return your mind to what’s happening in the present moment so you feel less threatened.
Grounding exercises are simple techniques that use your five senses or tangible objects, things you can touch, to help you move through distress. Here are a few to get you started:
The value of a dollar is 100 cents. No matter how you break it down the value remains the same. If you bend or fold a dollar does the value change? If you crumble it up, step on it, get it dirty, spit on it, or even damage it does it lose its worth or value? It does not matter how much it’s abused or neglected it’s still a dollar. So if the value of a dollar does not change based on the things it has been try why would you think for a second your value changes based on what you have been through? There’s nothing that can happen that can take your value away or change your worth so pick yourself up, dust yourself off, tape yourself back together, hold your head up high and remind yourself of who you are! Know your worth!
Focus on turning today’s pain into tomorrow’s joy.
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