Our Services

Overview
Also known as e-therapy and internet counseling, online counseling is similar to individual counseling, but rather than meet with your therapist in person, you will meet online through a video conference.

Who it can help
Online counseling is a great option if things like transportation, weather conditions, distance, family care responsibilities, and other psycho-social barriers make it difficult for you to meet in a traditional counseling setting.

What you’ll experience
Your therapist will provide you with a link to a secure video chat service. Here, you will engage in typical therapeutic practices that can help you improve your overall quality of life, increase positive thinking, improve how you handle relationships, or learn to face difficult mental challenges.

Additional information
Online counseling is available only with the consent of the therapist. Not all therapists offer online counseling. Online counseling may not be appropriate for those who have concerns over the risks of internet counseling, those with active suicidal/homicidal thoughts, and those who are experiencing active manic/psychotic symptoms. Our therapists will only offer online counseling if you are legally in a position to consent to receive mental health services. Online counseling will not be available if you are under 18 or have a legally appointed guardian.

Your therapist will maintain records of online counseling services. These records can include reference notes, copies of transcripts of chat and internet communication and session summaries. These records are confidential and will be maintained for seven years as required by applicable legal and ethical standards according to the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. You will be asked in advance for permission before any audio or video recording will occur on the counselor’s end.

You must have a permanent address in Ohio or Georgia in order to be eligible for therapeutic services.

Therapists might not immediately receive an online communication and technology services used for online sessions may be delayed for failure. If you are in a state of crisis or emergency in these instances, you may utilize the following crisis hotlines:

• 1-800-SUICIDE
• 1-800-273-TALK
• 1-800-799-4TTY (for hearing impaired individuals)

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Overview
Individual counseling is traditional, one-on-one therapy. Whether you are trying to improve your overall quality of life, increase positive thinking, improve how you handle relationships or learn to face difficult mental challenges, this type of counseling offers great opportunities for growth and change.

Who it can help
If you are struggling with any of the following: depression, anxiety, mood disorders, behavioral problems, stress, low self-esteem, grief, trauma, relationship struggles, social isolation or shyness, motivation, substance abuse or addiction, and more.

What you’ll experience
Our therapists primarily utilize an evidence-based therapeutic approach called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. In this approach, you and your therapist will work together to evaluate and identify unhealthy emotions and behavior, and work together toward solutions that challenge faulty thinking styles and change destructive patterns of behavior.

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Overview
Premarital counseling and marriage counseling fall into this category. Premarital counseling can help you prepare for marriage, ensuring that you and your partner have a strong, healthy relationship. Marriage counseling can help you and your spouse recognize and resolve conflict, improve communication and build intimacy.

Who it can help
Couples looking to get married; experiencing communication issues; struggles with physical, emotional and spiritual intimacy; infidelity; emotional affairs; divorce; money management; parenting approaches, and more.

What you’ll experience
We recognize that relationships are not easy. Our therapists will provide a calm, caring, and nonjudgmental environment so you and your current or future spouse can start to build a strong foundation for your relationship. Plus, a number of therapists are specially trained in Gottman Institute, Emotional Focused Therapy and use techniques from the Gottman Institute.

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Overview
Every family has its struggles. Family counseling is beneficial in improving the overall health of the family when faced with a crisis or major life transition. In this type of counseling, families will learn how to improve communication and resolve conflict.

Who it can help
Blended family struggles, adoption and its impact on the family unit, divorce or the aftermath of divorce, learning how to respond to a child’s negative, disruptive or oppositional behavior within the family unit, and more.

What you’ll experience
Through therapy, family safety and boundary plans are established and effective strategies are employed to promote stability and cooperation among all family members. For children and adolescents who have suffered from acute, complex or chronic trauma, our therapists use Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which is uniquely tailored and an evidence-based therapeutic approach. There is strong consideration given to the cultural and spiritual context of the person in their environment.

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Overview
Our therapist is trained and certified in the evidence-based Grief Recovery Method program. This is an action program for moving beyond death, divorce and other losses. We are here to help you through this process and find joy again.

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Overview
Self-esteem reflects what we think about ourselves. Self-esteem has a significant prospective impact on our life experiences and not the reverse. In other words, high and low self-esteem is not dependent on our success or failure. Self-esteem affects how we think, feel, and behave. It impacts our relationships with others and our relationship with ourselves.

Self-esteem can fluctuate. When we are ill or suffer a loss, such as unemployment or a divorce, we can feel down about ourselves. However, people with healthy self-esteem are resilient and rebound to think positively about themselves and their future. On the other hand, low self-esteem can make it hard to cope with life’s challenges and is a risk factor in depression.

Self-esteem influences just about every facet of our lives. Self-esteem affects how we value and communicate our needs, thoughts, and feelings and underpins personal integrity and our ability to pursue goals. It determines our sense of well-being, how we parent, our success in the workplace, and relationship satisfaction. Pervasively poor self-esteem can lead to depression and anxiety and have other psychological or emotional implications.

Who it can help
Self-Esteem building help those who constantly has the narrative “I am too much for people” in their mind, so everything and anything that happens in their life gets filtered through this narrative.

By recognizing this narrative, or unhelpful thought pattern, one is slowly starting to realize how much this negatively impacts you at work and in your relationships. A person can completely become overwhelmed by daily tasks because they are so afraid of asking for help.

When changing the thought “I am too much for people” to “If I don’t start asking for help, my needs could become too much for me to handle and I will explode,” which is helping you to make small changes in your day-to-day life and get support from people who would be happy to help you.

What you’ll experience
Through therapy we would help you address the roots of these issues and boost your sense of self-worth. We will help you identify and understand the source(s) of low self-esteem, process past negative experiences in a safe, nurturing space, learn to recognize critical voices that are not your own, and help you notice “all or nothing” thinking patterns. When treating low self-esteem there are two major approaches and they are psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). These two approaches give a positive outcome for a healthier life.