Skills-Based Counseling

Sometimes it happens.

You’re going along fine. Life is unfolding in a comfortably predictable way, and then, suddenly, without warning, the floor drops out from beneath your feet…

You get a diagnosis.

You lose your job.

You lose someone you love.

Other times, there’s a slow build-up of frustrations and disappointments… until one day you wake up wondering how your life could have taken such a wrong turn.

No one is immune to the unexpected trials and tribulations of life.

The question is: How much will you suffer?

I find it tragic that so many people must spiral all the way down to “rock bottom” before they surrender and allow themselves to open to the possibility of relief. 

It doesn’t have to be this way.

There are always hidden opportunities in our challenges, and it helps to have someone who is not blinded by the emotional charge of the situation to help you see them.

Resilience is a mindset – made up of empowering beliefs and life-saving skills that can be learned.

I teach resilience to all my clients.

The Power of Skills-Based Counseling

My unique resilience model allows me to help clients work through their problems while simultaneously teaching them a set of skills that help them feel capable of handling whatever challenge life will throw at them in the future.

Therapy does not have to be a long-term commitment. I believe in setting clear goals and achieving them.

While the duration of therapy depends on several factors, including the severity of the presenting problem, the level of self-awareness and skills the client already possesses, and the readiness of the client to change certain thinking patterns and behaviors, I rarely work with people for fewer than eight sessions.

For this reason, I offer an eight-session introductory program, which many clients choose. Committing to a fixed number of sessions takes the uncertainty out of the process and creates a natural timeframe for assessing progress towards goals.

It also allows us to do several things:

1. Accurately identify the underlying cause of their issue;
2. Assess their resilience across each aspect of my model, which includes strengths, needs, values, beliefs, and supportive relationships; and
3. Develop a plan for building the skills they need to move forward.

No matter how long you choose to work with me, you will come away with an expanded repertoire of tools for navigating life’s ups and downs.

That is the other thing people don’t realize about resilience: these skills help in the ups as well as the downs. Resilient people are keenly aware, appreciative, and able squeeze every last bit of happiness out of the good times. 

If you have read this far, you are ready to reach out.

At least have the phone call. It costs you nothing, and you will learn something valuable in the conversation.