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Marriage
Counseling
Marriage counseling begins with
interviews with the couple, either separately or together. The
therapist reviews with the couple their individual needs and
desires and what is occurring in their relationship.
Future sessions are based on
exploring issues. Counseling may also include problem resolution.
Therapy can be short or long term depending on the number and
intensity of issues.
Counseling
for Stress and Anxiety
When an individual is stressed
or anxious about a situation or issue in his or her life, the
counseling can be either short term or long, depending on the
number of issues being examined.
At the intake interview the client
is given an opportunity to identify the stressors in his or her
life. Immediate treatment goals are set. Relationships will be
explored to see if they are satisfactory, if they contribute
to stress or if they are resources for coping with stress. The
therapist will help the individual to develop coping mechanisms
to deal with stress.
Dealing
with the Behavior of a Difficult Child
Sometimes parents have difficulty
in dealing with a child's behavior making them unable to deal
effectively with the child. The therapist will examine the child's
behavior and help the parent to understand it. They will assess
strategies to cope with the behavior and work with the parent
to improve and enhance their parenting skills. This therapy is
usually short term and may last approximately 12 to 15 sessions.
When
A Child Has Problems
When a child is having problems
in school, at home or socially, the therapist may first meet
with both parents and child or just the parents. The therapist
will look at any underlying conflict in the child. The therapist
will then work with the child to develop social skills and coping
mechanisms or with the parents and child to enhance academics.
Educational testing may be recommended.
Loss
and Bereavement
The therapist and client discuss
the loss. The therapist looks to see if sadness is reactive to
a loss and is appropriate or if the client had already been depressed
and was made worse by the loss. In these cases, managing the
depression is the key to enabling the person to grieve their
loved one. Bereavement counseling is usually short term.
Pastoral
Counseling
The pastoral counselor believes
that we are all spiritual beings, and that therapy is incomplete
unless spirituality is considered along with the client's emotions,
intellect and physical make-up. This is true whether or not the
client's actual religious beliefs or practices are a therapy
issue.
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