Everyone knows that life can seem like a roller coaster ride that takes you from lows to highs! Unfortunately, our mind, body and spirit tend to adjust as a result of these lows and highs making us feel tired, worn out, anxious, confused and lost. We also tend to make serious decisions during these highs and lows that seem like a great idea at the time but tend to get us in more trouble than when we started. Most individuals who seek counseling seem to be just regular people who are experiencing the normal stress from the roller coaster of life.
So what happens when we are stressed out? Did you know that our body and mind have natural defense mechanisms that protect us from stress overcoming us? Professionals call them disorders and put special names on them like depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorders. Every disorder can be a serious issue that can make us feel like our world is crashing down around us. Stress also affects every relationship we have. Our relationship with our better half usually takes the grunt of the stress but sometimes our relationships with our friends, co-workers, family and even our children are negatively affected. Stress is a serious factor in American society. It has been said that 40% of Americans are clinically depressed on any given day.
The great news is that we are not alone in our struggles. Every individual has sought counseling in their life. You may have called a friend or a parent to vent out the day’s frustration. We all have asked for advice from an outside source. Counseling is a natural occurrence that happens in our lives all the time. Unfortunately, although most people want to help, their advice is not necessarily the best medicine to treat the problem.
There is a big difference between a friend and a professional counselor. We believe that professional counselors are highly trained, disposable friends who work with the client to figure out what triggers stress and then seeks, through therapeutic methods, to effectively deal with the defense mechanisms that cause emotional distress while not judging the actions, beliefs or desires of the client.
We would like to invite you to seek a professional counselor to be your highly trained, disposable friend who will work with you to get where you want to be. Every person is different and seeks counseling for different reasons. Your desire may be to just feel better, or to enhance a relationship, or to develop a life plan, or to start a new career. Whatever your reason may be, you are invited to meet with one of our counselors for a free consultation to discuss if we might be able to work together to accomplish your goals.