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How I Can Help
I provide family, couple and individual counselling and therapy. The following is a brief summary of some of the issues that I have helped clients work through:
Relationships
- Relationship enhancement (bringing understanding, closeness & passion into your relationship)
- Improving communication
- Resolving conflict
- Recovery from affairs
- Adjustment to separation/divorce
- Strengthening remarried & blended families
- Effective parenting
- Resolving parent-teen conflict
- Working on your relationship alone
- Difficulties with someone at work
Substance Abuse and Other Addictions
- Prescription drugs
- Street drugs
- Alcohol
- Gambling
- Food
- Sex
- Internet/pornography
- Spending
- Concerns about another's involvement with alcohol, drugs and other addictions.
- Adult children who have grown up with addiction.
- Prevention of addiction
Stress, Anxiety and Depression
- Workplace stress/burnout
- Trouble focussing/difficulty concentrating
- Trouble sleeping
- Loss of energy
- Appetite or weight changes
- Anxiety or panic attacks
- Depression
- Inappropriate or uncontrollable anger
- Feelings of hopelessness and/or helplessness
- Loss of meaning
- Suicidal thoughts or feelings
- Self-destructive behaviours
- Stress management
Chronic Illness
- Pain management
- Adapting to loss of function or disability
- Working through feelings of anger, sadness and loss
- Continuing to work after illness or disability
- Caregiver stress and burnout
Grief & Loss
- Loss of a loved one
- Loss of a job
- Lifecycle transitions
Recovery From Trauma
- Emotional/psychological abuse
- Physical abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Domestic violence
- Physical assault or rape
Personal Growth
- Personal fulfillment
- Improving self esteem
- Building assertiveness
- Increasing self-confidence
- Managing emotions
- Dealing with loneliness
- Working through confusion
- Changing old patterns & habits
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