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Counseling for Adults, Children, Families, and Groups
Solutions to provide Hope and Healing
How Counseling Works
“How can just talking about things make me feel different?” is a question new
clients often ask. They have a point! We all know people who can talk about
their problems endlessly and never make any changes.
The Arc of the Therapeutic Experience:
Generally, there are distinct phases to counseling.
In the first phase, you will establish a relationship with your counselor. During
this time, she will get a sense of who you are and what is going on with you.
You will get used to talking about yourself in a safe, open environment. As you
connect with and trust your therapist, you can begin to talk more openly and
allow new parts of your experience to come into your awareness. The
therapeutic relationship with your counselor becomes a transformational space.
In the second phase, your awareness about yourself and your experience will
continue to develop. Your therapist has many techniques and strategies for
helping you to gain awareness. You will access feelings, thoughts and images
that will help you understand yourself in new ways. With this understanding, a
course of action will begin to come into focus.
As your growth experience continues you may begin to experiment with new
behaviors. Guided by a better understanding of yourself, you can practice new
ways of being that reflect your authentic feelings, needs and aspirations. Your
counselor can help you to brainstorm, create strategies, and provide support as
you choose which aspects of your life you value, and which you would like to
change.
The counseling relationship ends when you feel that you have achieved your
goals you set for yourself at the outset of counseling.
Your Counselor’s Job:
It is your counselor's job to help you feel comfortable, safe, and understood. At
the same time, they will challenge you enough to help you to grow. You will
never be pressured to agree with them, or to do things that you don't want to
do. A trained counselor will ask you thought provoking questions, and may help
you to think and feel in new ways. However, you are in control of the process.
Your Job:
Therapy is a collaborative endeavor. It is vital that you are open with your
counselor in giving them feedback about what you need from the experience.
Ideally, you and your therapist will have a relationship where you can be honest
– even if you’re honest about not wanting to talk about something. Lastly, while
your counselor can be a partner in change, you are ultimately responsible for
your behaviors and decisions.
“How can just talking about things make me feel different?” is a question new
clients often ask. They have a point! We all know people who can talk about
their problems endlessly and never make any changes.
The Arc of the Therapeutic Experience:
Generally, there are distinct phases to counseling.
In the first phase, you will establish a relationship with your counselor. During
this time, she will get a sense of who you are and what is going on with you.
You will get used to talking about yourself in a safe, open environment. As you
connect with and trust your therapist, you can begin to talk more openly and
allow new parts of your experience to come into your awareness. The
therapeutic relationship with your counselor becomes a transformational space.
In the second phase, your awareness about yourself and your experience will
continue to develop. Your therapist has many techniques and strategies for
helping you to gain awareness. You will access feelings, thoughts and images
that will help you understand yourself in new ways. With this understanding, a
course of action will begin to come into focus.
As your growth experience continues you may begin to experiment with new
behaviors. Guided by a better understanding of yourself, you can practice new
ways of being that reflect your authentic feelings, needs and aspirations. Your
counselor can help you to brainstorm, create strategies, and provide support as
you choose which aspects of your life you value, and which you would like to
change.
The counseling relationship ends when you feel that you have achieved your
goals you set for yourself at the outset of counseling.
Your Counselor’s Job:
It is your counselor's job to help you feel comfortable, safe, and understood. At
the same time, they will challenge you enough to help you to grow. You will
never be pressured to agree with them, or to do things that you don't want to
do. A trained counselor will ask you thought provoking questions, and may help
you to think and feel in new ways. However, you are in control of the process.
Your Job:
Therapy is a collaborative endeavor. It is vital that you are open with your
counselor in giving them feedback about what you need from the experience.
Ideally, you and your therapist will have a relationship where you can be honest
– even if you’re honest about not wanting to talk about something. Lastly, while
your counselor can be a partner in change, you are ultimately responsible for
your behaviors and decisions.
Counseling is a safe haven that allows you the opportunity to change through
growth in mind, body and spirit. Together we will discover new ways of thinking
and acting that will give you relief, enhance your life, and allow you to live fully.
Our practice is dedicated to helping individuals and families find peace in the
midst of life's difficulties. It is our belief that the wisdom resides within everyone
to meet life's challenges. Our role is to guide you and your family and to offer
you new tools, skills, and solutions to live fully and joyfully.
growth in mind, body and spirit. Together we will discover new ways of thinking
and acting that will give you relief, enhance your life, and allow you to live fully.
Our practice is dedicated to helping individuals and families find peace in the
midst of life's difficulties. It is our belief that the wisdom resides within everyone
to meet life's challenges. Our role is to guide you and your family and to offer
you new tools, skills, and solutions to live fully and joyfully.
The BCA Experience