Turning chaos and distress into balance and flow in your life.
Counseling services for individual adults using years of experience to meet you where you're at.
About Wise Balance Counseling
Service Philosophy
At Wise Balance Counseling, we believe that everyone has the ability to lead a happy and fulfilling life even with challenges and emotions. Because, lets face it, life is going to keep throwing both at us. But with the right skills and perspective we can create a life of meaning and fulfillment - not with pretty words but with practical strategies that fit your real life and help you toward your life goals. This is not fluffy, mantra-muttering new-age sessions but real and relevant approaches to life that engage all of the self. Less guilt -inducing than a gym coach, but more practical than a stuffed tweed sweater filled with pre - recorded consolation, you will find a compassionate ear, that provides direction not just to "feel good" but to *be* a better, more effective you that can achieve real positive change in your life - effective steps to help you utilize both mind and heart in a helpful balance.
Creating peace and progress with Wise Balance Counseling
I AM- a licensed mental health counselor and mental health skills coach with experience in:
general therapy
positive psychology or strengths based approaches
client-centered therapy and humanistic approaches
mindfulness and holistic perspectives
Prolonged Exposure therapy
faith inclusive approaches
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Distress Tolerance skills
DBT
CBT
EMDR
I DO- help individual adults struggling with :
emotion regulation & mood disorder
Adjustment Disorder
anxiety & panic attacks
depression
behavior addiction
grief & loss
trauma - including nightmares, flashbacks
self-esteem
Borderline Personality Disorder
impulsivity
thoughts of self-harm or other risky behavior
self-esteem and identity concerns
stress management
managing life while dealing with ADHD symptoms
I Can- help using the following telehealth services:
-One free 15 minute consultation to discuss if I am the right fit for you.
-One hour assessments
-One hour treatment planning sessions
-50 individual therapy sessions
I Am Not- currently providing at this time:
medications,
in-person services,
couples or family counseling,
services for kids
counseling to address autism or other neuro-divergent issues
court ordered services, or reports requested by other entities
My Style-
Sessions are private and often last up to 1 hour in which I ask follow up questions to follow my client's status, support emotion processing, and direct client to think about next steps and keep focus on the larger goal and dreams in life. I may often give homework of skills to practice, steps to practice mindfulness and effectiveness in live. I can help coach clients analyze concerns, develop plans, and offer helpful formats and tools they can continue using the rest of their lives. Clients can bring anyone they wish with them to sessions as long as they have signed consent for that person, in order to support client privacy. I use metaphors, examples, and encourage honest examination of real-life data to help clients find solutions that work for them. I consider my value in helping my clients get unstuck and look at life with new perspectives and with new language that helps then overcome limits, old patterns of thinking that may be keeping them stuck.
Who me?!
So, you are still reading and the previous information still hasn't quite given you the picture of who I am. Well, I like to use humor when appropriate, good quotes, metaphors and examples, and recognize the value of addressing both emotions and thought processes. I believe real effective tools need not be boring but can help meet our emotional needs while holding up to logic. I listen but also challenge - after all, lasting peace and progress comes from long term growth, not just pretty words nor short-term only "warm-fuzzies." I believe love and hope are real as are the stubbed toes and bills that need to get paid. I love my family and enjoy good road trips and great scenery, weight training, board games and a good night at the movies.
A caution:
I enjoy working with people but not so much with computers. If there are any errors to this page or problems with communication, please be patient and know that it is not intentional nor meant personally. Your patience is appreciated.
Online Bill Payment
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