Therapy

Personal Growth

These tips are generic and may not fit every situation. Please call my office if you need more personal and in-depth consultation, or visit the Family Articles section.

Gifted adults
Have you been called "too intense" or perhaps "too driven"? One major characteristic of gifted adults is that they seldom realize that they are gifted. Learn more about how giftedness affects your life.

When to seek professional help for personal problems
How do you know if you need counseling or psychotherapy? Sometimes it’s absolutely clear to you and those around you that you’re experiencing a serious crisis or mental illness. In most instances though, the need is less apparent. In general, emotional problems arise because there is an important difference between what we would like our life to be and how life actually is. Learn when it's time to seek professional help.

Psychotherapy treatment options
NLP - What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming? The term is a mouthful and invariably misunderstood.

Clinical Hypnosis- There are a lot of misconceptions about hypnosis. Learn about what's really involved.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy- This therapy addresses the way people think. The techniques are designed to change faulty irrationally thinking into more constructive, solution oriented thinking.

Brief Therapy- Used appropriately, these techniques induce rapid changes in behavior and thought patterns.

Surviving when you've been laid-off
You may not feel like a lay-off is your choice, but it certainly is an opportunity to reevaluate your life direction. Once you get past the shock, fear and anger of a layoff, you can begin to think through what you are going to do next. Learn what questions to ask yourself.

What is a career coach?
Career coaches - Who are they? Who sets the agenda? What should the ultimate outcome be? Will it be confidential? Learn the answers to these questions and more about what to expect when you work with a career coach.