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 Knowing when to reach out for help can be difficult. Here are some signs that it could be time to seek help from a counselor:

1. Struggling to cope with a significant life change such as divorce, death of a loved one or a job loss.
2. Experiencing ongoing or intense feelings of sadness, anxiety or fear, or persistent worry that are making your daily life a struggle.
3. You’re experiencing difficulty in relationships with your family, friends or coworkers, and you’re not sure how to deal with the conflicts or communication issues.
4. Unexplained physical symptoms such as headaches or stomach aches that have no apparent medical cause.
5. Using substances (drugs, alcohol) to cope with tough feelings and emotions.
6. You’ve experienced trauma or abuse and you’re struggling to manage the emotions that arise due to those experiences.
7. You’re feeling directionless and you’re not sure how to move forward in your life.
8. Struggling to maintain a healthy work-life balance and the stress is affecting your overall well-being.

 You get to decide.  We strive to provide the most effective care. In an effort to build healthy rapport with your therapist it is most effective for meetings to take place weekly for the first 6-8 sessions. After that time, if progress is made, you or your therapist may make changes to the frequency of meetings. We do understand that time constraints and scheduling conflicts can impact the ability to meet weekly. With this in mind, we do offer bi-weekly or monthly appointments. There is no prescribed number of sessions for completion of counseling as counseling is based on an individuals ability, desire and motivation to move through the counseling process. 

 The initial session is the time for you to begin establishing rapport with your therapist. Furthermore, the initial session is where the therapist gathers vital information regarding the presenting concerns, goals, history and mental wellness. The allowed time frame for the initial visit is approximately 50-60 minutes. 

Therapeutic success is closely linked to the relationship between therapist and client, more so than the approach (cognitive behavioral, EMDR, etc.) used to treat the presenting problems. People have greater outcomes when they connect with their therapist, receive positive regard and respect. 

A Licensed Professional Counselor Associate is a provisionally licensed professional counselor who has completed a master’s level counseling program, passed necessary national examinations, and is currently working toward full licensure by completing a designated amount of supervised clinical counseling hours. An LPC-Associate is qualified to provide mental health services. As an LPC-Associate I am supervised by Trinity Ward, LPC-S.  

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your mental health care will cost one day before your medical service. Under the law, mental health providers need to give patients who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services such as therapeutic services. If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your good faith estimate you can dispute the bill. For more questions or information about your right to Good Faith Estimate visit www.cms.gov/no surprises.