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Life
Coaching
I specialize in working with normal, healthy, high-functioning
individuals who are bothered by an issue or problem they would like
resolved, but have not been able to resolve on their own. It might be
an old or more recent issue they have with themselves or a problem
they are having with someone else. I coach and guide my clients in
their learning and resolving of the issue or problem.
Partnership
and Business Consultation
Communication breakdowns, personality conflicts, difficult
feelings, and other relationship problems, as well as stress
can ruin a business or partnership. Consultation and treatment
aimed at resolving problems due to interpersonal, emotional, and other
human relationship factors is available to businesses, partnerships
and other organizations. Counseling for crisis prevention and threat
management is also available.
Counseling
and Psychotherapy
Counseling and psychotherapy to help the individual, couple or
family deal with or change personal and private issues and problems
that they have not been able to satisfactorily handle on their own.
Personal
Consultation
Once a problem is defined and understood the solution is sometimes
obvious and easily achieved. Unfortunately, the intangible and
subjective nature of psychological functioning, stress, communication,
interpersonal and group dynamics often make identification,
clarification and definition of the problem and relevant issues very
complex and difficult. Other problems are easily identified, but the
path and steps needed to solve the problem are complex and difficult
to identify and accomplish. Psychological consultation is available to
help clarify the problem, identify and sort out the relevant issues,
and to clarify the various paths to a solution, the steps that need to
be taken and the hurdles to overcome.
Psychological
Health Care
Individual counseling and psychotherapy for adults, adolescents and
children, including:
Relationship therapy
Marital and premarital therapy
Family therapy
Group therapy
Diagnostic psychological evaluation
Treating
High stress and stress-related disorders
Problems of adjustment
Marital and relationship issues
Family and step-family problems
Sexual issues and dysfunctions
Divorce prevention
Loss, grief and bereavement
Depression, guilt
Anxiety, fears, phobias
Anger, hostility and resentment
Sexual trauma and abuse
Alcohol and substance abuse
Smoking cessation
Psychological weight control
Habit and behavior change
Shyness and problems with assertion
Low self-esteem
Psychological pain management
Religious conflict
Crisis and threat management
Fees
The cost of my services is within the usual and customary fees for
professional services in the community. My standard fee is $150.00 per
50-minute hour. I recognize that not everyone can afford my usual fee
and I don't want the cost to interfere with the person receiving
needed treatment. If the person is motivated to learn, I will be
flexible in setting the fee, which may be a reduced amount. I do not
participate in managed care plans or other provider-insurance company
agreements. I base my treatment on the needs of my clients, tailoring
my approach to each client and their unique situation. I am guided by
what is for the welfare and best interests of my clients, and not the
financial needs of an insurance company or a simplified cookbook approach to
treatment.
I am also concerned about
confidentiality and respecting each of my client's privacy. Most managed care plans require the therapist to report
private intimate details about clients' lives. I get very concerned
when I think about private personal information about my clients'
lives being put into an insurance companies' computer system. There is
a movement to establish a shared national information data bank
containing confidential health care information. It frightens me to think about who might gain access to that personal information and
how the information could be used. I am committed to respecting my
clients' privacy and keeping the personal intimate information
confidential. As a courtesy to my clients, I will send a monthly
standard insurance statement to their insurance company for them, or
provide them with a receipt for professional services that they can
send to their company for reimbursement.
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