Services

Premarital Counseling

Congratulations on your engagement! Now that you said “YES”, premarital counseling is what you do before the big “I DO”. So you are in the right place. Research revealed that those who participated in premarital counseling were better off than 80% of couples who chose against counseling.  So as you plan your wedding, it is also essential that you plan your life together and premarital counseling can help with that. Counseling is one of the smartest ways to invest in the future of your relationship.

GOALS OF PREMARITAL COUNSELING:

• Identify strengths and areas for growth within the relationship 

• Understand how you family of origin influences your relationship style

• Improve communication skills

• Explore and manage major known and anticipated stressors

• Discuss money matters

• Explore needs, expectations and roles

• Learn effective conflict resolution techniques

• Create personal, couple and family goals

Individual Counseling

At AWW, I recognize that it takes courage to express needing help and bravery to actually contact someone to get started. Therefore, I start services with a person centered approach and really listen to what is troubling you and collaborate with you to develop goals to assist you in achieving your unique needs.  My mission is to empower you with the tools and resources necessary to achieve holistic wellness and realize your fullest potential.  These services are beneficial for someone dealing with stress, anxiety, procrastination, grief, life transitions or just feeling stuck in life.

Couples/Marital Counseling 

Feeling too much tension and discord in your relationship? Online couples counseling sessions could be the answer you and your significant other have been looking for. I work to find the source of those conflicts and help resolve them. Specific interests: frequent arguing, losing your spark, falling out of love, discernment about your future, getting back to "before," impacts of infidelity

Focus Areas for Marriage and Couples Virtual Counseling

Areas addressed include, but are not limited to:

• Communication 

• Conflict Resolution

• Sexual & Intimacy Issues

• Infidelity

• Fighting & Anger

• Identity & Role Conflict

• Dependence vs. Independence

• Ethics & Values

• Jealousy

• Parenting

• Money & Finances

• Work/Life Balance

• And More

Note that couples therapy is only indicated for partners who are physically and psychologically safe with one another. The National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1.800.799.SAFE (7233)

Life Coaching

Are you ready for your personal transformation? In addition to being a Licensed Professional Counselor for many years, I am also a Life Coach. 

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As a Life Coach, I help my clients achieve goals in many areas of their lives. Below are some examples.

1. Relationships: Eliminating unhealthy patterns, managing losses and transitions, communication strategies, addressing conflict and managing difficult conversations, creating and maintaining meaningful connections, establishing boundaries, being your authentic self with others.  

2. ​Career: Discovering and using your strengths, building your career around your passions and purpose, turning a passion into a business, feeling more engaged at work, creating work-life balance, making major career decisions, navigating career changes, job search and interviewing strategies, strategies for best showcasing your strengths and achievements on your resume and online, career advancement and leadership strategies, managing challenging career transitions or layoffs, improving office communication.

3. ​Financial: Improving money mindset, increasing income, saving for specific goals and passions, saving for the future or emergencies, spending wisely, eliminating debt.

4. Living Environment: Organizing or enhancing your living space, creating a sanctuary, planning for a move.

5. Community Engagement: Finding volunteer opportunities, engaging in community activities, creating a sense of connection within your community.

6. Physical Health: Creating healthy eating habits, developing exercise and fitness routines, health maintenance, addressing physical ailments and concerns.

7. Mental & Emotional Health: RESCRIPTing negative self-talk, minimizing self-criticism, making peace with the past, approaching the future with hope and optimism, alleviating stress and overwhelm, enhancing confidence and feelings of self-worth, eliminating over-analyzing, growing self-compassion, practicing kindness and forgiveness, enhancing resilience, eliminating mental and emotional chaos by getting organized and effectively managing your time.

8. Intellectual Growth: Learning a new skill, gaining new knowledge, growing expertise, increasing awareness, taking a course, going back to school, reading more frequently.  

9. Recreation & Relaxation: Creating self-care habits, discovering and making time for activities that bring you joy or calm, rewarding hard work with something fun or relaxing.

10. Spirituality: Engaging in activities that fill you with a sense of purpose and mission, connecting with your higher power and the universe, creating and maintaining gratitude practices.

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You might be wondering--how is coaching different from counseling?

Counseling (also referred to as therapy) includes diagnosing a psychological disorder and helping clients process history, manage symptoms and address unproductive thinking and behavioral patterns. Counselors provide education, ask questions and utilize insights to resolve interpersonal and intrapersonal challenges.

Life Coaching involves helping clients who are feeling stuck reach goals to help them become unstuck. Life Coaching is present and future-oriented and does not explore a client's past, except to pin-point and modify old patterns that are no longer serving them.