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Addiction
Addiction and chemical or behavioral dependency destroys lives.
The addiction and associated behaviors become so entrenched that
the individual (and their families’) entire lives become
affected. Addiction is a 3-fold disease that affects the spiritual,
mental and physical aspects of the individual and their family.
The only long-term recovery available is thought an integrated
approach that addresses all three aspects of the disease. It is
considered a family disease because the influence of the addiction
is so widespread. Addiction does not just affect the addict. For
this reason, relief is best realized if a holistic approach is
used that involves all parts of the system.
What if the addict won’t or can’t quit?
It is a principle of family systems theory that if even one piece
of a system changes, then the entire system changes. For
this reason relief is available to you even if the addict is not
ready to change.
Family Counseling
Family Counseling is offered to both individuals and entire families.
Family systems theory recognizes that nothing happens in a vacuum
and that the individuals in the family are part of the larger
system. The parts are interrelated, not independent. Insight into
how your family works allows you to more readily make fundamental
change in how each relates to the other. Change is possible; we
sometimes just need to drop the shackles of old history and unexamined
choices in our behavior.
Marriage Counseling
Marriage Counseling is offered for couples who have discovered
that “happily ever after” is going to require more
work than society and the media suggest. From issues of respect
and fairness to influences by the family-of-origin on your mairriage,
counseling can help you clarify where you are in your marriage
and the barriers that are limiting the success and fullness of
your relationship. Communication skills and the ability to dialog
are fundamental to successful relationships. While important,
we often don’t fully appreciate or understand how to utilize
these skills. Relationship counseling can address this.
Grief Counseling
Grief Counseling is offered to support the individual as we move
through loss together. One of the fundamental misconceptions about
grief is that the stages of grief (denial, bargaining, anger,
depression and acceptance) are sequential. That has not been my
experience. Rather than burdening ourselves with the notion that
we “should have moved through that stage” by now,
it is actually more accurate to consider that these stages are
circular or closely spiraled (think Slinky). While we may have
moved to a certain level of acceptance, we still may circle back
to anger or depression at times. Grief counseling will help you
sort out the profound sadness and move you through to a place
of new hope and perspective.
Divorce Counseling
Divorce Counseling is offered to individuals and couples who
are sorting out how to separate cleanly for the sake of both self,
family and children. It is possible to do it
in a healthy fashion and minimize the damage we may otherwise
inflict on to others.
Depression
Depression can be either chronic or situational. Regardless
of the type, counseling can enhance recovery from both. It is
possible to change the way you feel, and the brain’s chemistry,
through counseling and changes in behavior. Daniel works with
several physicians whose practice focuses on chemical imbalances,
who agree that recovery is not simply about medicine but rather
include an integrated approach to this potentially debilitating
condition. Anti-depressants are not always demanded but remain
a resource to be considered in some circumstances.
Anger and Stress Management
Anger is a natural emotion. Taken to extremes however anger
can destroy relationships and prevent us from enjoying any peace
we might seek for our life. Counseling can lead to an understanding
of the steps and processes involve in the manifestation of anger,
and how to interrupt the process in a better way. In addition,
counseling will lead you to the fundamental source of the anger.
This can facilitate the opportunity to correct this natural process
at its base level before it causes problems in your life. Learn
to deal with anger in a more positive fashion.
Adolescence
Adolescence is a difficult time. Issues of identity, responsibility
and even hormones contribute to a very challenging period in one’s
life. Boundaries, choices and consequences are examined in counseling
to empower the individual to choose behaviors that are productive
and at least responsive rather than reactive. In addition, family
dynamics are examined to understand how other forces affect the
adolescent and how the individual can contribute to the family
in a healthy fashion.
Goup Crisis
Daniel has experience and training in helping groups deal with
crisis. He has Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) experience
and works with a wide variety of group crisis and trauma. Examples
of these situations include robbery of workplace, unexpected death
of a co-worker, children's death, suicide of a group member, and
victims of violent crime. This process will allow the individual
and the group to begin to deal with the event in a productive
manner and minimize long term stress and effects around the situation.
Call to discuss the specifics of your situation.
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