Individual therapy focuses on the emotional experiences of your life. Whether it is behavioral patterns, the pain of losing a loved one, a plaguing worry, or a persisting sense of sadness, we can all benefit from having a third-party help process our feelings. We examine how relationships, all your relationships–to self, family, friends, culture, environment, and so on, have worked toward shaping who you are. By establishing an awareness of the context you live within, specifically the different systems you are a part of, a clearer perspective can be gained. Once a clearer perspective is established, we collaboratively start creating healthier ways to relate to yourself individually, and as result to others around you. The core to all the work, is the way you first relate to yourself.
Do you find it challenging to communicate with your partner? Are you struggling to be intimate? Does even the smallest conversation trigger both of you into an argument? If so, couples counseling may be for you. Marriage is hard work! And if you and your partner are not working through new circumstances and growing together, you may quickly find yourselves living separate lives. On the flip-side, relationship counseling is not just for couples who are struggling, and is a proactive way to promote wellness and vibrancy in your partnership. Couples benefit from strengthening communication skills, clarifying expectations, replacing negativity with curiosity, or just having a few moments to connect without distraction. Couples and marriage counseling offers an opportunity to shift from existing to thriving. It allows for a safe place to mindfully navigate the preventive maintenance, tune-up or complete rebuild phase, while finding the tools to handle the emotions that come up.
Being in a family is a lot of work! Whether you are a single-parent, nuclear, or blended family system, we are trained to walk with you. Think of a family like a garden. There are multiple forces at play in each moment: light, water, bugs, soil, nutrients, weeds. If one part goes awry, the whole system can be compromised. However, a small change or improvement to one part can alter the course of the entire system, and lead to big change. When each part is working together, amazing possibilities appear.
Families formed through adoption face unique challenges. Adoption-competent therapists understand the unique developmental, emotional, and behavioral issues involved in life for everyone in the community of adoption and foster care, and provide mental health services that acknowledge the complexity of these issues without pathologizing them. They are well-versed in the different types of adoption, the losses involved for each person, the impact of trauma, the dynamics of openness, common emotional and behavioral challenges, and difficulties of identity development, among other issues vital to nurturing emotional, psychological, and relational well-being.
At The TNC Psychotherapy Group, our professional background includes years of experience working with individuals of all ages who are adopted, as well as their biological and adoptive families. Our clinical experience also extends to foster care, counseling children and adolescents in care along with their foster and biological parents; helping support the reunification of children and their biological family whenever possible through family counseling; and facilitating training and consultation to area foster care and adoption community groups and ministries. Simply put, there are unique characteristics inherent in the adoption journey, and when those are addressed in a healthy, safe and non-judgmental environment, it can create deeper connections within an individual, family and community. We welcome anyone considering or touched by foster care or adoption, who desire support and counsel, to contact us.
We live in a world where you can be surrounded by people, but still feel lonely or stuck, with nobody to turn to when things get rough. Being heard is an important part of being human. In addition to office visits, we provide convenient and confidential online consultations and coaching. Life Coaching is a new and innovative aspect of counseling. Separate from traditional psychotherapy, Life Coaching is future-focused and goal-oriented, concentrating on current events in your life to bring about profound and meaningful change. If you are looking for innovative solutions to stuck problems and seeking a higher level of fulfillment, we are here to support you. Our HIPAA-compliant and secure online portal is available for those aged 18+.
