Services
Individual Counseling Services
You don’t recognize yourself
Tired, cranky, and numb are characteristics that best describe you now.
Sleep is all over the place – from sleeping all the time, feeling overwhelmingly tired, or up all night and day because your mind will not turn off.
Eating habits are out of sorts. Sometimes, it’s hard to even think about food. If you have an appetite, you only want to eat cookies and potato chips (or is this just me? 🙂).
Although you try to stay calm, you can’t stop yourself from lashing out or crying. You miss your friends but don’t have the energy to socialize.
Being perfect is not the answer.
I have a not-so-secret secret to share.
Your lovability does not depend on others’ happiness or how much you succeed. If being perfect is your idea of how to be loved and accepted, it is time to re-evaluate.
Individual counseling can help with the re-evaluation. We will revise what it means to be lovable because lovability does not come from perfection. When you are your true, authentic self, your lovability will soar.
The best love comes when you feel fully seen for who you are, flaws, fabulousness, and everything in between.
Together, in your individual counseling sessions, we will unveil your uniqueness. When you share your beautiful, genuine self with the world, you achieve the relationships you seek
As we work together, we will explore those feelings and behaviors that keep you from sleeping through the night, lashing out at others, and developing bad eating habits.
Individual counseling offers you an opportunity to have one-on-one interactions with me without fear of judgment or misunderstanding. In sessions, you get things off your chest and explore ways to deal with your problems.
Once we identify the underlying causes for why you feel the way you do, we will devise ways for you to deal with issues positively.
Are you ready to show the world your fabulousness?
I encourage you to schedule your Discovery Call today.
Teen Therapy
Expectations of perfection are heavy.
From a young age, you have succeeded in activities, school, and friendships, earning admiration from peers, teachers, and parents.
However, underneath all these successes, you carry a heavy burden of perfectionism.
The pressure is real.
Your goal to be perfect started innocently. You feel driven by your desire to excel and meet the high expectations set by parents and teachers. Maybe even yourself.
Now, here you are, a teenager, and it is hard to maintain a standard of perfection. The pressure to have a flawless image is intense.
You are not sure how you are going to keep this going.
The mask of perfection hides the truth.
People see you as confident, composed, and accomplished.
You may be top in your class or a superstar on your team, perhaps the lead in school plays. However, when people are not looking, you doubt yourself, worry (a lot), and the fear of failing paralyzes you.
This mask of perfection is suffocating.
Perfectionism brings negative results.
Sure, you receive praise from your peers, even though you don’t sleep at night.
You are up late, worrying that you won’t be good enough. These worries enter your mind during the day, at school, or with friends. You feel tired, cranky, and just overall feeling blah.
Studying harder and longer is your way of trying to fix school struggles. Staying quiet and remaining at home minimizes your awkward interactions with friends.
Being perfect doesn’t feel that great.
Embrace yourself with imperfection.
You deserve a big hug that releases the tension in your muscles, calms your mind, and embraces all aspects of you.
I will help you shed the burden of perfectionism and help you rediscover joy in the simple moments of life, like laughing with friends, playing sports, singing, and creating music – because you enjoy them, not because there is an expectation from others.
With my knowledge and encouragement, we will understand your perfectionistic tendencies and redefine success. You will embrace imperfection and discover the strength and beauty in your courage to be vulnerable and authentic.
Experience a new beginning!
You can achieve a life full of accomplishments and joy with loving self-acceptance. You wholeheartedly understand that perfection is an illusion and know that embracing your flaws and mistakes and loving yourself brings growth and happiness.
Collaborating with me will reignite your ability to share laughter with friends. Drifting off to sleep will become easier, and you will find yourself with more energy to enjoy life again. Whoo Hoo!!
Let’s get this started! Set up your Discovery Call right here, right now.
Online Therapy
Now’s the time.
Persistent feelings of worry, sadness, and irritability are beginning to interfere with your daily life functioning.
Waking up in the morning is a struggle.
Completing the task is difficult because you can’t seem to focus or even care to focus.
You spend more time alone than with your people. It’s time for a change.
Welcome to online therapy.
But, where’s the time to seek help?
You are a believer.
You understand the importance of getting help and are not opposed to counseling.
There is so much that you want to say to others, but fear that this will result in judgment rather than resolution.
Talking with a professional will help decrease your stress and improve your life overall, and it will feel great to get all of THIS off your chest.
You want to talk to someone but can’t fit it into your schedule.
Life is busy with a never-ending list of commitments – work, children, housework, social engagements.
When you do have time, you are tired and don’t have the energy to do anything but veg out with Netflix. It is an ongoing cycle, and finding a way to break it seems impossible without help.
Yay! There is no need to drive to my office or put on shoes. You can sit in your cozy chair and wear your comfy clothes because shoes and fancy clothes don’t determine the effectiveness of therapy. Dedication, resilience, and transparency are significant factors in your therapeutic success.
Meeting with me online will not stop me from teaching you the tools you can use daily to manage your most problematic challenges.
All you need is a device that allows for WiFi connection and visual and verbal communication. I use a HIPPA-compliant site that provides confidentiality. When we decide on a time, I will send you an invitation, you will connect, and our session will begin. 🙂
Experience empathy, compassion, and understanding through a computer screen. Trust that you will get the whole CoActive experience.
Set up your Discovery Call today and see how online therapy will work for you.