OTHER COUNSELING SERVICES: INDIVIDUAL AND GROUPS

• Child (including Art and Play Therapy)
• Adolescent
• Adult
• Couple
• Family

Individual Therapy
In addition to the groups mentioned, we also offer individual counseling. This applies for work with adults as well as adolescents and children. Many adults choose this form of therapy as a way to work through individual problems, gain personal coping skills, and to have the experience of working one on one with a therapist.

Our work with adolescents centers around providing a confidential and understanding environment in which personal issues can be explored. Often teens like to focus on issues related to family relationships, dating, decision making, and understanding the changes they are experiencing as they prepare to enter adulthood. This can be a confusing time as it is full of important decisions and therefore we offer therapeutic experience which includes support and healthy guidance.

Our individual work with children includes utilizing art therapy and play therapy. These approaches to therapy are used as a means of working with children who don’t yet have the language skills to express their thoughts and emotions verbally. Through the use of these other modalities, children learn how to communicate and cope with the world, utilizing age appropriate means.
 

Couples therapy is another form of therapy that focuses on relational or marital issues. Some couples choose to utilize this form of therapy explore various premarital concerns. For others, couples counseling offers a safe environment in which married or dating couples can work out problems, find healthy ways to communicate, and create a stronger bond which may extend beyond just the two of them, but impacts their family as well. 

Family therapy provides the means to bring a family together to discuss issues and relational problems. At times, this experience is the sole opportunity to have the entire family together, discussing personal matters in a safe environment. Families are then able to carry over the work done in the office, into the home.

Group Therapy
Group therapy is an effective way to deepen your understanding of yourself and your relationships. It is a unique experience of joining together with others who share common goals, fears, and frustrations. In combination with the caring and supportive guidance of the therapist, group members can feel safe enough to explore their self-defeating responses to life’s losses, hurts, and pressures.

Group therapy offers you the opportunity to develop the strength to identify your needs, assert yourself, handle conflicts, and receive support. In a safe environment you can identify your stressors and how you have handled them in the past. Then you will be able to practice new skills, which can be applied to your personal life. Throughout the process, you will be challenged to grow while finding hope and validation from the group.

Group therapy can improve the way you feel about yourself, as well as with others around you. Our goal is to help you feel supported and prepared as you face the future.

Listed below are just some of the groups offered at the Family Resource Counseling Center. For more information pertaining to groups with Infants, Children, or Adolescents, please click on the appropriate box above.

PARENTING AND HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT GROUP - Young School Age
This group provides an educational and supportive experience for parents who are interested in raising a well-adjusted child. The group will explore various parenting styles, while emphasizing parenting methods that have been found to promote healthy emotional growth in children.  In the group setting, parents will have the opportunity to explore their own parenting styles and experiences while supporting one another.

PARENTING SUPPORT GROUPS FOR HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF ADOLESCENTS
Being the parent of an adolescent is one of the challenging times of parenthood. Adolescents are doing their best to separate from their parents and become an adult in their own right. Parents are often anxious about whether their child is prepared to take this next step and are concerned with helping them to hone their skills at to cope in the “real world.” Undoubtedly, these are ingredients for tension and frustration in any family.

 There are no easy answers! Every teen’s right of passage is unique. Undeniably, there are fundamental differences with females and males, not to mention differences in religions, ethnicity’s and cultures. There is a delicate balance between accepting who they want to be and what you believe is best for them. As parents, this is a time to reach out for help and understanding. Patience and insight are essential. At the Family Resource Counseling Center, it’s our goal to provide the support and knowledge to facilitate your teen’s successful transition to adulthood while preserving your relationship with them.

Join us in one of our parent support groups. Learn from others and their experience with their own adolescents. When you are receiving support from others, you will feel understood and strength will be gained from the experience of others who have known your anguish. Give yourself a chance to gain a new perspective of adolescents, which may help to understand and help them when they need it most… yet tell you to leave them alone.

BEREAVEMENT AND GRIEF RECOVERY: SUPPORT GROUPS
Those who have experienced the loss of a loved one can feel overwhelmed by their grief. If you’ve experienced a loss, you’ll notice it’s hard to cope with the intense feelings of loss while trying to get through each day. The feelings are often intense and change from moment to moment. Do you feel a moments of sadness, guilt, confusion, anger and just plain “out of it?”

Everybody’s healing process is different. Unless you’ve had good role models that have been open with their grief process, it may be a mystery to you. Often those closest to the surviving loved ones may not even know what to say to be supportive or they may not understand why you can’t just get over it. Support and understanding are key ingredients to the healing process.

At the Family Resource Counseling Center, we are interested in helping you through the healing process of grief. The goal of the group is to honor the relationship you once had and eventually learn to accept the loss. Join others who have gone through similar experiences and can relate to your loss. Through support and insight into the process of grieving, you can regain a peaceful state of mind.