INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING

The individual counseling experience consists of the counselor and the client. Both you and the counselor, are in a joint effort to facilitate a roadmap to change that the client desires. The counselors works collaboratively  with the client to determine goals and objectives. 

The growth you developed is  incremental and you  can expect the counselor to not only be solution focused but systemic using evidence based interventions.  This means you will have new insight and a greater understand of self, allowing goals to be achieved and maintained.  Your process is respected in the individual counseling experience. This process allows you to develop strong roots fruit bearing change. Allow yourself the experience of being who you choose to be. 

CHEMICAL DEPENdency COUNSELING

Chemical dependency counseling addresses the ways in which drugs and alcohol affect you, on personal and physical levels, and in their relationships with others.  A person addicted feels disconnected not only from themselves but also with others.  A chemical dependency counselor coordinates efforts with those of other agencies to provide holistic help . 

This circle of care will help you break the bond between you and your harmful addiction. Addiction is a family disease and breaks the roots that binds us all together. Chemical dependency counseling allows for you and your family to not just understand and process the impact of addiction, but provide support in the recovery efforts. 

marital and couple counseling

It can be difficult to think that your relationship is no longer bearing fruit or you no longer feel connected to your partner or spouse. The experience of joining with a person and developing roots and finding yourselves in a place where it feels like it’s dying, is hard for couples to face. Issues such as poor communication, infidelity, decisions about money and children, or growing apart can cause significant distress. 

Marital and couple counseling is a form of counseling that support you both in seeking change in your intimate relationships. As a couple you may seek counseling for a variety of reasons. Sometimes you may be seeking ways to reconcile relationships or find amicable ways to separate. It is important to know that in couple counseling the therapist will not side with any particular partner. The goal is on the unit itself, regardless if the unit is intact or otherwise. Couples can expect their therapist to hold everyone accountable to the goals each couple sets.

family counseling

Family is the root of all our individual lives. There are times where our families are struggling. Stress, anger, grief, communication, decisions, children, parental; the list goes on can stifle the growth we experience in our family trees. These internal and external conflicts can allow for a family to be stuck in a cycle of hostility or disconnect. 

Family counseling allows for the roots to remember they are part of the same tree. The counselor utilizes evidence based interventions assist families in working through the conflictual weeds that strangle. 

MEDIATION

There are times where it is difficult to solve disputes on our own. Disputes with families, coworkers, and divorces can manifest negative feelings making it difficult for solutions to take root. 

Mediation, one form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), can be an effective way of resolving a dispute out of court. It is typically limited to civil cases, although some non-violent criminal acts (such as harassment) may be resolved through mediation. Mediation differs from arbitration, but they are both alternatives to litigation through the courts.   

GROUP COUNSELING

The group experience is quite a phenomenal one! The group facilitator uses evidenced based interventions to develop you within the group. The group experience allows for you to gain insight from an experienced facilitator, and others on different points of the coping continuum.  You will see how others handle similar problems allowing you to rapidly add new coping behaviors and insight. 

Your ability to give and receive feedback is part of the process for others as well! As you join in the group experience, you will develop new skills strengthening your process. We are all roots of the same tree in group. Our collaboration as one allows for each of us to bear fruit with our individual goals. 

EDUCATION

Parker Counseling and Consulting Studio values education on a personal, professional and organizational level. Educational courses that allow for professionals to obtain or sustain licensure in various professions. Organizations can educate their systems in skill sets that will enhance their employees customer service skills. Personally, individuals can grow in their relationships with significant others, families and individual development.