Counseling services
Counseling services are provided at The Institute by interns, residents, and senior staff members who are trained in religion, spirituality and the behavioral sciences. Pastoral counselors do not impose their personal religious beliefs upon others. Persons of all faiths and persons of no religious affiliations are equally welcome. Every person’s faith and values are respected. Our counselors are able to explore the religious or spiritual dimensions of the problems the person brings as needed.
- The counseling process can help you:
Work through depression, anxiety, trauma, and other psychological issues
Rebuild your life after loss
Manage conflict constructively
Gain insights and awareness of your personality, family, and other relationships
Explore your sexual identity
Prepare for marriage through premarital counseling
Improve your communication skills
Enrich your relationship with your partner
Learn better parenting skills
Understand your cultural identity and other immigration related stressors and issues
Manage your stress more effectively
Grow spiritually and/or religiously
Individual Therapy
This is right for you if…
You keep worrying about the same problem over and over
You don’t know who you could ever trust with knowing about your secret struggle
You wish there was somebody who could tell you why you feel this way
You’re interested in therapy, but you don’t want to give up total control
Other areas of your life are being negatively impacted by your struggle
You need somebody to listen to you and your feelings for once
Then, individual therapy could be right for you.
If you’re looking for help improving your everyday life – or for a more tailored therapy experience, you would be a great fit for our individual therapy services.
Couples Counseling
Do you feel like your relationship is at a standstill? Are you and your partner stuck in the same argument loop every night? Do you feel like the you and your partner are drifting away? Do you desire more intimacy between you and your partner?
All things can be improved, changed and bettered, with just a little support, no matter how big or small. With couples therapy, you’ll learn how to communicate your feelings and needs, and get what you want out of your relationship.
Some issues that bring couples to therapy are:
Addiction/Partner Addiction Support
Balance (Work/Life/Family)
Blended Families
Chronic Illness
Divorce
Extended Family
Infidelity/Cheating
Intimacy
Mental Illness
Pre-Marital/Readiness
Pornography
Sex
If any of the above relates to you and your partner, please reach out today, so we can schedule an appointment. Let’s speak about how to reconnect and rekindle your love for one another.
Group Therapy
Group therapy’s effectiveness lies in its ability to help you find connections with other people and their experiences. These therapist-guided sessions will help you learn more about yourself and how to improve the way you feel, while feeling support from others who understand your experience.
If you’re looking for help improving your everyday life, or for a more community-oriented therapy experience, you would be a great fit for our group therapy services. Please reach out today for an assessment for group therapy or to schedule your first appointment.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, or MBCT, is designed for people who suffer repeated bouts of depression or chronic unhappiness. It combines the ideas of cognitive therapy with meditative practices and attitudes based on the cultivation of mindfulness.
Recent research has also shown that people who have been clinically depressed three or more times in their life find that learning mindfulness-based skills helps to considerably reduce their chances of depression returning.
What does MBCT help treat?
Depression and anxiety
Food and eating issues
Low mood and negative thoughts
Body sensations such as weariness and sluggishness
Psychosis
If you can relate to any of the above issues, mindfulness-based therapy may be right for you. MBCT helps people separate themselves from their thoughts and moods and teaches them how to recognize their sense of being, and aims to give participants the necessary tools to combat depressive symptoms as they arise.
Evidence indicates that mindfulness-based therapy may reduce the rate of depressive relapse by 50%. If you or someone you know will benefit from mindfulness-based therapy, please reach out today so we can schedule an appointment.
Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Counseling
We provide counseling services via video conferencing, called Telehealth. Thanks to modern technology, just about everyone in the U.S. has a smart phone or tablet capable of video chat. This ease of access to make video calls has revolutionized the health industry, allowing doctors and counselors to meet with patients through a video call.
Through the Patient Portal, you are able to receive and send back forms and documents saving travel time to the counseling office. More importantly, you can request/cancel appointments, email your therapist, and keep “social distancing” protocols. Our Telehealth service is HIPAA-compliant, making sure that privacy of your sessions is protected.
