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Since 2010, Real Life Counseling has been dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families  find their way forward. We understand that starting counseling is a big step — and we’re here to walk beside you on your journey toward hope, healing, and personal growth.

Our team of compassionate counselors uses a strengths-based, client-centered approach. We take the time to truly listen, understand your goals, and work collaboratively with you to move those goals forward. This process is yours, and we’re here to support and guide you every step of the way.
Below are just a few of the areas where we offer care and support.
 

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Grief & Loss

When it comes to grief and loss, most of us struggle to even know where to begin. That’s normal, as grief & loss can look so different with each of us and be centered around a diverse focus.

Finding a safe & directing environment to process grief and loss, with support, can help people “find their way forward”, without ever leaving behind the ones or things that meant so much.

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Depression

For those dealing with depression, it’s hard to capture just how debilitating it can be, all the while to look like it isn’t. On the outside, one can look like nothing is wrong - all the while struggling to just get out of bed, be present with those around them or even just enjoy life.

There is help for depression - you can learn to understand it, how it engages with us and ways to manage & decrease its impact on your life.

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ADHD

ADHD is one of the more misunderstood mental health struggles.  Most see it as just having "high energy".  In reality, ADHD isn't really that - it's the struggle to focus, be present, remember to follow through, and the identity-shaping impact these struggles have on those living with it.  This includes the shame cycle of missed appointments, missed conversation points, school or work focus struggles, and the daily struggle to compensate for these areas. It's often mistaken for not caring, not being dependable, or even "purposely" doing things - when that's not it at all. 

If you wonder if ADHD is affecting you, please reach out to one of our counselors. They can assess if it is, collaborate with you on a treatment approach, and help you take back control of your life that ADHD keeps undermining.

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Trauma & PTSD

The trauma’s we’ve experienced - whether large or small - shape the way we think, interact, believe and engage with life. If you’ve experienced trauma or are having symptoms of or are like PTSD, they can sometimes be debilitating or at minimum, a nuisance in important areas of our lives.

There are ways to work through, resolve or even eliminate their impact on us.

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Men's and Women's Issues

Needing a safe place to talk about those areas relating specifically to these topics is important.  They aren’t foreign to anyone but can still feel isolating.  Joining with one of our team of counselors - who approach every person with unconditional, positive regard - can be a place of finding answers to those very feelings, struggles and experiences. 

Learning you’re not alone in these and that there are ways to understand and develop effective strategies can start here. 

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Couples/Marriage

Struggles in important relationships are distressful - no more so than in couples, partnerships, and marriage relationships.  Resolving these struggles increases well being, promotes greater focus and enjoyment of life. 

Couples/Marriage issues focus on identifying the barriers, focusing on the needs, increasing an understanding of your partner, and learning how to communicate safely and effectively.

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"There is hope even when your brain tells you there isn't."

John Green

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Anxiety & Stress

Anxiety and stress do a lot to make life less enjoyable and more difficult to engage in.  Much of the time, we don’t even recognize it's anxiety and stress that is what is going on inside of us.  Understanding our anxiety or our sources of stress are always the first and most important steps in improving how they are impacting our lives. 

Even just learning more about yourself can help in managing both. 

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Family

Families have the potential to be both the most enriching part of our lives as well as our greatest sources of stress and conflict. We can help when it's the latter :-). 

Learning about your family’s “eco-system”, the roles each person plays, the needs each one has, and how to communicate in a way that fits your family values, are some of the ways to get your family back on track.

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Phases of Life & Life Changes

Part of the human experience is change.  Sometimes change is exciting and brings even greater joy into our lives.  Sometimes though, we experience change we weren't ready for - whether suddenly or, as part of a transition to another phase of our life.  These types of changes can be disorienting or can "knock us off our feet" a bit, leaving us feeling less stable and uncertain of direction.  

When this happens, find someone to journey with you as you "find your way" through it.  We focus on re-centering around your values, identifying your sources of strength, processing any associated areas of grief and adhering to your guiding principles to bring empowerment to a time that can feel so disempowering. 

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Phobias

Living with a phobia or obsession can be a secretly debilitating experience.  Those around us don't see our struggle but we navigate our entire lives around it. 

Whether it's the scary experiences associated with OCD (like unwanted thoughts & worries), or a specific phobia creating negative effects in the quality of your life, we can partner with you in finding help and solutions.

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"We are not what happened to us.  We are what we wish to become." Carl Jung

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