General counselling related to the above areas provides opportunities to explore the following:

Personal development: exploring, clarifying and developing one’s sense of self and who one is.

Individuation: cultivating courage and finding ways to truly be one’s self as an individual within a family instead of feeling lost in it.  Exploration of healthy independence, confidence and self esteem.

Identifying boundaries and learning how to say “no”.

Taking a clear look at anxiety from fresh perspectives and becoming more aware of the structures, dynamics and expressions of anxiety.

Interpersonal relationships and communication skills with significant others including one’s partner, parents, kids, teens, coworkers.

Relationships: finding new ways to communicate functionally and effectively with one’s partner.

Exploring life path, life transitions and career interests.

Taking fears in hand, and learning new ways to think about the future and the unknown, uncertainties and all.  Exploring inner resources of strength, staying-power and follow-through.

Working through a burden of guilt one might been carrying, and exploring perspectives that may facilitate moving on.

Identifying choices and exploring difficult decision-making processes through collaboratively developing beneficial strategies.

Exploring one’s sense of purpose, direction and meaning in life.

Gaining perspective on obsessions and compulsions, and discovering effective ways to create balance and a sense of inner calm and freedom.

Wellness including eating habits, diet, exercise, sleep: holistic exploration of day to day routines as one seeks to develop health and well-being.

Work-life balance, stress management.

Finding peace and calm, and developing a sense of presence and focus.

Organization related to stuff, clutter, time management, scheduling, and prioritizing.

Exploring values and clarifying what really matters in one’s life.

Identifying goals and dreams and creatively formulating steps to achieve them.