Akron Counseling Specialties
Counseling for Teens
Teen counseling often looks more like traditional talk therapy than counseling with younger children, but treatment is still tailored to the adolescent's age, personality, concerns, and communication style.
Counseling for CHildren
Children experience many of the same emotions and challenges as adults, but they may not always have the words or skills to explain what they are feeling. Changes in behavior, mood, sleep, school performance, friendships, or family relationships can sometimes be signs that a child is struggling.
Counseling for ADHD
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder involving persistent patterns of inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity that interfere with everyday functioning. While ADHD is often associated with childhood, symptoms can continue through adolescence and adulthood. ADHD may also look very different from one person to another.
Counseling for Depression
No two people experience depression the exact same way. Some people with depression may feel a general unhappiness or emptiness which doesn’t have an explanation. On the more severe end, depression can make it a challenge for some people to go to work, eat, sleep or take pleasure in activities in life that were once enjoyable.
Counseling for Anxiety
Anxiety can appear in different forms and at different levels of intensity. It includes physiological, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive components. Anxiety can be caused by stress and occur without a triggering event or situation. It can range from a mere twinge of uneasiness to a full blown panic attack. It can create feelings of fear, worry and dread.
Counseling for Grief
Grief can be a complex emotion. It can feel all-encompassing, and often people also feel anger, confusion, guilt and shame when grieving a loss. This ‘loss’ is not only referencing the death of a loved one or friend. Life changes like divorce, or the loss of a job can also bring about grief. Every grieving person’s experience is unique. Nor is there a ‘proper way’ to grieve.
Counseling for Couples
Even when people get along really well, stress and daily life can cause conflicts that seem difficult or even impossible to resolve. Relationship counseling can help people in these tough situations to work through their problems, move beyond them, and be better partners overall.
Counseling for Families
We don’t get to choose our families, however. While many people grow up in a family with healthy relationships, there are many who do not. Those born into a dysfunctional family may struggle with communication, parenting, boundaries and other areas later in life.
OCD and ERP THERAPY
OCD can sometimes resemble generalized anxiety, perfectionism, health anxiety, or other mental health concerns. Compulsions can also be subtle. Reassurance seeking, avoidance, researching, mentally reviewing a situation, or repeatedly trying to achieve certainty may become part of the OCD cycle.
EMDR THERAPY
When an experience is overwhelming or traumatic, memories of that experience may continue to trigger strong emotional or physical responses even when you are no longer in danger. EMDR therapy is designed to help the brain process these experiences so that memories can become less emotionally distressing and less disruptive to everyday life.
Counseling for Older Adults
Emotional well-being remains important throughout every stage of life. Older adulthood can bring meaningful opportunities and experiences, but it can also bring changes that affect mental health.
Additional Services
In addition to treating children, adolescents, adults, couples and families, our compassionate and experienced counselors in Akron, Ohio work with a variety of mental health concerns.