Positive Psychology focuses on the positive influences in the client’s life, such as institutions, optimistic emotions, and character strengths.
Positive Psychology therapists believe that emotional and mental factors lead to happiness, so they help clients identify happiness from moment to moment.
Positive Psychology utilizes positive emotion, engagement, and meaning to enhance the client’s life. The therapist will ask the client to maintain a journal of positive experiences each day in detail. Keeping a gratitude journal helps rewire the brain, offsetting ruminations of negativity. The client becomes more attentive to their expectations and memories of events, creating a more balanced perspective.
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As a licensed clinical social worker I have experience working with individuals, couples and families. For the last 10 years, I have been working with foster and adoptive families using a trauma-focused approach. I specialize in working with anxiety, depression, relationship complications, and parenting issues....
Many of my clients identify as highly sensitive, creative, open, and curious with philosophical and spiritual leanings. They often are helpers and healers who find that they have given so much of themselves to others that they have lost themselves somewhere along the way. As a result, they struggle to set boundaries, ask for what they want and need, and feel disempowered, depressed, and anxious...
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**NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING DUE TO FULL SCHEDULE** Hello! Are you ready for a change? Are you ready for someone with an open mind, a sense of humor, and someone who is not "cookie cutter?" I work with families who strive to have a calm, healthy household and those who are navigating the world of custody in a realistic and logical point of view. My areas of focus include: Children and adolescents,...
We know how important it is to have options when you decide to reach out for support. As a group of clinicians invested in your wellbeing, we provide individual and group counseling to adults, children (ages 6+), and couples. Because we cannot determine when life stressors or increasing mental health concerns will occur, you may be able to be seen the same day of your call. Our providers are...
Dr. Jessica Towsky is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Illinois. She earned both her Masters of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Psychology Degrees (Psy.D.) from the APA-Accredited Clinical Psychology program at Illinois School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, Illinois. She earned her Bachelors of Arts Degree (B.A.) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Towsky completed ...
I can help you begin to listen to the deep wisdom that resonates within & around you & to help you move past fear & discover your own power. I have experience in treating anxiety, depression, domestic violence, sexual assault, trauma-related issues, marriage/family therapy & grief & loss. I incorporate Attachment-Focused EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Repossessing) which is client centere...
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My goal is to help adults, teens, families and couples to find inner happiness. I provide psychotherapy using cognitive behavioral skills to provide my clients with the right tools for change. I specialize in anxiety disorders, menopause issues, teen challenges, grief and loss. Life balance is what is the most important goal for me to help my clients achieve....
Is your school-age child or teen having difficulty at home, in school, or in their relationships with others? Are you concerned about your infant or toddler's development? Do they have behaviors that are difficult to manage? As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Child Development Specialist, I can help determine if your child is just going through a stage or needs further intervention...
The Caring Tree: Children & Counseling Center in Wausau provides therapy to children of all ages and their family. Our focus is on improving the overall wellness for children who are experiencing post-trauma, mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, ADHD, and on the autism spectrum. Therapy facilitates communication and healing while supporting the family. We use various play therapy and ...
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