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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I provide services at ARC Counseling and Wellness located in Claremont California and Irvine California. In private practice, I focus on working with individuals across the life span in an integrative fashion, meeting each client where they are. My general approach is to invite the individual to feel accepted and heard. I work with each client from a supportive perspective being sure to discuss...
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We all reach the limits of our own ability to cope, our own supports, and our own usual ways of thinking and responding. When this happens it’s not uncommon to fall into behavioral patterns and symptoms - depression, anxiety, substance use or other compulsive behaviors. We forget our own strengths and don’t realize our own capacity to heal. Things just seem impossible. Our thoughts race and we...
My goal is to create with my patient a warm and nurturing environment where they feel capable of being their vulnerable and authentic self. Through personal understanding and emotional growth patients will discover a stronger sense of self and wellbeing....
Is your teen shutting down? Does your adolescent lack any drive? Is your son or daughter overwhelmed with anxiety? Are they always on their phone? Is your teen overly driven by having to be perfect? Or does your teenager not even seem to try in school? Do you worry about their friends? Does your adolescent play video games all day and night? Does your teen not seem to care about trying to set...
"No one rides for free. It's not about if we struggle, but how we struggle," a statement by the renowned Brene Brown that I truly adopt in my therapy practice. I am a firm believer that everyone needs someone to talk to, whether it be about your emotions, transitional, or core issues. If you struggle with depression, anxiety, unresolved trauma, low self esteem, or addiction, you are not the onl...
I want every person to know that seeking help and taking the first steps toward recovery, healing and change takes courage and strength. My own journey and experiences led me into the field of marriage and family therapy where I have the honor to walk alongside others with compassion, empathy and guidance. I specialize in the treatment of eating disorders, anxiety, depression and co-occurring...
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Your strengths identify who you are. Your unique needs can be addressed in a safe, collaborative environment and you can learn to communicate in ways that help you get what you need in your relationships; whether personal or with business associates. Anxiety and negativity can prevent you from engaging with others. Learning about your needs and becoming aware of your thinking patterns is crucia...
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Hello, my name is Melissa and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I work with adolescents, and adults who are currently struggling with different issues in their lives. I have experience working with anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance abuse. I believe that by providing a warm, judgement free environment my client's find the ability to strengthen the skills they already have in orde...
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