JoAnn Jardio-Beautiful Minds and Harmony

I hold a personnel belief that the client needs to tell their story, feel safe in doing so, and form a bond of trust with their therapist. I have worked in mental health for 13 years. My background started in Criminal Justice. My first Masters degree is in this field, and continued to a Maters in Counseling. There was always one comon thread. They were broken. A broken person loses trust, in both people and themselves. Building the theraputic rapport is the beginning of trust, and the first step to healing. Mood and emotions can be deceptive, people want to give up, isolate, may be angry or dysfunctional. Take the first step now. I began counseling in Crisis Mental Health, helped children who were victims of every type of abuse: sexual, neglect, physical and abandonment. Building rapport is the essential most important first step. I have been very successful with this process. My goal is to help individuals and families, who are stuck in cycles of dysfunction, become well adjusted. Many people suffer in silence because they feel therapy is just someone telling them about themselves. The opposite is true. The client must tell their story and be heard without judgement. I work with children with behavior problems, adults with intrusive thoughts and moods disorders, schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, depression, anxiety, ADHD and Trauma.