Relationships/Marriages
Are you having relationship issues with your spouse, partner or significant other? Are you worried about losing your relationship, losing your children or whatever is valuable to you? Are you still in love, and trying to make your relationship work and stand based on your personal beliefs? Are you cheating on your significant other or believe that you are being cheated on? Relationships should be based on trust, respect of self and others. There is no relationship expert however, all relationships need to be nurtured and cherished.
Anger Management
Do you or someone you know get triggered quickly by what other people say or do? Do you get mad, so mad that you become violent? We can all envision how tensions can build up day by day, year by year with time and experiences. It is like a bag pack, when we keep throwing things in little by little sooner or later the bag gets full. If we continue the same patterns without solving whatever we have as issue, we are going to explode. For some people it becomes so painful and stressful that they end up hurting themselves or others physically or emotionally. If you get angry easily know that nothing or no one can make you angry. Your perception of things has a lot to do with it, and that there are ways of communicating that have been proven to work better.
Domestic Violence
Have you and a family member been locked in a cycle of violence? Do you mix love and hate in your relationships? Do you go from tension building to morally and/or physically hurting your partner to making up or having a honeymoon period? It is called a circle of violence, like stated before, love should not hurt. Call us to get confidential and professional help.
Addiction
Do you or family members have issues controlling the use of prescription or non prescription drugs, tobacco, alcohol, food, gambling, and pornography, and there is a pattern of the use leading to significant impairments affecting your work, school, or your relationships at home? Has the use put you in to a physically hazardous position? Do you have a hard time getting up in the morning and getting things done? Do you feel tired all the time, do you set dates that you are never able to honor? Has the use caused you to be in trouble with the law in one way or another? If your answer is yes to any of these, please call a counselor, get evaluated and get the help you need, without pressure, and in confidence.
Adult and Child Abuse
Are you being hurt? Or are you hurting someone in your family either an adult or a child? Also knowing that hurt can be physical or emotional; Physical when someone else pushes, slaps, punches one or numerous times and emotional when someone is verbally abusive, or acting in a way that hurts another person without using violence. If you are a part of the giving end or receiving end of this issue please call. Love does not and should not hurt. We consider our kids and our significant other, our love ones. There are better ways to be understood, and to understand others without using violent acts or violent communication.
Grief and Loss
Have you lost someone, something or a dream that you had at heart? Was it so painful that you chose to ignore it, block it or not talk about it? If you had a serious lost and you still are not able to talk about it, and have not made peace with yourself. It could be affecting your everyday life; it could be the source of your stress anxiety and depression.
Immigrants/Families
Has your immigration status caused you a great deal of trauma, anxiety and depression? Are you concerned for self and/or a family member to a point where it is affecting your relationships? Have you been threatened by a family member because of your immigration status? Call us for a confidential and voluntary assessment and a counselor will work with you to lower your stress and anxiety and help you get all the services you need and deserve.