THEORETICAL
ORIENTATION
Eclectic
Orientation and Application as indicated, including:
Cognitive
Behavioral, Existential Humanistic, Problem Solving, Strategic, Psychodynamic,
Family of Origin, Cross-Cultural, Insight, and Psychoeducational
GOALS
IN COUNSELING & THERAPY
INDIVIDUAL
WORK:
Learning
to take care of oneself, self-nurturing, greater self-esteem, replacing
maladaptive behavior with more constructive behaviors, living life in the
present.
COUPLES
WORK:
Improving
communication, greater clarity in the relationship, recognizing family of
origin interferences, understanding male & female cultural differences.
FAMILY
WORK:
Recognizing
family dynamics, clarifying roles, recognizing family of origin interferences
in the family, assessing functionality, establishing boundaries, improving
communication.
CHILDREN:
Assessing
temperamental & learning styles, assessing development, fostering
expressive maturity, promoting self-esteem, security, & stability,
assessing family roles and boundaries.
TEENAGERS:
Self-esteem
& self-sufficiency, helping in the search for identity, resolving his or
her changing roles in the family & society, reconciling social &
cultural pressures with family expectations & personal needs.
It
is my belief that no child or individual's goals should be sacrificed for the
benefit of reaching goals in a couples' relationship or in a family.
Individual and relationship or family goals are not inherently
oppositional. It
is in reconciling individual goals with family issues that the couple or
family can achieve and maintain healthy long-term success in meeting its
needs. Couples
and families that function without its members satisfying their individual
needs exist in stress, pain, and difficulty.
