Phoenix Rising Counseling

Phoenix Rising Counseling can help lift what is holding you down.
We use many counseling approaches - such as talk therapy, solution-focused therapy, EMDR, play therapy, art therapy, and more - to assist you in moving toward your goals.
Counseling can be an overwhelming idea when you are already struggling with depression or anxiety.
It is a vulnerable position to be the client.
Your counselor will ask you questions about how you have been dealing with your stresses and what events might have happened to you in the past that would help to understand your current situation.

I have experience helping those whose lives are controlled by past traumas, as well as those struggling with serious emotional disturbances.
This experience was gained by working in crisis situations, outpatient, and residential treatment facilities that provide individual, family, and group therapy.
In addition, I have experience supervising clinicians in a clinical setting, as well as counselors working toward licensure.
Trauma and sexual reactive behaviors are my specialty.

My specialization of practice includes supervision, trauma, reactive attachment, and addiction.
While working in outpatient settings and residential treatment facilities, I gained 17 years of varied experience with adults, children, and teens with mental health concerns, trauma, reactive attachment behaviors, and addiction.
I view counseling as providing a means to learn about yourself.
When life is overwhelming, counseling provides someone to be there with you on your goal-seeking journey.

All of us are presented with problems, and many can be solved by our own efforts.
But sometimes each of us may face a persistent problem that simply will not go away no matter what we do.
Maybe you are grieving over the loss of a loved one, and it seems impossible to overcome the sadness.
It may be that you are experiencing a new change in your life like moving away from home for the first time, changing jobs, or breaking up with a partner.
Coping with addictions, eating and sleep disorders, past trauma, persistent illness, or some other issue can simply defy your ability to resolve.

The consequences of stress with families are multifaceted.
Some families experience monetary stress, and others may have a difficult child who creates strife for everyone else.
As children grow and experience school and peers, the family dynamic can change.
These changes can challenge relationships, especially if there is a failure to communicate.
Issues such as addiction, marital problems, behavior problems in children, difficulties in communicating, and others can be helped with family therapy.