SERVICES AVAILABLE
COUPLES COACHING
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Enhancing relationships
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Learning tools for ffective communication
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Overcoming power struggles
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Identifying and managing stress in marriage
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Recovering passion
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NURTURING SUPPORT FAITH-BASED PROFESSIONALS
With a wide variety of tools tested over time, Gary supports church professionals in any denomination or faith. Planning for successful ministry in a rapidly changing world, vision and strategies make the rubber meet the road. Gary has led assessments and planning processes for secular and faith-based groups. Creative non-anxious leadership can be coached and learned, opening the soul to new dynamic solutions to even the most difficult challenges.
INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING/COACHING
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Are you stuck in a rut?
What kind of obstacles stand between you and the life you would choose to live? Working with individuals, we focus on:
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Clarifying where the client is and where the client would like to be
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Identifying challenges which might block forward movement toward the desired goal
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Creating realistic strategies for moving forward and deeper
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Providing insight and accountability for clients progress in becoming "unstuck"
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Celebrating successes on the journey toward a more joyful life
OVERCOMING RELIGION BASED SHAME
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In today's world, sadly many people live with wounded souls as a result of the judgement of their religious backgrounds. With deep compassion and empathy, we seek to:
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Accompany clients as they walk toward wholeness and recovery
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Help identify and name the source of shame based pain
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Provide a safe place for expressions of disappointment, rejection, anger and hurt
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Assist in the process of reclaiming a sense of beauty, value and confidence in oneself
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Encourage the power of forgiveness as a way to release the grip of shame
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PREMARITAL COUNSELING
Laying the foundation for fullness of life together through:
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Crafting a common vision of your marriage
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Expressing and clarifying expectations of life together
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Exploring the ways personality types will impact marriage
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Embracing marriage as a spiritual journey
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FAMILY SYSTEMS
Creating functional family systems through exploring conflicts and tensions as painful parts of the whole. While it's most tempting to place the responsibility of a problem on one person (a child who has acted out), often more effective solutions come from a thoughtful examination of what might be happening in the system as a whole.
All families have some level of dysfunction. How it is either dealt with or swept under the rug determines relationship which grow healthier and deep over the long arc of time.
TAPPING INTO THE POSITIVE POWER OF ANGER
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Anger is pure energy which can be extremely destructive or powerfully life giving meant to be acted upon rather than acted out.
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What's going on in the midst of the anger?
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What's happening below the surface?
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Whose fault is it?
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Identifying and overcoming bad habits related to anger
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Choosing again and again to listen to anger, learn from it, and make life giving constructive decisions based on what you've learned
GRIEF SUPPORT
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We seek to help clients work through the debilitating power of grief, recognizing it's stages and impact in every loss. Whether we grieve the death of a loved one, the loss of a job or marriage, or even the loss of passion for your work., grief has the power to paralyze, if not understood. Through careful listening, thoughtful feedback and unconditional support, we hope to empower those who grieve.