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Holidays can be joyful, but often bring heightened emotions and family tensions. Forward Counseling offers tips for navigating these challenges.
Learn about effective communication, setting healthy boundaries, prioritizing self-care, and recognizing family patterns.
Discover how to handle difficult conversations, manage stress, and create a more peaceful holiday experience.
Read MoreAs Pride Month unfolds, it's imperative to recognize the intricate link between LGBTQIA+ identity and mental well-being. The community contends with pervasive stigma and discrimination, significantly impacting mental health. Embracing pride becomes a transformative act, fostering inner strength and acceptance. LGBTQIA+ youth, facing unique challenges, often grapple with higher rates of substance abuse and mental health issues. Inclusive environments and support systems play pivotal roles in mitigating these challenges. Forward Counseling, attuned to these concerns, offers specialized mental health services. Pride Month is a call to actively engage in events, connect with supportive communities, access mental health resources, and prioritize self-care. By doing so, individuals can navigate their mental health journey with resilience, embracing their authentic selves and fostering lasting well-being.
Read MoreLife Coach
EVERY goal is within reach with a bit of help from a trained guide like Purpose and Life Coach Lauren Baker, pictured above!
The pressures in our society today seem to engrain within us that finding passions and reaching success is the most important part of life. People are expected to work hard and become successful without any help, and feelings of deep shame arise when one feels lost in the journey to success. In reality, it is extremely difficult and maybe even unattainable to figure out one’s purpose in life and know what the steps are to reach goals without any help at all. Whether it be career goals, relationship goals, or even just an ambiguous goal of wanting to feel better about life, it can feel daunting to know where to look to begin moving forward.
Finding help is especially difficult for people who are not dealing with a mental health issue which requires a therapist or counselor. The good news is there is a whole realm of coaches who work with clients with these exact goals in mind. Life Coaches have the training and knowledge needed to guide clients through the recognition of goals and aspirations in life, and how to best go about attaining those. Read more to learn how a Life Coach is the catalyst for reaching success, with information from Purpose and Life Coach Lauren Baker, M.Ed, LMSW.
Lauren likes to consider Life Coaches the “personal trainers” for life goals. They teach clients how to improve ways of thinking and provide techniques for living a more purposeful life to people who do not feel like they have mental health issues. Most people who see Life Coaches have a specific issue they are struggling with- like wanting to change careers, resolving conflict in the work space, hoping to break a pattern in relationships, or looking to analyze weak areas in thinking/lifestyle choices.
Life Coaching is typically more short-term than therapy, with clients experiencing progress within an average of 6 sessions. The sessions are short and easy to fit in, typically lasting only 45 minutes. They provide clients a space to visualize, recognize life goals and identify the limiting beliefs and actions keeping one from reaching them. After choosing those goals, Lauren helps provide the education needed to make those next steps. The Coaching process continues outside of the session- with homework, outside reading, and exercises to continue reaping the benefits of the session in between (and for the rest of the client’s life).
Seeing a Life Coach at least once in life is the most helpful thing many people may do for professional and personal success. The Coach not only helps clients work through current issues, but also provides knowledge about how to apply what is taught outside of the coaching sessions, too- meaning when other problems arise in months and years after meeting with the life coach- the client has the knowledge needed to best address that problem.
Whether it be finding the courage to ask for a promotion, figure out a career path, or a general feeling like there is an internal struggle keeping one from reaching their best self, a Life Coach is the guide who can lead the way to full success, self-actualization, and identification of limiting beliefs that cause repeated negative patterns,
To book a session with one of our awesome Life or Success Coaches like Lauren Baker, click the button below or fill out a contact form on our site at forwardcounseling.com/contact
For people who worry about confidentiality, have high deductibles, or don’t have a mental health diagnosis, choosing to pay out of pocket with a therapist has benefits. Understanding which is best is a frustrating barrier. Insurance doesn’t need to be the factor holding you back from getting the absolute best treatment for your situation. There are many highly skilled therapists and life coaches at Forward Counseling who are excited to partner with you in your journey to reaching your highest self possible.
Read MoreNeurofeedback can help reduce symptoms brought on by the stressors of daily life and bring you back to feeling like a kid. Neurofeedback allows you to take control over your brain patterns. In many situations, it is possible to cure your brain health without using prescription medication. What we aim to do is address the brain as a whole, the patterns it creates and the experiences the client is having in order to propel the client to feel fully optimized.
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