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Types of Counseling:
Couples Counseling
Facilitated by a therapist, couples therapy can help couples improve
their understanding of each other and, the way that they respond to one
another. 
Couples
counseling involves discussion and problem-solving sessions facilitated
by a therapist. At times it may include both partners and
sometimes with individuals. This type of therapy can help couples
improve their understanding of each other and, the way that they respond
to one another. It may also resolve patterns of behavior that
might lead to more severe mental illness.
Family Therapy
form of therapy typically with an entire family group, sometimes
with individuals, that involves discussions and problem solving
sessions.
Family
therapy is facilitated by a therapist, sometimes with the entire family
group and sometimes with individuals. Family Therapy helps family
members improve their understanding of, and the way they respond to, one
another. This type of therapy can resolve patterns of behavior
that might lead to more severe mental illness. It can also help
educate individuals about the nature of mental disorders and teach them
skills to cope better with the effects of having a family member with a
mental illness (e.g. how to deal with feeliings of anger or guilt).
Group Therapy
Group therapy involves groups of usually 4 to 12 people who have
similar problems.
Group
therapy involves groups of usually 4 to 12 people, typically of similar
age, who have similar problems and who meet regulary with a therapist.
The therapist uses the emotional interactions of the group's members to
help them get relief from distress and possibly modify their behavior.
Individual Therapy
Therapy that is tailored for a patient/client that is administered
one-on-one.
Mental
health problems are real. They affect ones' thoughts, body,
feelings, and behavior. They can be severe, seriously interfere
with a person's life, and even cause a person to become disabled.
Individual therapy is tailored for a patient/client that is administered
one-on-one whether it be in the home, office or school. Goals for
therapy may be specific (e.g. change in behavior, improved relations
with family or friends), or more general (e.g. less anxiety, better
self-esteem).
Mental Health Paraprofessional Intervention
The purpose of intensive Mental Health Paraprofessional Intervention
is to enable the client to be maintained in the most normalized, least
restrictive setting as possible, and to prevent unnecessary,
inappropriate institutionalization.
Care 4 America Inc. is a private counseling agency with
outpatient facilities in Florida. Our staff endeavors to provide the
therapeutic services needed to aid individuals and families through
their most difficult and challenging times.
Mental
Health Paraprofessionals will work with the client and family on
behavioral issues that occur in the home, school, and community.
The MHPP serves on the treatment team and assists professional staff
with the execution of the treatment plan. They also assist with
securing community services that might be available to the client and
the client's family.
The purpose of intensive Mental Health Paraprofessional Intervention is to enable the client to be maintained in the most normalized, least restrictive setting as possible, and to prevent unnecessary, inappropriate institutionalization.
Play Therapy / Art Therapy
Geared toward young child to help them communicate and resolve
problems.
Play
Therapy is geared toward young children (as young as two) and uses a
variety of activities-such as painting, puppets, and dioramas (a
re-creation of a natural setting which shows a specific moment in time)
- to establish communication with the therapist and resolve problems.
Play allows the child to express emotions and problems that would be too
difficult to discuss with another person.
One example of a play therapist referral might be: a 5 year-old who is having trouble separating from mom and going to kindergarten. There are many more examples of more intense needs such as sexual or parental abuse.
Psychiatric Services
A psychiatrist may meet with a patient/client to evaluate their
mental health and/or prescribe medicines when appropriate.
A
psychiatrist is a member of the treatment team that has completed both
medical school and training in psychiatry, and is a specialist in
diagnosing and treating mental illness. The psychiatrist may meet
with a patient/client to evaluate their mental health and/or prescribe
or maintain medicines, when appropriate.
School-Based Services
The purpose of school-based mental health services is to ensure that
children with emotional and/or behavioral disorders are provided needed
mental health services in a safe, familiar, and nurturing environment
while enhancing and improving their academic experiences.
The purpose of school-based mental health services is to ensure that children with emotional and/or behavioral disorders are provided needed mental health services in a safe, familiar, and nurturing environment while enhancing and improving their academic experiences.
School-based treatment and support interventions that are designed to identify emotional disturbances and/or assist parents, teachers, and counselors in developing comprehensive strategies for addressing these disturbances. School-based services also include counseling or other school-based programs for emotionally disturbed children, adolescents, and their families within the school, home and community environment.
My Personal Philosophy of Therapy
I don’t believe that therapy is about digging up the past and analyzing it to death. Rather, my work focuses on your present experiences, while bringing in relevant aspects of your history to help illuminate the themes, desires, and patterns manifesting themselves in your life right now. I believe the power of therapy is most evident when you move from making decisions based on what you think you “should” do, to consciously making decisions because they resonate with your innermost being.
Understanding how the past has shaped our present in order to find practical solutions to a problem is sometimes called a psychodynamic perspective, and it is the orientation I practice with my clients.
Therapy is a journey filled with small, manageable steps. If you are ready to take the first step, feel free to contact me for a free initial consultation.
Dr. Tom Carroll
Spiritual or Christian Counseling
Christian Counseling
Psychotherapy for Individuals, Couples and Families
Entering therapy is the courageous first step toward living the life you want to live—one filled with freedom, flexibility, and personal power.
If you are seeking therapy because you are struggling with a crisis, feel overwhelmed by emotional pain, or are confronted by seemingly intractable conflict at home, work, or school, you are not alone. As others have found, therapy can help you work through these and other issues in a journey toward resolution and relief.
But therapy is much more than just "fixing" a problem. Therapy can also be a collaborative process and an enriching path toward profound self-discovery in the context of everyday life. As regular therapy helps you become more connected to your genuine self—your fears, your desires, your hangups, your sense of humor—you will discover a serene power that enables you to choose how you want to live, even when crises do arise.
Therapy can be hard work, it’s true. But it doesn’t have to feel daunting or intimidating. In fact, therapy can also be filled with laughter and a deep joy as you recreate for yourself a life of intention, health, and fullness.
