Our Practice

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy addresses dysfunctional emotions, maladaptive behaviors and cognitive processes, and contents through several goal-oriented, explicit, systematic procedures.

Narrative Therapy examines the stories that you tell yourself about your own life experiences – your beliefs, your values, your assumptions, your dreams, and your intentions – and the impact those stories have on your life.

Solutions-focused and strength-based therapies help you recognize and identify skills, abilities, beliefs, and social networks that support you in being more of who you want to be.

Person-Centered Therapy is based on the view that everyone has the capacity and desire for personal growth and change, given the right conditions. You’ll be encouraged to bring your own issues to the session – the counseling is led by you and not directed by the counselor.

Psychodynamic Therapy attempts to identify patterns in emotions, thoughts, and beliefs in order to help clients gain insight into themselves.

Family Therapy focuses on improving communication and resolving conflicts within family systems. It helps family members understand one another’s experiences, strengthen emotional bonds, and develop healthier patterns of interaction. Sessions may explore boundaries, family roles, and generational patterns that affect individual and collective well-being.

Group Therapy provides a supportive environment where individuals can share experiences, learn from others, and practice new coping skills in a safe and structured setting. Whether focused on grief, burnout, or personal growth, group therapy fosters community, reduces isolation, and reminds participants they are not alone in their healing journey.

Specialties

Anxiety

Anxiety is a normal response to stress which may arise due to pressures at home, work, school, or in any number of relationships. While it is common to feel anxious at times, when anxiety becomes excessive and interferes with work, family life, and one’s happiness, it is time to get help.

Anxiety can be accompanied by physical symptoms such as heart palpitations or chest pains, fatigue, nausea, shortness of breath, stomach or headaches, and poor sleep. Emotional symptoms may include feelings of apprehension or dread, difficulty concentrating, feelings of irritability, restlessness, and constantly watching for signs of danger.

At District Counseling, we work collaboratively to help you understand the roots of your anxiety, identify triggers, and develop tools to manage symptoms effectively. Our approach blends evidence-based techniques and mindfulness practices to promote calm, restore balance, and empower you to face life’s challenges with greater confidence and control.

Trauma

We specialize in treating complex and straightforward posttraumatic stress (PTSD), which can help adult survivors heal from the effects of trauma. Trauma treatment can be helpful if you have experienced extreme stress that has felt overwhelming and made it difficult to cope. Some examples include childhood abuse and neglect, rape, sexual assault, traumatic loss, interpersonal violence, betrayal, reproductive trauma, crime, accidents, and natural disasters.

Our work will generally begin focusing on establishing safety and stabilization of symptoms through skill-building and self-care. We will likely spend the most time in this phase and return to it repeatedly throughout treatment. We will do this work slowly, at a pace that feels safe and tolerable to you.

Depression

Depression can range from times of sadness to lingering and chronic depths of despair. If left untreated, depression can interfere significantly with day-to-day living. If some of the symptoms listed below are affecting you for more than a few weeks, you may benefit from speaking to a therapist:

fatigue
low energy
overwhelming grief and/or sadness
poor concentration
difficulty making decisions
low self-esteem
feeling worthless, hopeless, or helpless
disturbed sleeping patterns
disturbed eating patterns
anxiety
avoidance
loss of interest in activities previously enjoyed

At District Counseling, we provide a safe place to talk, explore and understand contributing factors to depression while helping to develop coping strategies.

Grief

Grief is a difficult, complicated, and emotional response to loss. Grief is a personal experience that may also be expressed outwardly. For some, it may take a long time to come to terms with a loss. Physical and emotional pain can be profound and might occur immediately, or happen much later, possibly even as a response to an unrelated situation.

At District Counseling provides grief counseling to enable clients to understand their grief and help them cope with feelings of loss. If needed, group therapy surrounding grief is encouraged as an additional level of support.

Burnout

Burnout is more than exhaustion — it’s the emotional, physical, and mental depletion that comes from giving too much of yourself for too long. It often shows up as irritability, loss of motivation, fatigue, and a sense of detachment from work or relationships.

At District Counseling, we help clients slow down, identify the sources of burnout, and rebuild from a place of rest and self-awareness. Together, we explore the beliefs and expectations that keep you overextended and create new rhythms that honor both productivity and peace.

Life transitions

Whether joyful, unexpected, or painful — can shake your sense of stability. Adjustment disorders occur when the stress of major life changes begins to interfere with your ability to function day to day.

At District Counseling, we help you navigate these transitions by processing emotions, strengthening coping skills, and regaining a sense of control and balance. Our goal is to help you adapt to change with greater clarity, resilience, and confidence.

Employment Issue

Work can be a major source of purpose — and pressure. Challenges such as job dissatisfaction, workplace conflict, lack of support, or underemployment can affect your confidence, mood, and overall well-being.

District Counseling provides a supportive space to unpack workplace stress, career transitions, and professional identity. We help you clarify goals, set boundaries, and navigate systemic or interpersonal challenges while fostering resilience and a renewed sense of direction.

Relationship Issues

Emotionally fulfilling relationships are central to mental and physical health however; creating and maintaining a healthy relationship can be a challenge with all of today’s life stressors. Communication styles that individuals learned while growing up may influence a couple’s relationship.

At District Counseling, we will work with the couple together and separately to help them resolve conflict, unhappiness, or overcome dissatisfaction in the relationship.

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