Balance & Being Counseling
Mary-lynn Ballew - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Services
Individual Therapy
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Personal identity Issues
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Self-esteem
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Sexuality
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Loss and grief
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Depression
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Anxiety
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Relationship problems with a parent, friend, or romantic partner
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Personal resolutions (weight, exercise, become more emotionally attuned)
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Parent support
What You Can Expect – Individual therapy begins with an intake session. Initially we meet weekly. Later, sessions can be scheduled in a way that meets the client’s needs. The length of therapy will depend on the type of issue that you want to resolve.
Couples Therapy
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Increase intimacy
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Manage conflict
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Heal from an affair
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Bringing baby home
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Facing an empty nest
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Premarital/couples counseling (proactive skill building)
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Divorce
What You Can Expect – Couples therapy will start with both parties present for an initial intake. Following that each partner will meet for one solo session each. Subsequent sessions will be with both partners present. If it becomes apparent that one partner no longer wishes to continue therapy, individual counseling options will be discussed.
Balance and Being Counseling serves adolescents (ages 14-19), individual adults, and couples in a warm and professional environment. Clients are supported through a collaborative approach. We will work together to identify problems, limitations, and strengths, through the use of conversation, goal setting and interventions. Therapy is aimed at creating change and can be challenging at times. One of the goals is to bring more balance to your life and expand your way of being a whole human being.
Counseling often makes sense when you are contemplating, or ready for change. Sometimes these transitions occur around the time of developmental milestones, like graduating from school, getting married, having a baby, or when your children go off on their own. Other times we are confronted to make change due to life’s circumstances, such as loss of a loved one, moving to a new location, or change to relationship status. On occasion a person or a couple can decide that they are ready for change, but don’t know how to do this on their own, like confronting depression, managing anxiety that is adversely impacting one’s life, or improving the quality of relationships. A trained therapist can help.