Counseling services

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Improve your well-being and regain faith.

Problems in the present often have their roots in the past. If we can bring about a healing of “heart scars” from those earlier life experiences, we can break free from the bondage of psychological distress and become all that God has intended us to be.

At Centered for Life, we provide professional clinical counseling and psychotherapy to identify and remediate cognitive, mental, and emotional issues, including personal growth, adjustments to a disability, crisis intervention, and psychosocial problems.

We start with an assessment and diagnosis to establish our counseling goals and objectives and empower you to deal adequately with life situations, reduce stress, experience growth, change behavior, and make well-informed rational decisions.

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    Feeling low?

    If you're experiencing depression, you can benefit from counseling at Centered for Life.

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    Need a goal?

    Counseling and therapy help you create an action plan to find motivation and follow your goals.

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    Struggling with addiction?

    Centered for Life helps addicts and their friends and family cope with the challenges of addiction.

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    Communication issues?

    Get the communication strategies to build happy marriages and healthy relationships.

Ready to make a change in your life?

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    Family Counseling

    Improve communication, solve family problems, understand and handle family situations such as death, physical or mental illness, child and adolescent issues, and create a better home environment.

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    Pre-Marital Counseling

    Pre-marital counseling gives you insight into your relationship dynamics, including the strengths and weaknesses present, and will help you create an intentional plan for a successful marriage.

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    Marital Counseling

    We help couples identify dissatisfaction in the relationship. We design a treatment plan to help you deal effectively with problems and prevent small issues from becoming serious problems.

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    Pastoral Counseling

    We meet with influencers in the community like pastors, missionaries, ministry, and community leaders to provide a safe place where they can be vulnerable, and authentic with trusted confidantes to help them navigate their own journey without fear.

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    Life Coaching

    Our life coaching sessions are action-oriented and focus on future hopes and desires. We harness mental skills to achieve optimal levels of performance through increased confidence, consistency, and character development.

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    Crisis Intervention

    We are ready to assist you in case of a crisis situation to help you restore balance and stabilization. Crises are usually temporary with a short span so the intervention care given is usually time-oriented and crisis-specific.

  • “Centered for Life has been a marriage saver for me. The truths I have learned, the tools I've added to my life toolbox and the healthy relationships I now have are all priceless!

    Now I know that my Abba Father loves me in all of my wounded beauty. Recovery is achievable within the wonderful framework He has put into place at Centered for Life. My prayer is for more wounded warriors to find their freedom at Centered for Life.”

You might be wondering…

  • The first counseling session, often called the Intake, usually involves discussing the counseling process and gathering extensive background information. Following this initial session, our work with clients is more tailored to the presenting issue(s) that has brought you to see us while still maintaining a broad enough focus to identify any additional concerns that might be emerging or have yet to be recognized by you. In addition to discussing relevant issues, sessions will also commonly involve utilizing and reviewing assessments designed to supplement the information supplied by you.

  • In most situations, clients are seen weekly or every other week. However, each case is unique and can have different needs.

  • Intake sessions usually last between 60-90 minutes, and subsequent sessions last 50-90 minutes depending on your individual needs.

  • Counseling tends to be more focused on trying to restore or improve mental health and/or daily functioning, while life coaching is often more about learning how to harness mental skills in order to achieve optimal levels of performance through increased confidence, consistency, etc. In addition, life coaching sessions are usually more action-oriented and can occur in a variety of settings, including our office or your place of work, or other public places, depending on the client's needs.

  • From the time of the initial session, the assessment process usually lasts 2-4 weeks. However, the time required to finish the assessment process can vary based upon factors such as timely turnaround of test instruments from collaterals, client’s availability, number of tests necessary (based upon presenting issues), and the possible need for further testing. We are aware of your needs as our clients, thus we strive to complete all assessments in the most efficient manner possible.

  • No, we currently do not take insurance. To keep our costs low, we have chosen to not file insurance. However, what we will do is create an invoice or provide you with a receipt upon payment so you can file with your insurance company if you choose to do so.