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Dallas
Counseling for Anger, Depression, Anxiety, Couples/Marriage,
and Domestic Violence (Battering Intervention
and Prevention Program)
Are You Ready For Health?
My role as a therapist is to help people
work through problems that are interfering with their
daily lives. I can aid you in assessing your strengths,
developing your optimal potential, clarifying your current
problems, and assisting you in changing self-defeating
behaviors and in making positive choices. Counseling
treatment is unique for each patient and depends on
your needs and goals. The philosophy that guides my
practice is the unwavering belief that people have a
limitless potential to heal and grow. It is my goal
to help you recognize and realize your abilities. Positive
change occurs through the collaborative relationship
between counselor and patient. 
Are You Ready For A Caring Experience?
My Dallas Fort Worth area office environment
is client-centered, warm, accepting, and encouraging.
I believe this climate provides the opportunity for
clients to be creative, intelligent, and able to explore
personal issues that are sometimes difficult to face.
Counseling is a reciprocal relationship that promotes
empathy, investigation, questions, education, and insight.
Counseling
The reasons for seeking a therapist vary
widely. The most common are depression
and anxiety. The decision
to participate in counseling is an important one. Having
a better understanding of what to expect from counseling
can increase your comfort levels. Counseling may help
you with a variety of concerns, including personal issues
(e.g. anxiety, depression, or relationship problems).
The beginning stages of counseling focuses on identifying
the concerns that led you to counseling and then coming
together to decide which services are appropriate. Some
active options for dealing with the presenting problem
range from educational reading, referrals to workshops,
psychiatric consultation, and evaluating cognitive distortions.
Individuals benefit more from counseling when the following
areas are covered:
- Attending scheduled sessions.
- Being specific about the concerns
that led to your decision to seek counseling.
- Establishing with your counselor
desired goals and outcomes to be achieved in counseling.
- Discussing your progress and modifing
your goals if necessary.
- Participating actively and being
as open and honest as possible.
- Preparing for your sessions.
- Telling your counselor if you don't
think you're being helped.
Please call my office and speak with
me directly about counseling and the benefits and value
it can add to your life. I look forward to exploring
this journey called life with each individual.
Nathaniel Smith Counselor, PLLC
811 S. Central Expy, Suite 525, Richardson
TX 75080
Phone: 214-205-0237
Email: nathaniel@nathanielsmithcounselor.com
Serving
the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex
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