Dallas Counseling for
Anger, Depression, Anxiety, Marriage, and Domestic Violence (Battering
Intervention and Prevention Program)
Nathaniel
Smith Counselor, PLLC 811 S. Central Expy, Suite 525, Richardson TX 75080
nathaniel@nathanielsmithcounselor.com (214) 205-0237
Improve
Your Life! Dallas Counseling
My role as a psychotherapist 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.
I treat adults (not children) for depression,
anger, anxiety,
domestic violence, addiction,
and marriage problems using cognitive
and behavioral methods that have clear scientific support of their effectiveness
and efficiency. These techniques do not involve extensive exploration of a client's
childhood or unconscious mind. Instead, my methods are active, directive, and
educative; I aim at solving the problems the client faces in the present.
My
Dallas counseling 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.
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.
Dallas Counseling Information The reasons
for seeking a therapist vary widely. 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 modifying 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.
I
have discovered that many individuals dropout of counseling because they do not
feel a connection with the counselor or the client feels like no progress is being
made. We will work as a team to avoid these pitfalls by developing a treatment
plan that will be measured every week, testing the client and therapist connection
with the Working Alliance Inventory, and evaluating the impact of each out of
session assignment.
Please call to make your Dallas
counseling appointment today at 214-205-0237. Thank you for visiting.
