Individual
therapy
We provide help
with a wide range of issues, including (but not limited to):
Note: These
therapy areas are also sometimes explored as part of marriage therapy
and family therapy as the need arises.
How
multiple conditions can impact each other?
The Director,
Scott Terry's doctorate focused on people who are gifted or talented
and have learning difficulties. So he is used to dealing with
people who have more than one issue. For example, someone might
be bipolar but also be recovering from abuse and currently have
communication difficulties in their relationships, and concerns
about work or school, while discovering who they really are in
life, and who they are choosing to become.
Many of us grow
up with parts of us that become very proficient at various educational
and life concerns, while parts of us lag behind. We have Attention
Deficit Disorder but are very bright. Or we may have learning
issues or Asperger's Syndrome but excel in academics or the arts.
This often results in many difficulties in the way we feel about
ourselves and then how we function in the world.
Scott has had
cases where the individual experienced abuse, abandonment, adoption,
re-traumatization, and educational issues, with a host of psychological
and psychiatric conditions that all seemed to then mask and change
each other.
Your condition
does not have to be so extreme, but often it might be difficult
to sort out which condition is which, what to work on, and how.
We have worked out the best ways to deal with multiple issues.
Grounding
your spirituality
You might be
consciously working on evolving yourself, but have resulting stresses
that you might not even be aware of. You might feel a personal
connection with a higher power, but still you may be challenged
by how to maintain healthy relationships or even how to appropriately
raise your kids. It's as if part of you excels, while part of you
is still left behind struggling while you are focused on higher
goals. Just because you are evolving doesn't mean you don't have
issues to work on that affect your day to day functionality.
Or conversely
you might also be wanting to connect to higher aspects of yourself
but feel blocked from being able to do so because of the issues
from your past, or what is going on with you today.
Medical
conditions which affect psychological or family related
concerns
Many medical
conditions affect our mind. And many psychological issues affect
our bodies. The mind-body connection is not some cosmic or new
age hype – it is part of how we negotiate dealing with living
in a body.
Throughout our
life we experience school issues, work issues, relationships starting
and ending, illnesses, the passing of loved ones and many other
challenges that we all go through.
As we go through
these life-changing experiences, the difficulties that arise are
from over-attachment to the various events and how we give these
events meaning or lack of meaning in our lives. Our goal in helping
you is to be able to negotiate how life changes around you and
within you in a more coherent comfortable smooth manner.
What
should I do next?
Call us to
arrange for counseling services in Chicago or Evanston by phoning
847-338-7533 or by emailing info@ardentcenter.com.
