Patients, caregivers, and loved ones who deal with chronic, or life-limiting illness, either directly or indirectly, as well as death and dying face many challenges related to: time utilization, care management, mobility and transportation, finances, shared decision making, and navigating the healthcare system.  These and other challenges often become barriers to obtaining healthcare guidance and information, psycho-social support, therapeutic counseling, and psycho-spiritual comfort.

Onsite/online services provided through this web portal are designed to provide necessary assistance to address the issues that arise around a health crisis.  One specific way this is accomplished is by removing psychological and/or logistical barriers associated with effective communication, being mentally, emotionally, and physically present to address difficult situations, and being oriented through information to make educated decisions.  Receiving facilitated services from a licensed counselor with mediation experience can make a big difference when communicating with healthcare clinicians, family members, caregivers, peers, as well as coworkers and employers.

Patients, caregivers, and loved ones can feel numb, ambivalent, and exhausted by the continual trials they face.  Sometimes emotions and thoughts can become so overwhelming when we find ourselves in the midst of one of those roles that we begin to feel and think in ways that make our healthcare problems even more burdensome and complex.  We may experience psychological states (resulting from persistent unwanted thoughts, feelings, and fears) that can affect our ability to confront other life challenges and negatively affect the quality of our relationships with others.

We may be driven to react and respond in ways that make us feel guilty, ashamed, or otherwise disempowered.  What we say and do during a period of crisis can produce a sense of estrangement preciously when we want and need support from others the most and when we need to feel a sense of peace and equilibrium within ourselves.

Universal as well as unique psychological themes related to well-being are addressed here.  Holistic support is provided through interventions emphasizing a client’s mind-body-spirit connection.  Talk therapy is important and often central to the therapeutic interventions but stereotypical counseling methods are not essential.  Other modalities used include sound therapy, aromatherapy, art therapy, movement therapy, energy work, and light touch.  Services address common presenting issues that include:

• Depression and anxiety
• Ambivalence to life
• Emotional exhaustion
• Confusion and disorientation
• Isolation and estrangement
• Social stigmatization
• Relationship to Self and Others
• Effective communication
• Shared decision making
• Transition and change
• Guilt and shame
• Grief and loss
• Self-identity

Stress induced states of mind and mood diminish our well-being by diminishing the quality of our lives. Therapeutic sessions deal with cognitive/mood disturbances caused by stress; they may include working with the client/patient, caregiver, or loved ones using multiple modalities.  They may also be designed by the client in coordination with their loved one (s) in the context of a unit of care such as the patient/caregiver, or patient/family.

The audio-video platform allows individuals, couples, and families to participate in services regardless of their geographic location.  For instance, patients and loved ones living apart can conveniently connect to and participate in a professionally facilitated session.  Web based technology utilized on this site provides clients the opportunity to communicate effectively with a state licensed counselor on a HIPAA compliant online environment that is private and secure.

Benefits of Online Psychosocial Support Services

In addition to the obvious time management, convenience, and travel free benefits of participating in online services, there are secondary and equally important subtle benefits.  These include the opportunity to digest information shared as well as thoughts and feelings experienced during a counseling or group participation session.  Moments after engaging, while still in a space and comfort of your own place of convenience, insight gained from a session can be processed and pent up feelings evoked can be released.  You might also choose to be still without having immediately to leave for home or elsewhere.  Having time to sit and simply experience the healing of being present, briefly journal, or breathe into feelings and sensations allowing them to move through and out can facilitate the natural healing processes of the mind-body-spirit system.

How It Works

Complete and submit all forms as part of the intake packet click [here].  Someone will contact you within 24 hours after your payment processes to set up a time and date for an individual, couple, or a family counseling session.   If you are interested in participating in either an ongoing or time limited group, you will receive details regarding these services.  In addition, you will receive a reminder email 24 hours before the scheduled appointment, meeting, or event.

NOTE: Availability to respond to inquiry and/or to provide services is limited at this time.  For more details click [here]

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