Online Counseling Services

RELATIONSHIP

Are you suffering from problems in your relationship?

Relationship counseling can help couples facing a variety of problems. Many couples go to counseling to get help with a variety of problems, such as money arguments, how to raise children, poor communication, haven't had sex in a while, or maybe feeling distant from their partner ("they just feel like my roommate").

Relationship counseling could also be used as preventive medicine (to get tools for communication, expression of feelings, and problem-solving). Relationship counseling is not for everyone. Some people would be better off getting separated or divorced. Marriage with one partner is not necessarily the best way to go in life. People change. Expectations change. Separation counseling assists couples to find the least painful way to disengage. Sometimes one party is more reluctant to say "good-bye" than the other, and your counselor may assist the resistant partner to accept the changes that are occurring.

Recent research has shown that relationship counseling can be effective even if the other partner is not present. Right Thought can help the individual in a difficult relationship:

1. By learning what your values are, and whether or not you and your relationship match up to those values
2. To stop the controlling nature of poor relationships and understand changing what you really have control over
3. End manipulation in your relationship
4. By showing you the 2 different types of trust (and why we only think there is one type)
5. By teaching you ways to improve communication through understanding verbal and behavioral cues

DEPRESSION

Do you feel depressed?

Depression is different from "just feeling down or blue". Depression can occur because of the circumstances that you find yourself in life or they may be biologically based. People who are depressed tend to ruminate on their problems (sometimes on the depression itself), they feel bad most of the day, lose interest in activities they used to enjoy, have a rapid change in sleep patterns, lose or gain weight suddenly without trying, have trouble concentrating.

You do NOT need to feel this way all the time. Cognitive-behavioral therapy has been shown to be as effective as medication. Some of ways Right Thought helps those feelings of depression are:

1. Helping you look at alternatives to the way you currently think
2. Working to create coping skills. Not only for the way you currently feel, but also progressive skills that help you as you create a more positive cycle for yourself
3. Provide an objective viewpoint on your problems
4. Give you the support and motivation you need to prevent feeling depressed again

ANXIETY

Do you get feelings of social anxiety, anxiety attacks, performance anxiety, panic attacks, or have trouble handling anxiety problems?

Anxiety is a cognitive, behavioral, and biological problem that is best described as excessive fear. That fear can be due to specific reasons (such as a fear of heights), for general reasons (such as excess stress from work or life), or for no specified reason (such as the body responding to stimuli through generalized panic attacks).

Physical symptoms can occur such as hypertension, increased blood pressure, hot flashes, chest pains, tiredness, headaches, shortness of breath, and stomach problems (many people confuse their first anxiety attack with a heart attack). Cognitive-behavioral therapy has been shown to be as effective as medication in helping anxiety.

Right Thought uses a cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based approach to improve you feelings of anxiety by:

1. Teaching relaxation skills (such as deep breathing and visualization skills)
2. Learning how to confront the irrational thoughts associated with anxiety and creating more rational ones
3. Showing you to recognize triggers and improve coping skills when they arise
4. Learning how to mentally let go of negative emotions and reduce harmful attachments to thoughts

ANGER

Do you find yourself feeling angry all the time? Do you sometimes get upset over even the smallest issues? Do you think you are making a good decision to get angry at the time, yet feel guilty afterward (such as road rage)? Anger management can help.

Anger management is not about getting rid of anger (that is unrealistic- anger is a normal emotion just like happiness and sadness), it is about taking a realistic look at the problems you are facing, the negative thoughts you think while problems are occurring and learning new steps to take to prevent problem behavior, thoughts, and issues in the future. Don't let your emotions control your family, your work, or your life.

Right Thought helps people work on their anger problems by:

1. Teaching that anger is a normal emotion, and appropriate ways to internally regulate it
2. Learning the 2 functions of anger (and the one function it doesn't perform, even though it's necessary)
3. Learn personal triggers relaxation skills to better cope with difficult situations
4. Understand the ways we manipulate ourselves in order to keep our anger problems going, and why we do it