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Counseling Solutions

Individual Counseling

Working with a counselor 1:1 can help you increase your understanding of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In a caring and confidential environment, individual counseling focuses on your concerns and what you want to see get better as a result of counseling. Individual counseling gives you the tools to effectively manage problematic emotions and improve functioning. For adults, individual sessions are often a space for healing past and or present trauma, providing care for recent traumas, and helping you break the cycle of generational trauma, healing, adverse childhood experiences..

Couples Counseling

In today's busy world, healthy relationships take time and intentionality. Couples counseling helps couples prioritize the well-being of their relationship. At any stage of the relationship, couples can benefit from improving their communication, working through conflict, and addressing unhealthy relationship dynamics. With the help of an unbiased, professional counselor, couples can practice conflict-resolution, restore trust, and rediscover strengths on the journey to getting their relationship back on track.

Family Counseling

Family counseling generally focuses on the relationships among members of a family and can involve any combination of family members. Counseling sessions can repair strained relationships and improve communication. Working with a counselor, the family can make progress towards resolving problems and identify possible issues for individual counseling sessions. Parent-child counseling sessions can be helpful in families where there is a specific conflict between the child and the parent/one parent.

Counseling for Kids

Counseling for children and adolescents is familiar to counseling for adults. In a safe space, children and adolescents are able to receive support and understanding. Counseling provides a space for healing and learning tools to improve emotional regulation, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Counseling sessions can help young individuals gain a better understanding of themselves and their mental health. Counseling may utilize creative expression in therapeutic play to provide developmentally appropriate ways to help the young person better understand the issues they are experiencing and or trauma that occurred. Working with a counselor to address these issues, helps children and adolescents. Stay on track to meet developmental milestones and educational goals.

Counseling Works

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Taking that first step in deciding to change your life for the better always seems to be the hardest. When I finally decided I wanted to get control of myself I decided it was time to sit and have someone to talk to me and help guide me.
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Ever since I walked through the doors of the calming center my life changed. I instantly felt this energy surround me, for once I walked in somewhere and instantly felt safe. Not only do I feel safe but I feel like I can break those walls down that I put up for my everyday life. For once I was putting myself first and I didn't feel scared. I felt ready, ready to make a change, ready to see the best of me not just 15% of the day but the full 100%. Bethany gave me that, and I'm forever grateful.
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I have felt so low in my life, I bullied myself and always gave myself reasons to not go to counseling. People will think I am crazy, I will be judged. It's actually the complete opposite. I feel excited to go sit down and spill my heart out, to sit down and actually have someone to hear me. To have someone give me 60 minutes to let me be me, the good the bad and the ugly is something EVERYONE needs. If I can do this anyone can. I have felt so low in life that I questioned my existence. It's something we should talk more about and normalize but I did, I felt SO LOW. I walked in the calming center and Bethany instantly gave me that hand I had been reaching out for, for so long. She gave me a million reasons to not only exist but to love myself and love life again. You have no idea how much that has truly saved me. Bethany will never know how grateful I am to wake up in the mornings and look forward to the day knowing I got this!
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Thank you to Bethany and all the staff at the calming center for helping people like me, if I can do it you can do it. Don't let you stop you from being the best form of yourself. Reach for that helping hand. ❤️
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Great people, safe place to get help with our challenging life struggles!
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The Calming Center is great. The staff are friendly and easy to talk to. It is a relaxed environment. Give them a try.

Counseling Works

Read More
Taking that first step in deciding to change your life for the better always seems to be the hardest. When I finally decided I wanted to get control of myself I decided it was time to sit and have someone to talk to me and help guide me.
Read More
Ever since I walked through the doors of the calming center my life changed. I instantly felt this energy surround me, for once I walked in somewhere and instantly felt safe. Not only do I feel safe but I feel like I can break those walls down that I put up for my everyday life. For once I was putting myself first and I didn't feel scared. I felt ready, ready to make a change, ready to see the best of me not just 15% of the day but the full 100%. Bethany gave me that, and I'm forever grateful.
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I have felt so low in my life, I bullied myself and always gave myself reasons to not go to counseling. People will think I am crazy, I will be judged. It's actually the complete opposite. I feel excited to go sit down and spill my heart out, to sit down and actually have someone to hear me. To have someone give me 60 minutes to let me be me, the good the bad and the ugly is something EVERYONE needs. If I can do this anyone can. I have felt so low in life that I questioned my existence. It's something we should talk more about and normalize but I did, I felt SO LOW. I walked in the calming center and Bethany instantly gave me that hand I had been reaching out for, for so long. She gave me a million reasons to not only exist but to love myself and love life again. You have no idea how much that has truly saved me. Bethany will never know how grateful I am to wake up in the mornings and look forward to the day knowing I got this!
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Thank you to Bethany and all the staff at the calming center for helping people like me, if I can do it you can do it. Don't let you stop you from being the best form of yourself. Reach for that helping hand. ❤️
Read More
Great people, safe place to get help with our challenging life struggles!
Read More
The Calming Center is great. The staff are friendly and easy to talk to. It is a relaxed environment. Give them a try.

Here For You

Let Us Help

At The Calming Center, we help you reach your goals and improve your mental health. You don’t have to figure this out alone. Our counselors are here, ready to support you in the way you need.

We Can Help

Anxiety

Feeling like your brain doesn’t have an “off” switch, constantly worrying, and overthinking are hallmarks of anxiety. Experience relief and peace of mind through counseling.

Depression

Depression is a diagnosable mental health condition with symptoms including apathy, feelings of hopelessness or sadness, loss of interest or pleasure in activities, thoughts of suicide, too much or not enough sleep, fatigue, and social isolation.

Substance Abuse

A physical dependence on drugs and/or alcohol, strong ongoing urges to use drugs and/or drugs despite facing severe consequences are key parts of a substance use disorder. Counseling can help you manage triggers so you can live your life without drugs and/or alcohol.

Adjustment & Transitions

A significant change to everyday life can create challenges that are difficult to manage. Moving to a new town, marriage/divorce, having children, starting a new job/losing a job, and academic transitions are just a few examples. Adapting to changes requires mental flexibility, even when the change is positive.

Eating Concerns, Self-Esteem, & Body Image

Nearly 1 in 10 people in the U.S. struggle with an eating disorder at some point in their lives. Recovering from an eating disorder requires professional help to manage obsessive thoughts and behaviors and then replace them with healthy ones.

Grief & Loss

Grief is our natural response to loss. Grief encompasses a range of emotions like sadness, anger, and guilt. The grief process can become problematic if it is negatively affecting your physical and mental wellbeing.

LGBTQIA+

People who identify as part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQIA+) community are more likely to experience mental health conditions and/or have adverse experiences that negatively affect their mental health.

ADHD

ADHD symptoms make it difficult to complete everyday tasks — both in childhood and as an adult. Chronic lateness, disorganization, and difficulty finishing tasks are just a few problematic symptoms. ADHD counseling can help you understand how ADHD affects you and how you can successfully manage ADHD behaviors.

Relationships (include non-traditional)

Unhealthy relationship dynamics, broken trust, and ineffective communication are just a few signs your relationship is in trouble. While couples counseling is often used to address these types of problems, it can also be helpful at any stage of a relationship. Couples counseling can strengthen relationships through increased understanding and improved communication.

Women's Issues

Women face enormous pressure, making it challenging to feel balanced and confident. Difficulties can arise in pregnancy, post-partum, aging. Also, juggling endless tasks, facing a never ending to-do list can leave women feeling anxious, unfulfilled, and depressed.

Trauma

Trauma can occur as a result of a singular event or from repeated/ongoing exposure to a traumatic situation. It can cause many problems, from disrupted sleep patterns, nightmares, nausea, to panic attacks, addiction, and suicidal thoughts. Counseling can help you stabilize these feelings and rebuild peace within yourself.

Online Counseling

Meeting You Where You Are

Online counseling is convenient, professional, and secure through our virtual client portal. You can connect with a therapist from the privacy of your device.

Our Counselors

Bethany Oberg, Owner, LCMHC, QS, LPC

Do you have life changes and/or transitions that have increased your worry and affected your moods? Have difficulties from your childhood started showing up in your relationships? Taking the first step to begin counseling may feel intimidating. However, it may be the journey that brings you the peace and insight you need to begin living life in a positive direction. During your sessions we will explore how current challenges impact your physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing.
I am passionate about working with adolescents and young adults struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship/family issues, low self-esteem, difficulty communicating thoughts and feelings, difficulty managing negative thoughts or strong emotions, issues from divorce, self injury.

Michelle Hawks, LCMHCA

I am accepting new clients and am excited to be here and grateful for this opportunity to sit with you in this space. There is a quote found at Healthplace.com, I want to share with you, "Mental health is not a destination but a process. It is about how you drive, not where you're going." I provide an authentic, compassionate, and safe space for my clients and love seeing my clients reach their goals and achieve success. If you are looking for a non-judgmental, empathetic therapist to help you with those driving challenges, I would love to hear from you. Are you and your partner struggling to communicate? I work with couples, traditional and non-traditional, to improve their communication and strengthen their relationship.

Catie McMillian, MA Canditate, Intern

Catie is currently pursuing her counseling master’s degree at Wake Forest University. She is a pre-licensed clinical mental health counselor. Catie is passionate about helping individuals in all walks of life by assisting them with recognizing that change and growth are possible. Her areas of focus include counseling children who are neurodiverse and youth/adults experiencing concerns with substance use. She seeks to help strengthen an individual’s self-concept after experiencing a traumatic event. She has seven years of experience providing counseling and guidance to children. Her philosophy is aimed at helping individuals heal their past trauma and unlock their potential. When she is not counseling, Catie enjoys spending time with her family and friends playing guitar, going on hikes, and kayaking. Although she does not currently have any children, Catie loves her three fur babies: Rex, Knight, and Miss Kitty.