Counseling Sessions
solutions for your needs.
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.
session fees
Counseling sessions are approximately 50 minutes in duration, and counseling session rates are between $100 and $150 per session.
If you would like more information regarding our services or scheduling your first session, we offer phone consultations at no charge.
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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.
Counseling Areas
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
How Counseling Works
The Calming Center of Mount Airy was built with a steadfast commitment to overcoming the challenges and barriers that so many people experience when seeking counseling to improve their mental health.
Step 1
Contact is made through our website, Facebook, Instagram, email, or phone.
Step 2
We have a consultation, where you can get your questions answered and learn more information to see if we are a good fit for you and your mental health needs. No obligation.
Step 3
We schedule an appointment and send you our intake paperwork via email through our secure counseling portal.
Step 4
The Calming Center is easy to find and has convenient parking. Beyond that is a comfy waiting room and a therapist who is looking forward to meeting you for your first session!
Step 5
First sessions are as unique as our clients. You can expect your therapist to ask you about what brought you to counseling. From that point on, it is your therapist’s #1 goal to establish a foundation of respect, support, encouragement, and accountability. Your therapist will utilize a variety of methods, ensuring counseling is specific to you, your needs, and your goals.
