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Why Purple Lotus Mental Health Counseling?
Individual Counseling with Christine
"I understand that life can be challenging, and sometimes you need support to navigate through difficult times, worries, or burdens."
Christine provides a supportive and non-judgmental environment where you can share and explore your thoughts and feelings. Christine helps you to gain insights into yourself, your behaviors, and relationships. Christine will also work with you to develop strategies to aid you in managing your feelings or life situations.
Your Time with Christine
At Purple Lotus Mental Health Counseling, Christine provides a safe and confidential space where you can explore your feelings. You can learn to become more understanding of yourself and together you can work towards acceptance or changes.
"I have an integrative approach to counseling, which means that I may use aspects of multiple counseling theories and treatment modalities in my time with you. That is because everyone is different, and everyone's situation is unique. I determine what approach and techniques I will use as I get to know you. Your input is also important and will help me learn what works best for you."
Christine will help you work on learning about yourself, your feelings, and your behaviors. If you would like, Christine can work with you on steps of behavior change. Christine can also help you evaluate and adjust your reactions to situations and people. Christine will be there for you while you are handling all that life throws at you every day.
Christine has spent a lot of time working with people who are dealing with various episodic and chronic health conditions. Christine has been there for people with mental health diagnoses, substance use, HIV, Hepatitis C, STIs, Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic pain, and other issues. Christine has also talked with people trying to accept and handle when people they care about have physical, mental health, or substance use conditions.
Support, Guidance, and Coaching
Christine has experience providing education, guidance, and support as part of case management services. Christine can help you identify your strengths, overcome obstacles, and achieve improvement in all areas of your life. These things are often incorporated at varying levels into counseling sessions; how much depends on what you're looking to get out of your time with Christine and what direction your talks take.