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Sandra Farrell MS,CADC ( 508 ) 873 2132
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Sandra was awarded National Counselor of the Year at the Annual NAADAC Convention
Sandra Farrell, MS,CADC
Specializing in Couples Counseling and Alcohol and Drug Recovery
Comments from the Counselor:
- Depression or mood swings Employment issues
- Loneliness
- Difficulties in relationships
- Life events: marriage, divorce, death, parenthood, retirement
- Chronic physical illness caused by tension and stress
- Problems following traumatic events such as accidents, childhood abuse, etc.
- Problems with domestic violence or other forms of abuse
- Stress in the face of chronic or terminal illness or other health problems
- Constant worries or obsessions
- Excessive anger, frustration, or guilt with no resolution
- Self-destructive thoughts and behavior
- Problems with drugs or alcohol
- Undue, prolonged anxiety
- Isolation and Emotional Dysfunction
Change means having goals and knowing how to reach those goals.
Understand how individuals set goals. Someone else can not set your goals for you. Successful goals need to reflect your new way of thinking. New behaviors will follow.
One of the most successful ways to develop goals is to make them BEHAVIORAL. This identifies them clearly and gives you a specific place to start.
Break the goals down to be as specific as possible.
Goals are most helpful when set in a positive direction. Not just the removal of something negative. Behaviors should be seen and structured as something positive.
Strive towards a counter conditioning approach. Set a positive goal that is incompatible with a negative behavior or the problem itself.
Identify and talk about a successful experience you have had due to developing a clear goal. Then build more ideas on that.
Go SLOW! Take the ‘first step’. Then take the ‘second step’. Then take a ‘third step’. Short-range goals are good beginnings. Intermediate goals will follow and that will lead into long range goals.
“First Things First”. Take the most urgent problem first. Look at your situation.
Assess your situation and begin to develop steps to rectify your problem. Understand how your thinking needs to change..
Be alert! Avoid situations that could be potential problems.. Identify problems early.
Build in a feedback mechanism. (Whom do you trust to share your ideas with?)
Change thinking – develop goals. Change behaviors – reach those goals.
KEEP PERSONAL NOTES ON HOW YOU ARE CHANGING YOUR THINKING AND YOUR BEHAVIOR. YOU WILL SEE YOUR PROGRESS.