How can I benefit
from counseling?

The purpose of counseling is to generate options for dealing with issues. It can help you explore alternative solutions to various stressors or problems. Whether you’re experiencing relationship-related problems, negative self-talk, bad patterns of behavior, or something else, talking through things can help identify emotions and learn new ways to cope and healthy ways to communicate.

What should I expect?

It’s important to have realistic expectations for the counseling process. Counseling is empowering, direct, and supportive. Yet it typically gets worse before it gets better. This is because in order for change to take place, you must genuinely seek help about a problem, which can leave you feeling somewhat vulnerable or emotional. This vulnerability and realness is imperative in the process.

Why FCWC?

The counselors of the Family Counseling & Wellness Center are real people who are trained in assisting and facilitating change. They can coach you, give feedback about possible solutions, support you in your past or current circumstances, and challenge you to work diligently on the reasons that brought you to counseling.

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