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Mental health

With compassion and listening, I will work with you to name your underlying issues, help you to clarify your beliefs, and help you to release limiting beliefs and behavioral patterns. My goal is to support you, to deepen your ability for self-reflection, acceptance, and life purpose. I will honor your strengths and help you to work through life transitions. You have a right to determine what type of approach to counseling best suits your needs. Although some people just want to talk to someone, there are additional methods that assist people to feel better. This done by assessing needs and developing a plan of action. Below is a list of approaches that I offer:

 

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT):

Focuses on changing negative thought patterns and behaviors, and promoting coping strategies and behavior modification.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)/Trauma: 

EMDR is primarily used to help individuals process distressing memories and experiences, especially those related to trauma. It has been widely used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but is also applied to various other mental health issues.     

 

Marriage counseling:    

This psychotherapy aims to help couples resolve conflicts and improve their relationships. By exploring and addressing issues affecting the relationship, the couple is able to resolve conflict and build a stronger relationship. Key aspects of couples counseling:

  1. Improve communication. 

  2. Resolve conflict.

  3. Understanding relationship patterns.

  4. Build emotional connection.

  5. Addressing individual Issues.

  6. Prevent relationship distress.

  7. Pre-marital counseling.

  8. Family dynamics.

  9. Set goals.

  10. Increase empathy.

  11. Improve sex and intimacy. 

                            

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT):

Find solutions to current problems rather than exploring the root causes. The focus is to identify and building on the client's strengths and resources to achieve goals.

Family Systems Therapy:

This therapy views individuals as part of a larger family system and examines family dynamics. The focus is evaluating interactions and patterns within the family that contribute to individual issues. 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy:

This type of therapy is used to help people accept where they are in life, adjust to life, and move forward. We all need support from time to time with life.

EAP Counseling:                       

Talk about and problem solve workplace issues.  Support for first responders.

Narrative Therapy:

Approach: Views individuals as storytellers and helps them rewrite their life narratives.
Focus: Examining and reshaping the stories people tell about themselves to promote positive change.

LGBTYQ/transgender specific issues:      Support with all areas of gender identification, relationship issues, family issues, transition into the person you are, and support for surgeries. 

DBT/Dialectical Behavioral Therapy: Learn specific tools to help you regulate your emotions.  DBT is skill building. It combines cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness stratragies which focuses on emotional regulation, mindfulness strategies, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance.

Counseling Types Offered

Dianna Bowlen LCSW / A Season for Change Counseling

Telehealth Only / Scappoose, Oregon

 503-997-7734
aseason4change@outlook.com

Other way to reach me:

Text at 503-997-7734 (fastest). I am often with a client and cannot pick-up the phone.

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