Individual Counseling in Cleveland

It’s been said that the most important relationship you’ll ever have is the one you have with yourself. Individual counseling in Cleveland provides you with professional guidance as you explore your personal psychological roadmap. Do you need help unpacking all the baggage you’ve collected along the way?

Benefits of Individual Counseling

Counseling is a great way to evaluate your current mental state. Your counselor can help you tailor your sessions to address your specific needs and focus on the specific desired outcomes. Getting fully in touch with your emotional experiences and how they can affect your behavior can be an important step toward self-actualization.

Some of the best-case-scenario outcomes of counseling include:

• more confidence in the ability to manage life's problems

• increased resilience, returning to the homeostasis of feeling at peace with yourself

• augmented awareness of yourself

• an improved ability to regulate emotions

• obtaining more power over your emotions so that your emotions do not control you and make decisions for you

The work you do in therapy can help you live with a sense of purpose, see the good instead of focusing on the bad, and have realistic instead of overly negative thought patterns.

Reasons People Seek Individual Counseling

There are myriad reasons someone may seek individual counseling. They could be feeling generally unhappy in day-to-day life. Feelings of hopelessness, a persistent lack of motivation, intense worry, and an inability to control this worry could be plaguing them.

Relationship problems that won't seem to resolve themselves incite many to seek help. Sometimes, asking ourselves the question "How did I get here?" can stop us from feeling lost, misunderstood, stuck, overwhelmed, or “not like ourselves” anymore. Importantly, you don’t have to be in crisis to benefit from individual counseling: some people use it as a way to “check in” with themselves.

From Angela Tarantino: Your Individual Counselor

Are you saying to yourself that all of this sounds helpful, but you’re simply too busy and have too many other commitments, to take this much time for yourself? Well, have you ever been on an airplane and listened to the flight safety instruction that in the event of an emergency, you should put your own oxygen mask on before assisting others?

Think of individual counseling as putting your own mask on first. When you keep yourself in a state of mindfulness and healthy introspection, that will radiate to almost everything else you do, and most importantly, to everyone else you care for and who depends upon you. Remaining cognizant of your own mental health will ensure that you’re the best version of yourself—and everyone else in your life will benefit from the important work you do.

Preparing for Counseling

In individual counseling, you should be prepared to be asked questions that are difficult to ask yourself. I, Angela Tarantino, hold space for all emotions to be present and highlight patterns that are keeping you stuck. I believe we all have the answers to the questions we have, but it often requires someone else to ask the right questions to promote the honest exploration of our internal world.

The best way to prepare for our first visit is to map out the primary reasons for seeking counseling and your goals for treatment. Be willing to be vulnerable and honest. The background of my office has a sign that says "Come as you are." Don't come to a session being anything but yourself.

Contact your Clinical Counselor in Cleveland

AMKT Therapy will help you stay accountable and honest with yourself in a safe environment. A licensed professional clinical counselor can be the guide to that important process.

Take the first step on the journey and make that call to schedule an appointment at 440-720-4673. AMKT Therapy hopes you’ll come to individual counseling in Cleveland with bravery and the courage to be radically honest about your thoughts and emotions. Looking inward will help the outward.