Counseling and Evaluation Services

Each of us grows up in a different environment, with different circumstances, and a variety of individual challenges. We learn through these experiences how to make our way through life. As children, many of these skills are effective. Sometimes even during childhood they don’t work very well. As we become teenagers, and then adults, the challenges we have change. Most of us, however, attempt to manage things we face with the skill set we developed. For many people, these skills do not work well, if at all, for challenges we face as adults. Braden Counseling Center professionals are specifically trained to help you identify the skills that could use improvement, and help you make those changes. Problem management is all about having the right tools. Our goal is to help you determine what tools are needed and assist you with learning the skills to put those tools to work for you.

Each of us have our own life challenges. In addition to these, we are involved in relationships, in almost every area of our lives. On most occasions these relationships bring new life, opportunities, emotional connections, and other benefits we enjoy. Sometimes new challenges come into our awareness because of them. It only makes sense too, because each of us has a different life experience, and because of this we don’t see things the same as others do. Makes sense, right? None of us have had the exact same experiences, or reactions, even if the situations were the same.

Each of us has learned many things throughout our lives, and these things are unique to our situations. One thing we have found, however, is that we can learn a great deal from the experiences of others. We talk with others to express ourselves, but also to learn how others have managed challenges. Even though our specific situations are unique to us, the challenges we encounter are often similar to those that others face. Group counseling can be very beneficial for several reasons. It allows us to learn from each other, through sharing our own challenges and management of them. It also allows us to recognize we are not alone and the battles we face are those others face as well. When sharing our problems with others, we often gain a feeling of hope. Oftentimes we realize if other people have been facing these issues, and getting through it, we feel more hopeful that we can get through it also.