Why Counseling?

Anyone can experience emotional challenges when they are under constant pressure and stress from the high demands of a professional career.  Learning how to navigate current challenges or help heal past hurts is critical to bringing about a more stable, productive and satisfying experience of life.  Whether or not you realize it, you have natural strengths and abilities that can help you deal with stress, anxiety and other emotional disturbances.  As a strengths-based counselor, I believe you can learn to use those natural abilities to help better cope with difficulties that life has presented to you.

My counseling practice focuses on women’s issues, particularly those encountered by women professionals and the added stress resulting from multiple roles in their personal and professional lives.  My 25+ years of experience as a business executive greatly influences my approach to therapy.  I draw upon my knowledge of relevant issues and concerns that are common among women professionals – stress/anxiety, depression, marital strain, and disordered eating. For more information regarding my counseling training and professional experience, see Founder Bio and Areas of Specialty.

THERAPEUTIC APPROACH

I use a solutions-focused, strengths-based orientation with my counseling clients. Solutions-focused means that the counselor/client relationship is based on identifying solutions to cope with and work through a specific client concern or area of unresolved emotional distress. A strengths-based approach helps clients to recognize and utilize their personal strengths and relational style, building on what is natural and empowering for them.  For more details on my therapeutic approach, see Therapeutic Approach.

SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an appointment, please use the calendar link on this page, select a date/time and in the payment options, click on “counseling session”. Use the notes section to communicate additional details. You will receive an email to confirm the appointment and any response that may be required based on the details you provide in the registration form.

If you are a new client considering counseling and would like to request a brief introductory call for more details on counseling services, please email vsavage@forwomenssake.com.