Affordable Counseling Program Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Road to Growth Counseling is happy to announce our new affordable counseling program. As the clinic director, I am always searching for ways to help more people find their path to mental health and wellness. I began this practice as a sole practitioner in [...]
Clinical Supervision Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Experience As a licensed professional counselor with 20 years-experience in mental health, not only as a clinician but as an owner of a successful private practice, I have had the opportunity to work with hundreds of clients, in multiple setting, ages 4 and up with a [...]
What is the Difference Between a Licensed Professional Counselor, an Intern Therapist, and a Registered Therapist? Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Licensed Professional Counselor (MA, LPC) must hold a Master's degree in their profession and have two years and 2,000 hours Post-Master’s supervision by a licensed professional in direct client/patient care. Licensed Professional [...]
What is CBT? Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) emphasizes the interaction between thoughts, behaviors and feelings. Given any event, you can choose to think in positive or negative ways. A negative, destructive thought about the event will lead to a response which is reactionary, impulsive, and maladaptive. As a [...]
What is Telemental Health? Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Telemental health is simply receiving therapy through electronic means whereby the client and clinician are in two different locations. Video sessions are accessed through a secure video conferencing platform. After assessing for a good fit for this form of counseling, I will provide [...]
What is Family Therapy? Author: Taylor Roach - MA, Intern Family therapy helps families build healthier relationships and cope with many different challenges. Family therapy can address a wide variety of relational and/or mental health needs. This form of therapy supports growth and communication for each individual within the family using a systemic [...]
What is DBT? Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Facts to know about Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Created in the early 1990’s as another version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Originally created for women to treat symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder Can also treat depression and anxiety in adults Useful to treat adults with depression [...]
How to Build A Support System Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Isolation is a major cause of depression in adults. As we move into adult responsibilities: work, parenting, marriages, we tend to let our relationships fade into the background. You may not be exposed to groups of people in your daily life like [...]
Mediation is a cooperative, problem solving process, which aids parties in exchanging views and exploring solutions to conflicts. It is an informal...
Play therapy is to children what counseling is to adults. When adults have problems it often helps if they can share their thoughts and feelings with a therapist.
