I am available to meet with students on an individual basis to discuss situations and events that are affecting their social and emotional development, as well as their academic progress.  A variety of events or situations that happen both in and out of school can directly impact the daily well-being and functioning of a child. Parents are encouraged to contact me at any time with any questions or concerns they may have regarding their child.  To make a referral by email click here and be sure to include your name with your child's.

My Counseling Model:

I use Dr. William Glasser's Choice Theory model  for a lot of my counseling.  It states that everyone has five basic needs, and that our chosen behaviors are our attempts to satisfy those needs.  These five needs are:  survival, power, love and belonging, freedom, and fun.  These needs are best met through positive, meaningful relationships.  Our actions and our thoughts our under our direct personal control, therefore counseling often focuses on these two areas - how they are currently meeting needs, and what needs to be changed in order to more effectively meet our needs and develop satisfying relationships.

Choice Theory (and the Seven Caring Habits) is offered to replace external control psychology (and the Seven Deadly Habits).  These caring habits are good for everyone to practice!

Relationships and Our Habits

Ten Axioms of Choice Theory

1. The only person whose behavior we can control is our own.
2. All we can give another person is information.
3. All long-lasting psychological problems are relationship problems.
4. The problem relationship is always part of our present life.
5. What happened in the past has everything to do with what we are today, but we can only satisfy our basic needs right now and plan to continue satisfying them in the future.
6. We can only satisfy our needs by satisfying the pictures in our Quality World.
7. All we do is behave.
8. All behavior is Total Behavior and is made up of four components: acting, thinking, feeling and physiology.
9. All Total Behavior is chosen, but we only have direct control over the acting and thinking components. We can only control our feeling and physiology indirectly through how we choose to act and think.
10. All Total Behavior is designated by verbs and named by the part that is the most recognizable.