What to Expect
Coaching vs. Counseling
Coaching vs. Counseling
Coaching and counseling can open your eyes to new ways of dealing with behavioral health needs and situations that you may not have been aware of before.
If you are seeking support and guidance with making life decisions or further defining your life goals, coaching provides you a safe space to explore your options and create attainable g
Coaching and counseling can open your eyes to new ways of dealing with behavioral health needs and situations that you may not have been aware of before.
If you are seeking support and guidance with making life decisions or further defining your life goals, coaching provides you a safe space to explore your options and create attainable goals Coaching and plans.
If you are seeking diagnosis or treatment for a behavioral health issues, counseling can help you better manage your symptoms, triggers, and develop strong coping skills. Counseling can offer problem-solving skills, provide support, and help you work through life changes, allowing you to see your circumstances as a personal growth opportunity instead of a burden or obstacle.
Other Therapies
Coaching vs. Counseling
If you are seeking additional balance and restoration for your physical, mental and spiritual well-being, we partner with local Reiki and massage therapy providers to provide you therapeutic relief and reduction of stress, increased physical capabilities, and clarity of mind.
Including these modalities into your overall care will enhance
If you are seeking additional balance and restoration for your physical, mental and spiritual well-being, we partner with local Reiki and massage therapy providers to provide you therapeutic relief and reduction of stress, increased physical capabilities, and clarity of mind.
Including these modalities into your overall care will enhance your experience with coaching and/or counseling and bring additional wellness benefits to your life.
We also partner with Monarch Wellness to offer intensive services and curated wellness retreats that can be designed to meet your individual or group needs. We also offer focused retreats to the general public which can be found on www.thmonarchwellness.com
How does therapy help?
Depending on your present situation and your reasons for seeking help, there are many benefits to our integrated approach. At your first visit, we will help to define the right services for you to maximize your experience. You may determine that focusing on one modality meets your needs, often a combination of modalities will bring the mo
Depending on your present situation and your reasons for seeking help, there are many benefits to our integrated approach. At your first visit, we will help to define the right services for you to maximize your experience. You may determine that focusing on one modality meets your needs, often a combination of modalities will bring the most impactful results. You will meet with a licensed clinician and together define your ideal treatment plan.
While the approach to mental health wellness is an individual choice, in many regards a holistic approach may be helpful for everyone. There are a wide variety of reasons to begin counseling ranging from a diagnosed mental illnesses to help managing daily stress or a transitional period of your life. There is also a wide variety of reasons to begin a Reiki practice and seek the benefits of massage therapy. It is your input in your treatment plan that will define your individual circumstances.
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant"
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Health is a state of mind.
Wellness is a state of being."
J Stanford
"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease"
Buddha
Specific skills that Monarch’s approach can provide :
- Emotional management, including, but not limited to anger, jealousy, grief, and depression.
- Coping mechanisms to allow you to work through situations which typically cause you anxiety, fear, or avoidance.
- Stress-management techniques to apply to deal with stress within your everyday life, such as with your job and family.
- Skills and techniqu
- Emotional management, including, but not limited to anger, jealousy, grief, and depression.
- Coping mechanisms to allow you to work through situations which typically cause you anxiety, fear, or avoidance.
- Stress-management techniques to apply to deal with stress within your everyday life, such as with your job and family.
- Skills and techniques to help you better navigate relationships, or to work through relationship troubles.
- Problem solving skills for you to enact when you encounter issues which may typically have caused you to shy away or back down, such as social situations or public speaking.
- Improving self-love, self-confidence, and body image.
- Improving communication, listening, and the ability to speak up for yourself.
- Understanding your own skills, strengths, and positive attributes and learning to quiet your inner negative critique.
- Finding a resolution to the issues that originally led you to seek help, such as having panic attacks, or being unable to sleep.
"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I'm possible. "
Audrey Hepburn
"Nurturing yourself is not selfish- it's essential to your survival and well-being."
Renee Peterson Trudeau
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows"
Ralph Marston
Your first session has two main goals:
1. ASSESS YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES
We will take the first meeting to assess your current circumstances. While our areas of expertise may be consistent with your reasons for coming to Monarch, we will need to address specific areas that are unique to you, and your current circumstances. From there, we will be able to better determine what type of therapy and wellness services are right for you, what it will entail, and what it will look like for you in terms of fitting it into your day-to-day life. In addition, we may provide you with series of actions to do outside of our coaching or therapy sessions, such as practice a certain technique, or read a specific book, as it is important you take on an active role in your healing.
2. BUILD A RELATIONSHIP
Our first session will be more like a two way interview. We get to know you, and you’ll get to know us. We will ask you questions to help better understand your primary issues and concerns, as well as your history in terms of other events in your life, family, childhood, and career. However, you are welcome to ask questions too. In order for you to be successful, it is imperative we establish a client/therapist relationship that is supportive and honest. In fact, it is the nature – and the quality – of our relationship that will determine the success of your overall therapy goals. The success of the ‘meeting of the minds’ with your therapist is the most accurate predictor of a positive, healthy outcome to the hard work you put in towards your happiness.
As such, each client/therapist relationship will be unique but certain values and themes are true for all sessions, and you can expect the following:
· You can expect to be treated with compassion, empathy, respect, and understanding.
· You can expect to be presented with someone who is available to listen to you and listen to your interpretation of what you are currently experiencing.
· You can expect to receive knowledgeable and scientifically backed techniques and information to assist you in overcoming your related struggles.
· You can expect to arrive in a safe, supportive, and confidential space.
· You can expect to receive real strategies and techniques you can use to enact positive changes on your life.
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Other Resources
Hotlines
Behavioral Health Response - 314-469-6644 / 800-811-4760 / TTY: 314-469-3638
National Suicide Hotline - 1-800-273-8255 suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Crisis Text Line text HOME to 741741 https://www.crisistextline.org/
GLBT National Help Center 1-888-843-4564
Nat’l. Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
RAINN Nat’l. Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
Anxiety and Compulsive Disorders
NAMI Helpline 1-800-950-6264 https://www.nami.org/Home
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation https://iocdf.org/
Anxiety/Brain & Behavior Foundation https://www.bbrfoundation.org/research/anxiety
Anxiety and Depression support https://adaa.org/adaa-online-support-group
Depression and Fatigue
Substance Use Disorders
National Drug Information Treatment and Referral Hotline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
Alcohol Abuse and Crisis Intervention: 1-800-234-0246
National Cocaine Hotline: 1-800-COCAINE (262-2463)
Al-Anon/Alateen Hotline (for friends and family) 1-800-344-2666
Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Sexual Assault, Abuse and Domestic Violence
Childhelp (Child Abuse): 1-800-4ACHILD (1-800-422-4453)
Nat’l. Center on Elder Abuse: 1-800-677-1116
National Runaway Switchboard: 1-800-621-4000
RAINN Rape Support https://centers.rainn.org/
St. Louis Resource Directory https://www.startherestl.org/domestic-violence.html
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