Offering counseling & therapeutic treatment services tailored specifically to help YOU reach your full potential.
Waypost Counseling specializes in providing services for adults who are experiencing issues with mental health and addiction. We exist to help you find your way.
In your initial appointment, we will complete a biopsychosocial assessment to explore your history and current needs to learn how we can best assist you, conduct a mental health status exam, and create an individualized treatment plan tailored specifically to your needs.
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Therapy Sessions are available both in-office and virtually.
Therapy sessions are scheduled in 50-minute time slots, and consist of 50-minutes of psychotherapy followed by 10-minutes for the therapist to complete clinical documentation. How often you meet with your therapist and for how long will be determined at your initial appointment.
What is Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is a general term for treating mental health problems by talking with a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health provider. During psychotherapy, you learn about your condition and your moods, feelings, thoughts and behaviors. Psychotherapy helps you learn how to take control of your life and respond to challenging situations with healthy coping skills.
There are many types of psychotherapy, each with its own approach. The type of psychotherapy that's right for you depends on your individual situation. Psychotherapy is also known as talk therapy, counseling, psychosocial therapy or, simply, therapy.
Why it's done
Psychotherapy can be helpful in treating most behavioral health problems, including:
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Anxiety disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), phobias, panic disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Mood disorders, such as depression or bipolar disorder
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Addictive Disorders, such as alcoholism, drug abuse, or problem gambling
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Eating disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia
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Personality disorders, such as borderline personality disorder or dependent personality disorder
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Schizophrenia or other disorders that cause detachment from reality (psychotic disorders)
Not everyone who benefits from psychotherapy is diagnosed with a mental illness. Psychotherapy can help with a number of life's stresses and conflicts that can affect anyone.
For example, it may help you:
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Resolve conflicts with your partner or someone else in your life
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Relieve anxiety or stress due to work or other situations
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Cope with major life changes, such as divorce, the death of a loved one or the loss of a job
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Learn to manage unhealthy reactions, such as road rage or passive-aggressive behavior
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Come to terms with an ongoing or serious physical health problem, such as diabetes, cancer or long-term (chronic) pain
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Recover from physical or sexual abuse or witnessing violence
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Cope with sexual problems, whether they're due to a physical or psychological cause
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Sleep better, if you have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep (insomnia)
In some cases, psychotherapy can be as effective as medications, such as antidepressants. However, depending on your specific situation, psychotherapy alone may not be enough to ease the symptoms of a mental health condition. You may also need medications or other treatments.
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference. It is widely assumed that severe emotional pain requires a long time to heal. EMDR therapy shows that the mind can in fact heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma. When you cut your hand, your body works to close the wound. If a foreign object or repeated injury irritates the wound, it festers and causes pain. Once the block is removed, healing resumes. EMDR therapy demonstrates that a similar sequence of events occurs with mental processes. The brain’s information processing system naturally moves toward mental health. If the system is blocked or imbalanced by the impact of a disturbing event, the emotional wound festers and can cause intense suffering. Once the block is removed, healing resumes. Using the detailed protocols and procedures learned in EMDR therapy training sessions, clinicians help clients activate their natural healing processes.
More than 30 positive controlled outcome studies have been done on EMDR therapy. Some of the studies show that 84%-90% of single-trauma victims no longer have post-traumatic stress disorder after only three 90-minute sessions. Another study, funded by the HMO Kaiser Permanente, found that 100% of the single-trauma victims and 77% of multiple trauma victims were no longer diagnosed with PTSD after only six 50-minute sessions. In another study, 77% of combat veterans were free of PTSD in 12 sessions. There has been so much research on EMDR therapy that it is now recognized as an effective form of treatment for trauma and other disturbing experiences by organizations such as the American Psychiatric Association, the World Health Organization, and the Department of Defense. Given the worldwide recognition as an effective treatment of trauma, you can easily see how EMDR therapy would be effective in treating the “everyday” memories that are the reason people have low self-esteem, feelings of powerlessness, and all the myriad problems that bring them in for therapy. Over 100,000 clinicians throughout the world use the therapy. Millions of people have been treated successfully over the past 25 years.
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If you have questions about addiction, mental health, trauma, EMDR therapy, or other behavioral health issues in general, would like more information on any of our services, or yourself or a loved one are in need of help and unsure of what to do, please give us a call! We will take the time to consult with you and help you to decide what your best options may be. Even if we determine that our services are not the best fit, we will make a referral to another therapist or facility that can better assist you. We will help you in any way we can.