First Step Counseling Center offers a variety of counseling approaches tools that can help you find your way through many of life’s dilemmas.
Our counseling services include sessions for:
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
- Children and Adolescents
Our counseling approaches include:
- Talk Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Meditation
- Interventions
- Life Coaching
- Workshops and Seminars
For children, play is a significant part of the therapeutic process. In this capacity, play is used to help children as they work on the difficulties that are causing problems in their lives. It is widely accepted among play therapists that play is a child’s natural way of expressing and learning about themselves. Play therapy encourages children to communicate, express their feelings, develop problem-solving skills, and discover ways of relating to others. Play offers and opportunity for children to express thoughts and feelings appropriate for their development.
ADD/ADHD
ADD and ADHD treatment does not only entail taking medications. There are many other treatments that have very positive effects on ADHD symptoms in children. read more
Anger Management
Anger is a normal and usually healthy emotion. However, there are times when it gets out of control and turns destructive; this can lead to problems in your life. read more
Anxiety
At First Step Counseling Center rather than treating anxiety symptoms alone, as medications do, our sessions aim to identify and address the source of the anxiety. read more
Behavioral Problems
All children and adults have moments, whether brief or extensive) when they do not behave appropriately. People of all ages can go through different phases. read more
Codependency
If you suffer from codependency you probably sacrifice your own needs for those of others, and may experience a diminished sense of self worth, which in turn can... read more
Depression
Depression is a common. It has a variety of physical and mental symptoms that can affect you life; however, it’s more than feeling down or fed up every now and again. read more
Divorce Recovery
Divorce recovery counseling can help you move forward with more clarity and confidence. The pain of a broken relationship does not always ‘heal with time’. read more
Life Transitions
Whatever your life transition might be, First Step Counseling Center can help you navigate these changes and provide a base from which to explore and process. read more
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
PTSD is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking or life threatening event that may result in emotional trauma. read more
Marital Problems
There are few things as heartbreaking as experiencing your marital relationship falling a part. It is very common that couples have marital disagreements. read more
Midlife Crisis
This is in fact a time in life when it is easy to be overcome by both emotional and mental duress. It is a period in our lifespan, the halfway point, when many... read more
Mood Disorders
Life is filled with situations that can lead to irritability, tension and moodiness; it is part of everyone’s life. A healthy individual will bounce back and find balance. read more
Parenting
Being a parent is the world’s toughest job. You are responsible for caring for the daily needs of a child, as well as teaching your child or children necessary... read more
Relationships
At the First Step Counseling Center we work with groups, couples and individuals to explore what it is they want from their relationships. Our main role is to listen... read more
Sexual Concerns
Generally, sexual problems and concerns can be described as the times when we feel we are in conflict with our sexual self and it can affect both men and women. read more
Trauma Recovery
If you’ve experienced trauma, you may feel overwhelmed by thoughts and feelings from the past that leave you feeling numb, disconnected, frightened, and... read more