Does Counseling Really Help?

We long to be all that we can be, all that we were created to be. However, becoming whole and healthy can be a distressing and painful process. 

Painful experiences, traumatic events and living with people who are imperfect take its toll on us and keep us from being all that we know we can be. 

We develop defense mechanisms to help us survive and protect ourselves, and having used them for years, we are unaware how much they trip us up and hold us back. 

When life becomes overwhelming and too uncomfortable we seek counseling.

In therapy, these mechanisms are exposed, and new living strategies take their place as we are healed and restored. We can face our pain, forgive those who hurt us and learn to live more fully using new skills. 

My commitment to YOU!

• to walk with you as the restoration takes place 
• to help you see what is happening from another perspective
• to encourage you to keep on keeping on when the going gets rough 
• to be your coach and cheerleader as you consider alternate ways of relating that are healthy and promote wholeness. 

I do counseling and psychotherapy to help Christians and non-Christians walk in newness of life, giving up the old ineffective ways and learning new ones.

Stories from the Bible to Consider

Think about the people in the New Testament whom Jesus healed. 

• He healed the man by the pool after he had come there daily to wait for healing for 38 years. (John 5)  
• He healed the woman with the bent back who had been that way for 18 years. (Luke 13)

The healings were instantaneous and wonderful.  Yet I wonder, did they know how to live as whole, healthy people?

It takes time to learn new skills and use them effectively. As your therapist, I will walk with you as you learn to live as a whole and healthy person, sometimes after years of ineffective attempts to do that on your own.

WE NEED TO TALK!

Call 416-449-8540 or e-mail at pjyuill606@rogers.com