Counseling
"Understanding why people suffer, how they change, and how to help them live more satisfying and gratifying lives is a fascinating, huge, and important undertaking." - John and Rita Sommers-Flanagan, 2015
Help starts here.
Here at Phases Therapy, we offer support for mental health needs through regular therapy services with our certified counselors. Our dedicated and understanding counselor team can customize treatment plans and goals for clients based on their needs.
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Phases is committed to helping our clients improve their lives by providing assistance and support for resolving personal, psychological, and personal difficulties.
Why counseling?
Our minds, like the rest of our bodies, require care - the same way we get check ups at the doctor, we need mental check-ins, support from certified individuals, and resources to build our self awareness and health.
Whether you’re looking to increase your mental health skills, improve overall wellness, or address specific areas of difficulty in your life, our therapists can provide individualized support with empathy, evidence-based strategies, and collaboration.
Counseling is crucial to us taking care of ourselves at all ages: to open our minds, challenge our thoughts, find peace, and grow our mental health skills that impact our day-to-day lives.
Counseling services may include and support those who experience anxiety, depression, stress, grief, self-esteem difficulties, as well as providing treatment to improve conflict resolution, regulate emotions, maintain relationships, and adjust to major life changes.
What does counseling do?
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Who is counseling for?
Counseling services can be offered to clients of any age.
While many may think of adults being counseling clients, children and teenagers often benefit from counseling services! While therapy may look different for them, children can learn important skills related to their emotions and relationships with others.
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It may also be recommended to those with diagnoses that are often accompanied by stressors and pressures synonymous with our society and its structure, such as autism (ASD), ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, learning disabilities, and more.
Our Counseling Specialties
Play Therapy
Play Therapy is a therapy modality that focuses on the use of play to address mental health.
Neurodivergence
Counseling is often recommended for those who are neurodivergent. Learn more about the way counseling supports care for all types of brains!
C-PTSD
C-PTSD, or complex PTSD, is a mental health condition caused by long term or chronic trauma.
More From Our Counselors
Parents' Role in Counseling
When we see children in counseling, parents have an important role in collaborating with their child's counselor and support their child's growth!
Counseling Across the Ages
Therapy isn't only for adults! looks different for clients of all ages. Learn more about what counseling looks like at different ages.
More Coming Soon!
Interested in more counseling topics? We're interested in sharing more!
Pyschologist, Counselor, or Social Worker?
What's the difference?
Psychologists are mental health professionals that study cognitive and emotional processes with a focus on evaluations, diagnosis, research, and treatment of a variety of psychological conditions. Psychologists can offer therapy services, but often focus on conducting psychological testing and diagnosis. have doctoral degrees and may be recommended for short or long term difficulties.
In Alabama, psychologists do not prescribe medication.
Counselors, or LPCs (Licensed Professional Counselor), are therapists who hold a master's degree in counseling or a related field and has completed supervised clinical hours. LPCs provide therapy, diagnose mental health conditions, and focus on helping clients manage emotional, behavioral, and relationship challenges.
Social Workers, or LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), are therapists who hold a master's degree in social work (MSW) and have completed additional clinical training. These professionals are trained to provide therapy, diagnose mental health conditions, and work around and with social and environmental factors, such as family dynamics, relationships, work stress, and socioeconomic conditions that impact mental health.
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Psychiatrists are medical doctors (M.D. or D.O.) who specialize in mental health. These doctors prescribe medication and focus on the medical aspects of mental health. Psychiatrists can provide therapy, but most often focus on medication management. They also collaborate with psychologists, LPC’s, and social workers when needed to provide good care.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, or LMFT, are therapists who hold a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy (MFT) or a related field and have completed supervised clinical training. LMFTs focus on working with relationships, families, couples, and interpersonal dynamics. Their title may seem as if they only specialize in marriage and family therapy, but they are able to provide individual therapy and diagnose mental health conditions.
All of these titles can be confusing because in practice, they provide very similar therapy services. Their primary differences are training backgrounds and areas of emphasis. All of these professionals use evidence- based practices and can diagnose mental health conditions. Only psychiatrists can prescribe medication but psychologists, LCSWs, LPCs, and LMFTs often collaborate with psychiatrists to provide individualized care.
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When it comes to one-on-one therapy, there is no degree or title that is better than the other. What is important is that you find a practitioner that you have a comfortable, working relationship with!
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Unsure if counseling is right for you and your loved one?
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Feel free to explore our website for resources, or contact us directly if you have any questions here:
Phone: 256-521-2568
Fax: 256-521-2569
​Email: office@phaseshsv.com
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