Wherever well-being grows, dysfunction withers.

I practice a growth-oriented approach to creating the well-being you seek in your life. This is a positive, practical approach that focuses more on the anatomy of well-being (and how to reach it) than the anatomy of dysfunction (and how to dissect it). This approach builds on the "impulse to wellness" inborn to every person, a kind of inner blueprint for human well-being. When you seek help in unaccustomed or overwhelming life circumstances, it is a sign that your impulse to wellness is urging you to find an avenue to change. I help you create this change by building on your existing strengths, insights, and skills while cultivating new ones.

Growth-oriented counseling recognizes that many distressful circumstances are natural and common life situations in which it is healthy to seek more support, perspective, and guidance than other social resources provide. Changes in employment, strains in home or workplace relationships, self-doubt, loneliness, grief, anxiety, depression, stress, a desire for more fulfillment... These are natural life phases experienced at one time or another by most people. Often the person who seeks counseling in these or similar circumstances is no more distressed or less healthy than others but is simply the most focused on finding a constructive, effective response.

Of course there can be times when unhealthy thoughts and feelings crowd out the impulse to wellness like weeds choking a garden. Sometimes the weeds must be uprooted before the trees, shrubs, and flowers can grow to full vigor. I administer traditional psychotherapy when appropriate and maintain relationships with prescribing psychiatrists who can evaluate the need for medication and prescribe it if appropriate.

Many clients meet their initial goals (or resolve their initial concerns) with a handful of counseling sessions. Others find the support and self-development to be a valuable ongoing influence in their lives and choose to continue longer-term. Whether short-term or ongoing, growth-oriented counseling is a powerful positive force.

Anna Kaye, MA, LPC, NCC, (678) 904-8320
Individual, Couples, and Career Counseling
8 Lenox Point NE, Atlanta, GA 30324

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