When you come to therapy at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, Connecticut, below you’ll learn what to expect during your first experience. If you are used to going to a large agency for mental health services, my private practice will be a more cozy and intimate experience. The house, where my office is located, has a homey vibe and is really cozy. At Wisdom Within Counseling in Southeastern Connecticut, holistic family and marriage counseling is our speciality. From anxiety, to depression and trauma, Katie Ziskind creates a safe place for you or your family member to feel confidence.
What is in the the lobby when you come for your family and marriage counseling session in Southeastern Connecticut?
When you enter and get settled int our relaxing lobby, please play a quiet game or read a book. Sometimes, Katie Ziskind, the owner, bakes homemade cookies. But, if not, there may be store cookies on the microwave. To add, you can warm up a large lavender and rose petal pillow in the microwave. Further, these warm lavender pillows are soothing as you wait for a loved one in their Niantic counseling session. Also, to be respectful of the other offices and sessions in progress, please use a soft voice and refrain from talking on your cell phone. In general, the lobby at Wisdom Within Counseling is full of board games, children’s toys, novels, outdoor movement equipment, and more. The Wisdom Within Counseling team wants you to be cozy in your journey of family and marriage counseling. Typically, Niantic, CT counseling sessions are forty five minutes.
What to Expect When Your Child Comes To Wisdom Within Counseling in East Lyme, Connecticut
As a group of therapists, Wisdom Within Counseling works with all ages. Often people find us for an alternative, more natural approach to mental health healing. Manytimes, you may want you child to learn positive coping skills for anxiety, anger, and loss. Sometimes, you may choose therapy alone, or therapy alongside medication. For child therapy, the first session is a parent only intake. For child therapy, your therapist will use play therapy to connect with your child. Know that when you child comes to session, most of their session is creative, movement, and play therapy. Frequently, we work with LGBTQIA+, gender questioning children and transgender children. In the midst of divorce or sibling loss, your child’s therapist will help them child feel like a leader and in control again. Call/text 860-451-9364 for holistic family and marriage counseling in East Lyme, Connecticut.
What brings people to therapy in East Lyme, Connecticut?
For one, children and adults may have trouble sleeping, which brings them into therapy. However, the deeper emotions, worry about the recent news of parents getting divorce, or loss can add too. Or, you may be worrying about your aging parents new diagnosis or job changes. In general, children can not do talk-only therapy. And, this it makes them feel like a problem that is broken. At Wisdom Within Counseling, the team of marital and family therapists help you go beyond just talking.
What To Expect For Adults
Couples and Marriage Therapy Near East Lyme, Connecticut
Often, people call the team of marriage and family therapists at Wisdom Within Counseling because there are not many couples therapists in Niantic, Connecticut. Further, couples sessions are unique specifically, so each of you also receive individual sessions. Do you feel emotional neglect? Overall, marriage therapy helps couples connect on a deep level emotionally. Lastly, couples greatly benefit from deeper intimacy and improving communication. You can learn ways of calmly fighting constructively without hurting each other.
Individual Therapy in Niantic
After a few individual therapy sessions and in office appointments, you have the option of doing walk and talk therapy on the Niantic Bay Boardwalk. Its a beautiful way to release anxiety, get in some movement and walking, and uplift mild depression. On the Niantic Bay Boardwalk, you’ll see the blue sky scattered with cotton ball white cloud puffs. While walking, you’ll have a chance to small the salty ocean air and hear the relaxing sounds of waves crashing onto the rocks and beach in the background.
What does Wisdom Within Counseling help with best?
First, many people in East Lyme, Connecticut struggle with expressing emotions in healthy ways. Therefore, we create a holistic, comfortable environment for all ages to grow. From your first session, you can learn coping skills for anxiety management and emotional confidence. At Wisdom Within Counseling, the team of marriage and family therapists in Niantic, CT help the whole lifespan. For instance, anxious children, teenagers, distant couples thrive through positive coping outlets in therapy.
Also, holistic marital and family counseling skills are available for your whole life after therapy.
Likewise, artsy, creative therapy in Niantic, Connecticut helps you and your family connect and bond. Then, you can learn healthy ways cope with difficult feelings. So, you can learn other way, rather than using alcohol, working too much, negative people, or numbing out. Often, feelings around loss, trauma, marriage, and divorce are let go of in healthy, creative ways. Frequently, our team of therapists help people who have experienced anxiety, depression, and trauma feel safe, nurtured, and socially confident.
Now, what issues do we treat daily through Niantic therapy?
- LGBTQIA+ dating, gender questioning, non binary
- Eating disorders, body image
- Depression, career, changes, and anxiety
- ADHD, school attendance, and behavior problems
- Aggression, anger, and conflict
- Marriage marriage conflicts and reconnecting distant couples
Call/text for your phone consultation 860-451-9364 to learn more. Read more in book your session online and WisdomWithinCt.com!
Written By Katie Ziskind, LMFT, RYT500
This article was written by Katie Ziskind, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, 500-hour Registered Yoga Therapist, is the owner and clinical director at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, Connecticut. Finding a family and marriage therapist in Niantic has been very difficult until now. Katie also offers teletherapy and distance counseling. Also, Katie Ziskind LMFT, RYT500 combines her highly effective specialties of art, yoga, music, and animal therapy alongside talk counseling. She is an expert with distant couples, children, adolescents, teenagers, and the young adults. She offers therapy for angry teens in Niantic. Parenting sessions and couples therapy for parents challenged by their children, are also part of her practice. She is affirming and open to the LGBT community. Read more about LGBT, here. She specializes in yoga therapy for athletic individuals who have a sports injury and have been through trauma.
