Brent Joseph Biblical Counseling

We are happy support your child in any way we can. With your permission, we can consult with your child’s teacher, principal, school counselor, or other school staff. However, we will not go to your child’s school to observe during class. In general, our presence in your child’s classroom will change their behaviors and we would not get a clear picture of his/her behaviors anyway.

Marriage counseling typically brings couples or partners together for joint therapy sessions. The counselor or therapist helps couples pinpoint and understand the sources of their conflicts and try to resolve them. You and your partner will analyze both the good and bad parts of your relationship.

The therapist will want to know the main problems you are experiencing, and what causes most of your stress within the relationship. Some aspects of relationship stress that may be discussed include parenting conflicts, intimacy issues, and communication issues (or other types of distress).

Absolutely. Sometimes marital counseling clients have sessions by themselves for individual counseling and work towards counseling sessions together with their spouse at the appropriate time. Others prefer to meet together for all sessions. There is no right and wrong here. It's simply a matter of preference or individual circumstances.

Our recommendation is for both partners to attend the first session together so the couple dynamics can be assessed and both partners can share their side. From that point, each partner would be recommended to attend individual appointments to further expound on their personal issues, then we can alternate with individual counseling and couples counseling moving forward.

We are so glad you are dedicated to getting the most out of your sessions. Your active participation and dedication is crucial to your success. After all, we only see each other for a session a week. It’s the work you do outside of our sessions that will really help you see your personal growth and development.

Medication alone cannot solve all issues. What medication does is treat the symptoms. Our work together is designed to explore the root of the issue, dig deep into your behavior and teach strategies that can help you accomplish your personal and/or relational goals.

The difference is between someone who can do something, and someone who has the training and experience to do that same thing professionally. A mental health professional can help you approach your situation in a new way– teach you new skills, gain different perspectives, listen to you without judgment or expectations, and help you listen to yourself. Furthermore, therapy is completely confidential. You won’t have to worry about others “knowing my business.” Lastly, if your situation provokes a great deal of negative emotion, if you’ve been confiding in a friend or family member, there is the risk that once you are feeling better you could start avoiding that person so you aren’t reminded of this difficult time in your life.

Not at all. People who ask for help know when they need it and have the ability to reach out. Everyone needs help now and then. You already have some strengths that you’ve used before, that for whatever reason isn’t working right now. Perhaps this problem feels overwhelming and is making it difficult to access your past strengths. In our work together, we’ll help you identify what those strengths are and how to implement them again in what is happening now.

Many teenagers find themselves struggling to deal with the many changes occurring during these years. It can be difficult for parents and teens alike if you don’t know what your child is feeling or how their thoughts might affect him/her emotionally because there’s so much going on! A professional counselor will help guide conversations in addressing both normal issues related puberty as well any disorders present now that could make things worse instead of better