Individual Temperament Counseling

Individual Temperament Counseling is a great investment in yourself. It provides you insight into who you really are and what’s most important to you. This information is invaluable and most people never get to possess it! You can take what you know about yourself into all aspects of your life and into all of your future relationships be they friends, love partners, work colleagues, family, even your children. The self-knowledge you gain from Temperament Counseling will stand you in good stead because you will know what makes you tick and what you don’t want. It can save you a great deal of time, energy, disappointment and unhappiness. It can even give you a good idea of what characteristics your ideal partner should possess and how you, too, can become a better mate for your loved one.

Individual Temperament Counseling affords you a special time to delve into aspects of your life and relationships that can be improved on and an opportunity to discuss the hard-to-talk-about issues in a supportive, safe and private environment where your best interests are always uppermost. It is a unique, valuable and enriching way to nurture yourself.

What issues can this type of Counseling help with?

Individual Temperament Counseling can help with most emotionally-based issues. These are some:

  • Finding direction and clarity in a love relationship

  • Feeling discouraged because past love relationships have not worked out

  • Coping with the pain of losing a relationship

  • Feeling at a crossroads in your life and needing to make a life transition

  • Feeling anxious, depressed, fearful about your life circumstance

  • Struggling with depression and anxiety

  • Experiencing difficulty handling a medical situation or having to make a tough medical decision

  • Feeling anxious about committing to marriage

  • Grieving the loss of a parent with whom you had ‘unfinished’ business

  • Grieving the loss of your relationship or marriage - we also have Separation and Divorce Temperament Counseling

  • Feeling sandwiched between looking after your children and now your parents

  • Experiencing a rut in your life and needing help getting out of it

  • Feeling sadness at being an empty nester

  • Having difficulty in relation to family and/or close friends

  • Concern from family and friends about how you’re behaving

  • Seeking direction when it comes to choosing a career or profession

  • Having problems at work

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Any time you learn about yourself in various situations and know what you expect from yourself and the world, you are already ahead of the game. This approach provides insight into the self in many different life circumstances. Self-knowledge can give you the personal tools to cope with your emotions and situations respectfully, responsibly, truthfully and lovingly.

 

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Individual Temperament Counseling can also help you achieve:

  • Insight

  • Confidence

  • Trust

  • Understanding

  • Patience

  • Resilience

  • Tolerance

  • Compassion

  • Self-Respect

  • Self-Love

  • Supportive Network

  • Communication Skills

  • Coping Strategies

  • Lifestyle Changes

What to Expect

Clients are asked to complete the online Temperament Questionnaire (APS), which takes about 20 minutes. They are also required to provide information on their family of origin. They are sometimes given reading assignments to enhance their own learning and asked to work on particular exercises/techniques during sessions. The sessions involve learning about one’s temperament and how it may or may not be aligning with specific relationship expectations and life circumstances. This is an opportunity for the client to share their fear, anger, worry, grief, stress or anxiety in a safe and confidential setting with a trained counselor who can help them to explore their thoughts and emotions, expectations, needs, wants, behaviors, strengths and weaknesses. Therapy often involves gaining insight and refocusing perspective as well as learning more adaptive communication skills, problem-solving strategies, and conflict resolution techniques.

Sometimes clients are apprehensive about starting Counseling because of the stigma attached to mental illness and the fear that working with a professional might make an issue even bigger and more unmanageable than it was prior to therapy. These are understandable concerns but it is important to keep in mind that you are working with a professional counselor who has the education and training to keep you safe and comfortable.

It should be noted that a client may wish to talk about their partner and family members in sessions if they play an important role in what’s happening. With time, it might be beneficial to invite those loved ones to join you. If there is agreement, it is possible to transition to couple or family counseling after receiving Individual Temperament Counseling for any length of time.

If you think you could benefit from Individual Temperament Counseling, schedule an appointment
by calling 571-490-1795 or sending us a message via the “Inquire about this Service” form.