WHY COUNSELING

CLEAR COUNSELING ST. LOUIS

Why not?! While we're obviously biased, greater self-actualization, understanding, introspection, and self-analysis, even in the most general sense, lead to positive outcomes. We apply critical review and discovery to our finances, life plans, physical health, and work paths. We are limiting ourselves if we are not doing the same to our feelings, behaviors, and relationships.

Clear Counseling St. Louis receives a mix of clients seeking therapy both for general and specific treatment focuses. Sometimes an initial, broad feeling leads an individual to counseling and through therapy we are able to identify more of the specifics.

There is no ideal age, gender, sexual orientation, economic status, level of schooling, or religion for those suitable to receive the benefits of psychotherapy. We are each entitled to improve our individual circumstances and be heard. There is no judgment in our counseling and we believe there is no one path to life.

The most important requirement to someone seeking therapy is that they are ready.

Counseling requires work. It requires showing up, vulnerability, and honesty. There must be acceptance that therapy is not a pill to treat one dimensional symptoms, but an exercise to understand and rewire a much more complicated system of beliefs, behaviors, coping mechanisms, and communication skills. We address specific symptoms but our approach must be open and unbiased to create the most lasting change.

We don't expect our clients to come self-diagnosed, but if you are questioning a specific condition-- depression, anxiety, etc.-- we encourage you to share when submitting a new client inquiry. *All submissions and work at Clear Counseling St. Louis is held to the strictest levels of confidentiality.