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| Psychotherapy / Counseling Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida |
The majority of my clients lead ordinary lives. They are successful, professional, articulate, interesting, insightful, often extraordinary individuals. They may be experiencing issues related to depression, anxiety, relationship issues, etc. They are in need of the insight and awareness that good psychotherapy can facilitate. They are often in need of direction, and are usually open to feedback about the issues that are causing them problems. They are motivated for change and ask for what they want in therapy. They typically respond well to counseling and have no need of or desire for long term therapy.
Caught up in severe addiction, depression, mania, anxiety, phobias, anger, psychosis, personality disorders, and/or a number of other lesser know issues I also have the opportunity to work with clients that wish they could lead “ordinary “lives. Too often the extent of the suffering that these individuals were forced to endure was extraordinary and far beyond our normal sensibilities. Much of the mental disease that I see has some roots in the past and usually there is a way clear of it.
Mindful engagement is the key factor in my counseling practice. Awareness is the key to recovery from whatever it is that prevents you from experiencing life as it is right now. With time my client’s learn to become their own therapist. They learn that to be aware, truly aware, is to be truly free. They learn that none of us are perfect but that should never stop us from practicing perfection.
No matter where we are in our journey in life we must find and practice a way through it. If you do not have a practice, and a way, then you are tossed about amidst the turmoil of your own fractured mind.
The truth in this human life is found in our present moment. Our lives can be found nowhere else. Past and future are only contained in this moment. Whatever thoughts and feelings we have of the past and future are mere thoughts experienced in this moment. To choose to live countless present moments in conceptual purgatory is what many of us do - mindlessly. We need just to wake up to the here and now and see past the ideas that separate us from what can be truly seen. The truth is available to us all, but it is only seen now. As each moment passes, we can try to hold on to a slice of life, or we can learn to let go of the need to possess life, and only desire to live it fully. Truly seen for what it is, life becomes a constant wonder to be enjoyed in whatever way truth chooses to manifest. Beyond mundane egotistical involvement we are free to explore reality without the self conscious limits of our selfish mind.
This life is precious, we should not waste it. My mindfulness based counseling practice is designed to help people mindfully take control of, and responsibility for, their own lives. You become as fully conscious as possible, and thus discover your true potential. You accept, with certainty that you belong to this world in a real and meaningful way. Please make the choice to live a life of meaning and purpose. Let me help you clear away all that encumbers you. Let me help you find your true self and free you from the tyranny of your grasping mind
Ron Dollar, MA, LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor), CAP (Certified Addictions Professional)
Cities in Pinellas County Florida include: Belleair, Belleair Beach, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair Shore, Clearwater, Dunedin, Gulfport, Indian Rocks Beach, Indian Shores, Kenneth City, Largo, Madeira Beach, North Redington Beach, Oldsmar, Pinellas Park, Redington Beach, Redington Shores, Safety Harbor, Seminole, South Pasadena, St. Pete Beach, St. Petersburg, Tarpon Springs, and Treasure Island.
An estimated 70 percent of adults in the United States have experienced a traumatic event at least once in their lives, and up to 20 percent of these people go on to develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. An estimated 5 percent of Americans – more than 13 million people – have PTSD at any given time.