{"id":37,"date":"2026-07-24T21:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-08-06T06:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:03:06","slug":"individual-counseling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?page_id=37","title":{"rendered":"Individual counseling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How I can help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People I\u2019ve helped often started off with:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>life having the color drained out of it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>overwhelm from current events or responsibilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cbrain fog\u201d, or problems focusing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>painful memories they struggled to make sense of and put to rest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>disrupted sleep<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>chronic health issues (for example, pain, incompletely healed injuries, metabolic and digestive disorders \u2013 I am not a doctor and don\u2019t diagnose medical issues, but I do deal with the mental side of issues like this)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>problems in their friendships and relationships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>feeling painfully set apart from or different than other people<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>difficulty setting and sticking with goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a feeling of lacking direction, purpose or meaning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Descriptions like these cut across almost all diagnosable mental illnesses, including <a href=\"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?page_id=121\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"121\">depression<\/a>, anxiety, <a href=\"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?page_id=781\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"781\">PTSD and other trauma-related disorders<\/a>, ADHD, personality disorders and so on. We may arrive at a formal diagnosis, but that\u2019s not necessarily the very best possible guide for how we can work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subjective states of being like those in the list above are in my opinion often closer to the core of what it is to have a thing you want to go to therapy for: gaining hope for resolving them means your life is already improving, and moving through them to a successful conclusion means that your life is now where you have been wanting it to get to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After working with me for multiple sessions, people with subjectively stated issues like above who reached a state of resolution would say things like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u2019s easier to get out of bed in the morning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I enjoy things again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Life can be stressful but I\u2019m usually confident I can roll with it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The things that have been bothering me constantly have softened and faded into things I can live with.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I feel like I\u2019m back in the driver\u2019s seat.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My responsibilities are manageable.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I remember my past, and maybe sometimes it still hurts, but it doesn\u2019t rule my present anymore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I feel better about who I am.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I\u2019m more at peace with people around me.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The things I\u2019m doing and the story I\u2019m living out feel like they matter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How I can help People I\u2019ve helped often started off with:&nbsp; Descriptions like these cut across almost all diagnosable mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety, PTSD and other trauma-related disorders, ADHD, personality disorders and so on. 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