Counseling Services

Counseling can take place in all kinds of relationships -- anytime one person helps another to understand and solve a life problem. However, professional counseling involves obtaining help from someone trained in providing help. This process takes place in an atmosphere of acceptance, respect, and trust. Counselors can help you recognize your internal worth and examine the way you see yourself. Counseling promotes growth and helps you:

• Express your feelings in a safe, supportive and nonjudgmental atmosphere.
• Identify and sort out your problems.
• Identify longstanding patterns of behavior that keep you from solving your problems and developing new ways to look at them.
• Improve your coping skills.
• Identify and achieve your goals

Counseling at MRCS

Counseling is a professional helping relationship where you can go and talk about whatever is on your mind in an atmosphere of trust, acceptance, and respect. A counselor is someone who can help you identify your problems, work toward your goals, and help you overcome the obstacles you will face along the way.
Counseling is designed to empower you, through recognition of your internal value and strengths, to grow into a fuller person. MRCS offers counseling services as an option to all our residents at no cost. A Master’s level therapist assists residents in making progress on their individualized service plan, as well as achieving overall life success.

The counseling process begins with the collaborative creation of a unique treatment plan, and continues with ongoing counseling sessions as necessary. For the purpose of your personal development, counseling can focus on a wide variety of topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Family Relationships and other Adult Relationships
- Anger Management
- Emotional Awareness
- Communication, Assertiveness, and Boundary Setting Skills
- Career Development/Employability Skills
- Character Development
- Cognitive/Corrective Thinking Skills
- Goal Establishment
- Human Sexuality
- Independent Living Skills
- Motivation and Empowerment to Change
- Healthy Habits