No man is an island.” Many people believe that participating in therapy exhibits a personal weakness. Actually, Annemarie believes it to be a strength. “Although talking about your problems can be uncomfortable,” Annemarie has observed individuals to feel better once they find a “trusting person to confide in.”
Individual and Group Counseling
Annemarie provides Individual and Group counseling support and coaching to individuals who experience stress, lack focus, lack personal fulfillment, and suffer from mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. Annemarie provides a thorough assessment of the problem and offers sound solutions to the problem. Furthermore,Annemarie encourages individuals to learn about their “core” self and how to achieve their life goals.
Marital Therapy
Annemarie provides Marital therapy to support and coach couples in learning about their individual selves with in the couple dyad. Annemarie facilitates couples to visit their individual pasts patterns of behavior, and link the behavior to the presenting problem in the couple therapy. With verbal support, feedback, role play and other “homework assignments” Annemarie encourages couples to find the deep love and respect they desire.
Annemarie provides ego supportive and cognitive therapy. She uses therapeutic strategies from Harville Hendrix, Imago therapy, meaning “Image.” Annemarie also provides therapeutic strategies from Murray Bowen and “Family of Origin.”
Wellness Seminars
Annemarie provides wellness seminars to individuals seeking to enhance their personal and professional self. Annemarie is a dynamic speaker who motivates individuals to create positive and productive change.
LCSW Clinical Supervision
LCSW Clinical Supervision is an essential component of the training and ongoing professional development of therapists. It provides a space for therapists to reflect on their work, receive feedback, and develop new skills. Also, it allows a clinician to work towards gaining their LCSW licensure in NJ, PA and NY.
Workshop Series
Stress Management
Many people experience stress but do not know the mental or physical consequences that stress can have on the mind and body. This workshop will focus on understanding stress vs. stressors, physical and mental stressors and their consequences, signs of negative stress, and techniques to manage stress.
Conflict Resolution
CONFLICT RESOLUTION is a process of working through opposing views in order to reach a common goal or mutual purpose.
This workshop will focus on:
• Gaining an understanding of conflict resolution
• Identifying individual styles
• Gain a mutual Understanding of the key components of conflict resolution
• Participants will practice and role play conflict and understand techniques to conflict resolution
Dealing with Difficult People
The first step in dealing with people who act difficult is to develop control of the person that can be controlled by you, and that is you. This workshop will focus on:
• Learning how to differentiate between difficult behaviors and difficult situations
• Understanding the reasons behind difficult behaviors
• Recognizing how our thoughts contribute to negative impressions of others, and how to modify those thoughts
• Learning techniques for dealing with difficult people
Communication
• Diversity in the Workplace
Supervisory Training
Being a supervisor can be a challenging task. In order to be an effective supervisor, one must be self assured in his/her ability to manage others fairly and objectively. Effective supervision promotes employees to be self assured and work well. This workshop will educate supervisors in leadership skills such as demonstrating and supporting employees to adhere to workplace boundaries, effective communication, time management and dealing with difficult personalities.
Smoking Cessation
Nicotine is highly addictive. Once it’s inhaled, it moves from your lungs, into your bloodstream, and to your brain within 7-10 seconds. Once it reaches your brain, it triggers a chemical reaction to create a feeling of pleasure. But that pleasure only lasts a few seconds, then you start going through withdrawal. This births a constant cycle, not just a “bad habit”. Take the first step to break your addiction today.
This workshop will focus on:
• Prevalence and risk factors of tobacco use
• Define addiction to tobacco
• Consequences of using tobacco
• Benefits of quitting tobacco
• Components associated with tobacco cessation
• Triggers that can lead to a relapse