Hello & Welcome!

 

I truly believe in the transformative power of therapy to engender change, growth, and healing, and research has consistently evidenced my belief.  However, change can be scary for many, and understandably so.  Change, growth, and healing involve new ways of viewing the world and self, challenging many preexisting world- and self-concepts that have been taught, and thus learned.  However, with that said, many people do not seek therapy solely for change, growth, and/or healing; in fact, many people just want to be heard and understood.  As such, while working with me you are allowed to tell your story in a safe, relaxed, egalitarian, and accepting manner, thereby affording you the opportunity to change, grow, heal, and/or feel heard and understood.  Moreover, rather than behave as a paternalistic boss, I choose to operate as a teammate who assists you.  Operating under the principles of unconditional positive regard and genuine rapport, I operate as a resource for people and their well-beings.

 

I offer two types of counseling services.  The first service is traditional, and in accord with the tenets of my professional education.  More specifically, we work together as a team to allow for you to not only heal and be heard, but also to accomplish the goals you set forth regarding your treatment plan.  The second service, however, is on the reverse side of the same therapeutic coin.  It is a therapeutic service devoid of treatment plans and diagnosis, and more in accord with life coaching/optimization.  Due to the well-documented epidemic of diagnostic inflation and hyperinflation; that is, diagnoses that are given quickly, loosely, and without rigor, I provide the opportunity for you, and/or your loved one(s), to work with me in a down-to-earth, person-to-person manner, acknowledging the normal and abnormal as subjective constructs.  In this way, you will be treated as a person, not as a diagnosis.

 

I look forward to meeting you,

 

Nate (Nathan E. Maroney, MA LLPC NCC)