How Does Individual Counseling Work?

Individual counseling is one of the most common ways people participate in the counseling process with Leslie Baker, Marriage and Family Therapist at Ruby Hill in Pleasanton. The counseling relationship between client and therapist becomes a vehicle for positive change as you gain awareness regarding the issues that are brought into therapy. The therapeutic relationship between client (in the individual counseling process) and therapist is based on confidentiality. Confidentiality honors the privacy of what is shared between the individual counseling client and the therapist. There are some exceptions to confidentiality such as when a person’s safety is in jeopardy.

Leslie provides individual counseling clients with thoughtful, practical and supportive guidance. This new-found awareness helps a person to sort out their options, make their own choices, and increase the satisfaction they receive from connecting with themselves and others.

Some of the more common challenging situations clients bring for individual counseling in our Pleasanton counseling center are:

• Feelings of Loneliness, Depression, Moodiness
• Excessive Fears or Anxiety
• Pressures at Work and Job Stress
• Challenging or Distressing Relationships
• Confusion Regarding Your Life’s Purpose or Direction
• Life Transitions – Loss, Grief, and Life Changes
• Fertility, Adoption, Birth, Parenting and Launching
• Chronic Pain and Chronic Illness