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I help clients trust their inner voice and live life on purpose.
Jennifer Kubalak is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 5 years of experience working directly with children, adolescents, teens, and their families. She supports those who have lived through adverse experiences and holds the space for her clients to bloom, blossom, heal, and grow. Jenn specializes in relational challenges, life transitions, and identity development.
Jenn completed her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Naropa University in Boulder Colorado. Outside of therapy, movement includes volleyball, softball, and running to nurture her mind-body connection and teamwork community. Her mindfulness-based meditation practice reminds her to return to the breath and remain embodied with her life's work. Jenn utilizes multiple modalities that include a blend of emotional-focused, gestalt, internal family systems, attachment-based, somatic, and person-centered counseling techniques.
Each season of life presents expected and unexpected challenges. We all deserve to be supported with accountability through the high highs and low lows life offers without judgment. Jenn is a wonderful guide that meets you where you are through the emotional terrain that may be consciously or unconsciously showing up in your life. If Jenn sounds like a good fit, reach out to schedule with her!
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By examining how we view and experience relationships, I have recognized that many difficulties stem from early upbringing. I seek...
By examining how we view and experience relationships, I have recognized that many difficulties stem from early upbringing. I seek to help others build more meaningful relationships.
Lisa Ferrante is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience and a background in crisis intervention, solution-focused counseling, and marriage and family counseling. She specializes in concerns that can arise from troubled relationships, including depression, anxiety, infidelity, divorce, abuse, and family conflict. Lisa’s own life experiences created the foundation for her desire to become a counselor and help others engage in healthy relationships. By learning new skills, she believes everyone can alleviate resentment and remain secure when dealing with conflict with family, friends, or partners.
Lisa received her Master’s in Clinical Social Work from Fordham University. She uses an emotionally focused approach to couples and family counseling, pulling from cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment-based therapy, and psychoanalytic therapy, among other methods.
Whether you find yourself falling into the same argument over and over with your loved ones or are new to dating and want to set yourself up for success, Lisa can help you find the security you’ve been looking for in a relationship. She is eager to meet you and encourages you to reach out today!
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Thriveworks video game addiction counseling in Westminster, CO helps people who have an obsession with playing video games as well as with internet gaming disorder. People may have mild, moderate, or severe internet gaming disorder if they struggle to control how often or how long they game. The symptoms of internet gaming disorder may include deceiving loved ones about when and how often they play, thinking constantly about gaming, and using video games as a distraction from real-world problems.
Thriveworks video game addiction counseling in Westminster helps those who suffer by assisting them in regaining control over video gaming. In addition, it can help them cope with the negative effects of video game addiction counseling from anxiety to depression, insomnia, and more.
Video game addiction counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and through Online therapy. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
The length of video game addiction counseling depends on the individual’s needs as well as the extent and severity of their problem and those that might stem from it. That said, people can make meaningful progress in the first weeks to months of therapy.
Many teens and adults alike are having difficulty regulating their video game use. Mental health professionals are still researching whether these behaviors fit the strict definition of an addiction, but several things are clear:
Drawing from the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous, support groups such as Online Gamers Anonymous and Computer Gaming Addicts Anonymous have formed. Many people are coupling these support groups with mental health counseling as they battle their own or their child’s video game habits.
The therapists at Thriveworks Westminster are seeing more and more clients who cannot regulate when, where, and how long they game. If you are playing video games longer and more often than you should, counseling may equip you with the skills to regain control. Reach out today for support.
People may have severe, moderate, or mild internet gaming disorder based upon how many of the following symptoms they present:
In addition to these symptoms, parents should lookout for the following within their teens or children:
The common denominator in these symptoms is control: can people control their gaming habits or have video games taken control of their lives?
Mental health professionals are still studying how internet gaming disorder develops, and some posit that the narratives within the games are a contributing factor. In particular, their concern is about compulsion or core loops that set up a series of challenges and rewards where each reward leads immediately into the next challenge. With each reward, the brain also releases dopamine, associating the game with a pleasurable experience.
The narratives of many games employ compulsion loops, including mobile games, social networking games, and massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPG).
When people have a hard time regulating their video game use, they may also experience other relational, emotional, and physical problems:
Have your child’s gaming habits grown uncontrollable? Is gaming standing in the way of your personal relationships or your career advancement? If so, you are not alone. Many people are struggling, and many people are reaching out for help.
If you are ready to meet with a mental health professional, Thriveworks Westminster has appointments available for video game addiction. We see children, teens, and adults.
When you are ready to reach out, we are ready for you. We accept many forms of insurance, and we offer evening and weekend sessions. Call today to get started.
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