Navigating Teenage Challenges
Inner Light Therapy supports teenagers facing various challenges including:
- School conflict
- Stress and Overwhelm
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Academic pressures
- Social dynamics
- Self-harm
- Identity and LGBTQ
We provide a safe space for teens to express their emotions, develop resilience and coping skills for a thriving adolescence.
We communicate with parents so they can provide additional, on-going support for their teens.
Coping with Life Transitions
Inner Light Therapy provides guidance and support during significant life transitions:
- Divorce
- New to parenthood
- Coming out
- Career changes
- Empty nesters
- Loss of a loved one
Our counselors provide emotional support, self-acceptance strategies, and guidance in adapting to the transitional changes they are facing.
Grief and Loss
Inner Light Therapy provides a supportive and compassionate space for individuals coping with grief and loss, guiding clients through the stages of grief:
- Denial
- Anger
- Bargaining
- Depression
- Acceptance
Our counselors work with clients to manage the complex emotions associated with grief and loss, teaching coping skills to create a new normal for the client.
Relationship Challenges
Inner Light Therapy can be a valuable resource for those facing relationship challenges. We focus on addressing communication skills such as:
- Active Listening
- Self Expression (verbal and non-verbal)
- Empathy
- Growth Mindset
- Negotiation
Our counselors address rebuilding trust when it has been broken, teaching skills to build stronger and fulfilling connections.
Depression and Mood Disorders
Inner Light Therapy supports individuals experiencing depressive symptoms:
- Sadness
- Feelings of emptiness and loneliness
- Irritable mood
Our counselors offer help to identify triggers and develop coping strategies so clients feel in control and strengthen their sense of purpose.
Anxiety
Inner Light Therapy helps manage and lessen the symptoms of anxiety including:
- Lack of focus
- Fatigue
- Irritability
- Sleep disturbance
- Procrastination
- Feelings of Overwhelm
- Somatic symptoms like upset stomach, headaches, tense muscles, changes in appetite.
Our counselors teach evidence-based techniques to decrease racing thoughts, calm the nervous system and increase mental well-being.
Trauma
Trauma is an emotional response to an overwhelming event, and can be caused by a single experience or recurring events over time. Inner Light Therapy can provide crucial support for individuals who may have experienced:
- Threat of harm
- Terminal illness
- Violence or sexual assault
- Death of a loved one
- Suicide attempt
- Natural disaster
- Neglect
- Military related stressors
Trauma can be different for everyone. Inner Light Therapy will help navigate the emotional aftermath, working to regain a sense of safety and power, and offer a path toward healing.