About our counseling practice

WBTCS provides support along 4 community counseling quadrants:   

1.  Individual/couple/group counseling: Trauma informed, Eclectic/Integrative counseling to meet clients' diverse needs (Client-centered, Humanistic, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Gestalt, Hypnosis, Brief, Intuitive, Mindfulness....many more). 
2. Client advocacy (with client consent):  Supporting Clients with specific community needs that serve as a barrier to optimal functioning. 
3. Community health and education: We will come to your organization or group to provide presentations to individuals/families/groups within our scope.
4. Community advocacy: Community action, coalition-building, collaborating, volunteering,  supporting evidence-based initiatives and programs that support robust and healthy communites. 

Healthy communities authentically welcome all members to participate and contribute, reach their full potential and be active stakeholders in community decision-making.  

We adhere to the  R.E.S.P.E.C.T.F.U.L. Model of Community Counseling 

You can expect: 

Trauma informed care with an integrative approach to counseling,
Connection with other health, medical, education resources in the community with your consent. 

Appreciation of your uniqueness.
Awareness of potential biases and/or misinterpretations 

Empowerment you to clarify and communicate your prefences, and fine-tune understandings.
Teamwork  
Validation of your unique experiences and intersection of identities that can include:

• R - Religious/Spiritual 
• E - Ethnicity/Race; Economic Class 
• S - Sexual Identity 
• P - Psychological Development 
• C - Chronological/Developmental Challenges 
• T - Trauma and Threats to Well-being 
• F - Family 
• U - Unique Physical Characteristics 
• L - Location and Language/Immigration Status