Some people believe talk therapy is for those who have no one else to talk to, or for those who are unable to successfully deal with their own problems. Nothing could be further from the truth. Talk therapy emphasizes the importance of a patient speaking to a therapist to express and resolve different issues in their life.
Knowing how to deal with big and small problems in a healthy way is a valuable and essential life skill. Here are six reasons how talk therapy can help:
Many believe talking to friends and family is as, or more effective, than talk therapy with a professional. Objectivity, though, is the real value in talk therapy because your therapist has no connection with the people associated in your personal life that would cloud their approach to your problem.
As you participate in therapy, you not only work through current issues, you learn to develop tools that help you deal with future problems.
One of the greatest benefits of talk therapy is it helps you gain a new perspective on other people, too. You may learn how assumptions often lead to misunderstandings and may come to realize it helps to ask when unsure of someone’s intentions and motivations.
You’re a common denominator in all your relationships. Learning how to improve your communication skills, your sense of empathy and responsibility, is beneficial to you and those around you.
The connection between emotional and physical health is well-documented. Not dealing with your emotional health can lead to poor eating habits, lack of physical exercise, and overindulgence in alcohol or drugs. Overall health requires balance and talk therapy can be the key to obtaining that.
Talk therapy will help you build mental strength, confront your problems, learn to value vulnerability, and recognize that staying mentally fit is just as important as eating the right foods and getting a good night’s sleep. You work to keep your body healthy, why not your brain, as well?
With the help of our Las Vegas therapy, you can learn how to use talk therapy to improve your life. If you’d like to explore how talk therapy can benefit you, call Kayenta Therapy at 702-438-7800 today.
Something is wrong in your relationship and you cannot figure out what it is. Or you may know exactly what it is, but can never get it resolved. When it comes to couples therapy, Las Vegas counselors know most problems boil down to a few things.
Let’s look at a few of the most common relationship problems and how couples counseling can help.
A spouse is retiring. The last kid is going off to college. One partner makes a major career change. All of these are life stages and changes which can cause stress in any relationship. Relationship counseling can help spouses or partners stay connected during these transitions and teach them how to communicate even in the most stressful times.
How to manage money is one of the most common reasons couples come in for therapy. When both partners have different ideas on how to manage money, it can drive them apart. While couples therapy cannot solve all financial problems, it can help couples learn how to communicate and negotiate their way to mutually satisfying solutions.
Parents don’t always agree on how to raise or guide their children through life. Conflicts can arise which drive the parents apart. This has a negative effect on their relationship and on how the children perceive the parents. The good news is parenting is not a competition. Therapy can help partners work through parenting conflicts and develop strategies for handling conflicts in the future.
This is a bit of a cliché, but in-law problems are actually quite common in troubled couples. One partner may always side with their parents, against the other partner. Or, the in-laws are too involved with the couple or the family unit. In couples therapy, both partners will learn how to support each other and manage extended family involvement.
Intimacy is not the same as sex, though sex is definitely part of couples’ intimacy. Intimacy is the closeness couples share. It includes close familiarity and friendship. When intimacy is not there, it can damage the emotional connections between couples. A trained therapist can help spouses reconnect with each other on an intimate level.
Life goes by and partners grow apart. They may have emotional needs that are not met, which only makes the distance wider. Learning how to reconnect with your partner is often the goal of couples therapy. It offers a chance for both to express their needs and find resolutions to long-seated problems.
Of course, there are other areas where a relationship can break down. That’s why seeking a therapist who can help identify the area(s) of conflict and outline solutions is important. If you and your partner are having trouble, call Kayenta Therapy at 702-438-7800 and schedule an appointment for couples therapy in Las Vegas.
Your thoughts are racing. Your chest feels tight. You’re short of breath. These are all signs your anxiety is back. Anxiety is one of the conditions most people can manage, but it takes focus and commitment to make it happen. Let’s look at five ways you can decrease your anxiety, alongside Las Vegas therapy.
During an anxiety episode, most people experience rapid breathing, which can lead to shortness of breath. Deep breathing can help calm anxiety as well as bring breathing back under control. Practicing it regularly will help you manage an anxiety attack that comes out of nowhere.
Sleep deprivation plays havoc on the brain. It ups overall anxiety and increases the brain’s need to anticipate everything. Building good sleeping habits is one of the first steps that can help avoid these symptoms.
Go to bed at a regular time. Sleep in a dark room at a comfortable temperature. Wear ear plugs or a sleeping mask if necessary. It may take a while, but over time your body will thank you for getting to sleep.
Caffeine increases the heart rate. Sugar stimulates the adrenal gland. Processed foods often contain ingredients which overstimulate the central nervous system, contributing to anxiety attacks and heart palpitations.
Eliminating these items, or at least reducing your intake, helps prevent anxiety symptoms.
4. ExerciseTherapy professionals recommend regular, vigorous exercise to their anxiety patients. Exercise fires up the endorphins, which helps give them a sense of calm. It can help clear the mind and also promote healthy sleep patterns.
Go out for a 20-minute walk. Take a yoga or aerobics class. Take a bike ride in the evening or early morning.
Ask the doctor if you might have a condition or be using a medication which might increase your anxiety levels
Anxiety does not have to rule your life. With the help of Las Vegas therapy and some of these coping strategies, you can reduce your anxiety and learn how to manage life without the panicky feelings that crop up unexpectedly. If you need help controlling your anxiety, call Kayenta Therapy at 702-438-7800 to schedule an appointment with a licensed therapist today
Childhood should be a carefree time when kids don’t have to worry about much. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. A large number of school-aged children experience stress. It’s detrimental for their emotional and physical well-being. If your child is stressed and needs help, Las Vegas family therapy may be the answer.
Stress is an ongoing challenge for anyone. But, a child may have a harder time coping due to their emotional and mental immaturity. Las Vegas family therapy can help your child learn how to face fears and express emotions appropriately. It gives you the chance to model the right behaviors so your child can too. If your child needs help managing his or her stress, contact Kayenta Therapy today at 702-438-7800.
Conflicts happen, when two people are in an intimate relationship. They can be as minor as deciding what’s for dinner and as major as determining whether to have children or not. Spouses who communicate well and work together to resolve issues can work through most any conflict.
However, when one or both spouses lack the skills or willingness to work together, even minor conflicts can cause serious rifts. Left unresolved, these rifts have the potential of ending even the strongest marriages.
If your relationship is under stress from unresolved conflicts, you need to consider marriage counseling in Las Vegas.
Do any of these comments sound familiar?
These comments, and ones just like them, are red flags of a relationship in trouble. The couple has not resolved normal conflicts, causing ever-growing rifts in the relationship. If the couple doesn’t address the conflicts in a healthy way, the rifts are only going to grow deeper.
Marriage counseling in Las Vegas can help both spouses. It can help them learn how to resolve underlying conflicts in a healthy way. It can also help rebuild the strength of the relationship as both spouses learn what the other needs and work together to come up with a solution.
Here are some skills couples learn in counseling:
These skills can help marital partners address ongoing conflicts as well as any that arise in the future. They can improve communication and help rebuild the strength of the marital relationship.
If you and your spouse have ongoing conflicts that remain unresolved, it’s time to consider marriage counseling in Las Vegas. Kayenta Therapy Centers can help. They have offered counseling services for over 25 years. Call them today at 702-438-7800 to schedule an appointment.
The beginning of July marks just over the mid-year point of 2017. It is a great time to assess how well you are doing and if you are on track with your goals. One area to appraise is your mental health. A mid-year check-in will tell you if you’re in good shape, or if you need a bit of help from our counseling center in Las Vegas.
Life can get hectic and it never seems to stop. With that frantic pace comes stress, which can wreak havoc on the mind and body. Stopping every once in a while, to assess where you are and what you need to do offers you the chance to manage your stress level and keep yourself mentally healthy.
Mid-year is the perfect time to check back on your New Year’s resolutions. You might have resolved to lose weight, get a new job, buy a new house, or just learn how to relax by taking a yoga class. Have you completed any of your resolutions or even started them? What is holding you back?
While you are assessing your resolution progress, ask yourself if you’re where you want to be in life. Yes, that is a deep subject, but an important one. Some areas to appraise:
It is a good idea to write down the areas where you might need help. This will allow you to see where you can make positive changes to get your life moving to where you want it to go.
For some reason, mid-year seems to put a lot of pressure on people. You have had six months to work on your resolutions, but have not made satisfactory progress. You are less than six months away from the holiday season. The kids are home from school and you don’t have as much time to spend with them as you would like. Time is flying and you cannot get everything done.
Seeing a therapist at our counseling center in Las Vegas can actually help you get back on track and moving forward. It offers you a safe place to express emotions, handle problems from the past, and deal with every day stress. The therapist can help you develop strategies to help you move forward.
Now, a single therapy session once or twice a year is not enough. If you want to make progress, you will need to commit to more sessions, perhaps once a week or once every other week for at least a few months. But, it’s time well spent when you are making progress.
Ah, your 20s and 30s! A time of limitless opportunities and adventures to embrace and enjoy before the period of marriage and a mortgage. Unfortunately, for many of today’s young adults, it is instead a time filled with confusion, uncertainty, and depression. They feel stuck in a sort of permanent adolescence, but with more grown-up responsibilities like unemployment, complicated relationships, and debt. Psychologists now define this is as a “quarter-life crisis.” Getting help with Las Vegas therapy through Kayenta is one way to start working through this crisis.
If you think you’re going through a quarter-life crisis of your own, the “good” news is you’re not alone. Fortunately, most people come out the other side in a better state of mind, and there are plenty of ways, Las Vegas therapy helps to make dealing with and moving past it a little easier. This time of intense soul-searching and stress is typically caused by feeling you’re not achieving your full potential, or are being left behind as your peers seem to become ever more successful.
So how do you make a smooth transition to the “real” adult world when everything and everyone around you is saying you’re not ready?
The 20s and 30s have always been a period of transition and keeping that in mind can help you stay grounded. Remember, you can’t fix everything in an instant. Be patient, set realistic goals and:
The true source of the discontentment that comes with a quarter-life crisis is within you, not your surroundings. To fix this requires working on improving the way you handle stressful thoughts and situations. Seeking Las Vegas therapy on how to achieve emotional intelligence will help you better cope, keep things in perspective, and grow into a valuable, contributing adult.
There’s no easy way to avoid what you’re going through, any more than a way to skip through this time in your life. Kayenta Therapy can help you maneuver your quarter-life crisis and find your own path in life. Contact us today at 702-438-7800 to learn more about how our Las Vegas therapy center can put you on the road to a successful adulthood.
As if you and your children didn’t go through enough disturbance as you navigated separation, divorce and a parenting plan. Now you’re bracing to enter unchartered territory: negotiating changes to your parenting plan.
There are good reasons to make changes, especially if you and your ex-spouse are united in the goal of placing the needs and interests of your children first. But this doesn’t make the prospect of navigating the process any easier.
What can make it easier, for you and your children, is seeking assistance from an experienced family therapist in Las Vegas at Kayenta Therapy. We can help calm fears, lower anxiety, reduce conflict and otherwise serve as a compassionate sounding board for any of the very human emotions divorce — and post-divorce life — triggers.
Having already gone through a separation and divorce, you probably have a good idea as to when your children may be troubled by the events swirling around them – no matter how valiant your efforts to insulate them from the most confidential details of your parenting plan. Trust your gut instinct, and if it tells you to make an appointment with a family therapist in Las Vegas at Kayenta, don’t hesitate to do so. Otherwise, be alert for these telltale signs of stress in your children:
As you review this list, you might see a mirror into your own feelings. A Kayenta family therapist can also help if you’re:
As a proud member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the counselors at Kayenta Therapy agree that “family therapists can assist in the process of redefining relationships and addressing family members’ responsibilities and needs” during and after divorce. Specifically, we can defuse tensions during this pivotal time by helping you and your children:
This last point is key because at Kayenta, we know every family and every parenting plan is different. This is why we ask you to set the agenda – the “talking points,” if you will. We’ll guide the way to a calmer, more peaceful and happier life with your new parenting plan. Schedule an appointment with a family therapist in Las Vegas at Kayenta by calling 702-438-7800.
If you are going through a divorce, or have recently divorced, you know just how difficult this period of time is. Add children to the equation, and it gets even more complicated and challenging. Here are a few Las Vegas counseling tips for parenting on your own terms that can help make this transition period go as smoothly as possible.
While parenting is a tough job, talking it out in counseling is a great way to help you through the rough patches. Contact Kayenta Therapy Centers at 702-438-7800 to find your counselor today.
Divorce is usually painful for the couple. Often the split up of a family is particularly devastating to the children. Kids whose parents are in the process of separating or who are divorced have a tendency to react poorly and may demonstrate poor disciplinary behavior. Family therapy in Las Vegas through Kayenta is a great tool to find balance in a divorce.
Kids go through similar steps as their parents when they deal with a divorce. To help your child, you should start by trying to determine where they are in the process of coming to terms with the new familial dynamic.
Denial occurs when a child refuses to accept the fact their parents are getting or are now divorced. At this stage, kids may resist by:
Anger is the second stage of the process when kids show signs of harmful behavior. You can identify these signs when kids are:
Bargaining is when a child tries to get their parents to reconcile a marriage by:
Depression sets in when a child discovers they cannot stop their parents from splitting up. Signs of depression include:
Acceptance is the last stage in the process and when kids start to feel comfortable with their new life.
Helping your child overcome behavior issues which stem from your divorce is difficult. To make matters worse, you may feel your child’s bad behavior is your fault. It is not. Studies show while children may experience issues after a divorce, these problems are less severe than when parents remain in a bad marriage “for the sake of the kids.”
As a mother or father, there is nothing more precious than your child. While it’s unrealistic to think your divorce will not affect your kids, you can decrease behavioral issues by:
It’s difficult to help your child alone. Kayenta Therapy Centers offers family therapy Las Vegas residents can depend upon. Find out more by calling 702-438-7800 to speak with a professional family therapist and to schedule an appointment today.
