Services

Anger is a natural emotion that is healthy when managed appropriately. Instead of struggling to manage or eliminate your anger, you can stop anger feelings from determining who you are and how you live your life.   Our counselors are experienced in teaching skills that are effective in letting go of anger, resolve conflict and live your life to the fullest.

Anxiety happens.  It’s not a choice.  When anxiety manages your thoughts of worry, fear, and panic, it leaves you feeling frustrated and powerless.  Our therapists are highly trained in treating anxiety by teaching and walking you through the skills that have been proven by scientific research to reduce anxiety and panic.  Treating your anxiety will help you take back your life by improving the way you feel and helping you to function at your best.

Individuals struggling to control their compulsive eating behaviors often feel hopeless and lost in trying to overcome their addiction on their own and don’t know where to turn. They may have dieted in the past (95% of diets fail).  Perhaps they have undergone, or are considering gastric bypass surgery and have regained the weight because the underlying issues around their unhealthy relationship with food have not been addressed. But there is help, and there is hope.  Compulsive eating (food addiction) is treatable. Our therapists can assist you to end your unhealthy relationship with food and transform your lives.

The need for connection is our first and most basic instinct.  Emotional interaction with partners buffers us from stress and makes us stronger in the face of life’s challenges. Romantic love is an attachment bond.   Let our experienced therapists assist you and your spouse in developing trust and the ability to build a long-lasting relationship, which is the best recipe for happiness.

Everyone feels sad sometimes. Depression is when those feelings of sadness get so intense that you feel helpless, hopeless, or worthless for longer than a few days.  You may even have trouble concentrating or sleeping and feel tired all the time. The good news is that depression is a highly treatable illness and you can return to enjoying life.

Family is one of the most important groups we can belong too.  Family counseling can promote better relationships and understanding within a family.  Families seek counseling for a variety of reasons including incidences such as a divorce or approaching or grieving death of a family member and addressing the needs of the family when one family member suffers from a mental or physical illness, or addiction. Family Counseling can include all family members, or not, depending on the individual situation.

When we face a significant loss, the normal response is grief and associated emotions of anxiety, fear, anger, isolation, guilt and depression.  These emotions can last for some time and feel quite intense. Meeting with a caring therapist who can hear your pain provides supportive environment to help you go through this natural process.

If certain issues have been causing problems in your life and you aren’t sure how to make the necessary changes, therapy can help.  Mental health symptoms for Obsessive Compulsive disorder, addictions, and personality disorders, etc are all treatable. With the help of a professional, you can get out of an unhealthy cognitive, emotional, and behavior pattern.

Our therapists are trained to gently guide their clients through a world of meditation, making it useful and available to all who desire more present moment awareness in their lives.  It allows the mind to be in a nonjudgmental place, which does not predict the future or reflect on the past. Being mindful is one of the keys to overcome suffering and finding peace.

The epidemic of pornography is real, and it is growing.  For those who are trapped by its power, the way out may seem impossible.  You don’t have to suffer through the difficulties that come as a result of this addiction alone. Cornerstone offers individual and group treatment by specialized LifeSTAR (Pornography and Sex addiction) therapists.  They are here to help you learn the tools and address the core issues necessary to beat the addiction and to live a healthy, happy life. Our counselors are also trained in assisting your loved ones in learning how to best support you and their own healing.

Teenage years are often difficult and confusing times for our youth.  They are distinctive as they are not children and not quite adults therefore needing specialized care.  Our therapists are experienced with a variety of these challenges including anger, anxiety, depression, self-harm (i.e. cutting, picking skin, pulling out hair), eating disorders, and substance abuse. Our treatment team has many skills to offer these adolescence and their families who are experiencing a wide range of difficulties.

Traumatic experiences can happen to anyone and leave us feeling stuck.   When we experience a traumatic event such as physical or sexual assault, accident, disaster, or war, our emotional and physical safety is threatened.  Although the trauma is not forgotten, the connecting pain can be reduced. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and other treatments provided by our highly trained clinicians have been proven to be very effective in managing symptoms such as recurring flashbacks and nightmares, anxiety, anger, and self blaming thoughts caused by triggers.  Learning techniques to feel calm and grounded will help you return to functioning normally, improving relationships, and enjoying a happy life.

Our women’ issues specialists are skilled in treating concerns that particularly affect women and help them find renewed peace within themselves and in their relationships.  Women’s issues include self-esteem, trauma, self-compassion, anxiety, addiction, depression, infertility and loss of pregnancy, eating disorders, codependency, shame, boundary issues, and parenting issues. Our therapists have the tools to help women overcome these and other challenges they may face in life.