Our Services
Individual Therapy in Gainesville, Florida
“We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.”
You feel anxious, depressed, or uncertain about how to move forward. You notice that you’re there for everyone else, but never make time for yourself. You prioritize others, and feel guilty when you try to slow down and relax. It’s hard to set a boundary or assert yourself. You feel overwhelmed by the stress of your “to-do” list, and feel hopeless about your ability to make things better. You’re lonely, or not feeling like an effective parent, or unhappy in your relationship, or all of the above. You have a sense that the past is holding you back, and this gets in the way of good relationships in your life.
Life doesn’t have to be this way! Individual therapy is a time just for you. At Wolcott Counseling & Wellness, you are heard, and you’ll reflect with a skilled and compassionate therapist. We’ll help you uncover problems in your thinking and behavior. Your relationships will improve, and your authenticity will begin to unfold.
Individual counseling is a journey of self-discovery, support, and symptom relief. Therapy affirms your right to happiness and fulfillment, guiding you from scarcity to abundance. You will gain skills, reduce symptoms, and create a life that belongs to you.
Who benefits from individual therapy?
Individual therapy work is an investment in you. At Wolcott Counseling & Wellness, clients start individual therapy for many reasons. These include:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress at work
- Stress at home
- Poor coping strategies
- Feeling stuck in a bad relationship
- Family estrangement
- Lack of fulfillment in career
- Problems setting boundaries
- Low self esteem
- Childhood trauma
- Sexual assault
- Religious trauma
- Feelings of wasted potential
- Exploration of identity, sexuality gender
- Infertility
- Difficulty forming relationships
- Loneliness
- Conflict with friends
- Conflict with family members
- Grief and loss
- Life transitions
How We Work With You
At Wolcott Counseling & Wellness, we use a strengths based, trauma-informed, and interpersonal approach. This means we tailor your treatment to you, your identity, your particular history, and to our awareness of your strengths and growth edges. We are culturally and identity sensitive, somatically aware, and our interventions are evidenced-based to make the best use of your resources of time, energy, finances and attention. We are highly competent, respectful, compassionate, and able to challenge you without overwhelming you.
We listen carefully to your goals, and we revisit those goals as we move through treatment. Our role is to broaden and widen the types of conversations you may have experienced previously as you’ve attempted to heal and grow. You’ll leave therapy with new perspectives and new coping skills. Relationships improve, while your authenticity unfolds. Individual therapy is a journey of self-discovery, support, and symptom relief. Our counselors affirm your right to happiness and fulfillment, guiding you from scarcity to abundance. We work as quickly as we can for you, but as slowly as we need to in order to respect your goals and your pace of healing. If we feel you have a need that we’re not effectively skilled at treating, we will refer you to an expert who is.
At Wolcott Counseling & Wellness we provide in-person counseling in our North Florida offices, and telehealth sessions for our state-wide and California clients.
But you don’t have to be in a crisis to benefit from therapy!
In fact, therapy can be incredibly effective when things are going well in your life. Being in a stable place affords you more energy and stamina to look at what might need to change in order to create the life you most want. And the skills you gain in these better times are very useful when life inevitably gets hard again.