Mirrors Never Lie...
When you look at yourself, do you see someone who is troubled or unhappy?
Do you feel stuck, stressed, anxious or depressed?
Are you struggling with relationship problems that are making you unhappy?
Counseling and therapy can help you smooth out the bumps of life. You can take command of your life and move towards a life of meaning, contentment and joy.
If you are struggling from any of the problems below, counseling can help:
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Relationships that have been greatly disappointing. You may be struggling with a current relationship, or recently broken-up with someone who you thought you would be with forever. Or perhaps you have yet to have a successful relationship and worry that you will always be alone.
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Perhaps the stress in your life has gotten out of control. Balancing the obligations of work, family and children have left you feeling empty and spent. Maybe you are experiencing problems with sleep and can no longer focus long enough to solve any of life's daily problems. You feel overwhelmed, like you will never be able to keep up and catch your breath.
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Symptoms of depression may be causing your despair. Insomnia, lack of motivation, fear, sadness and lack of meaning may plague you. Getting out of bed maybe the only task that gets accomplished in your day.
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Anxiety and fear may have also stolen the quality of your life. Perhaps your life has become consumed with panic attacks and phobias. You cannot focus and have a generalized fear of doing the activities of life that used to come so easily for you.
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Grief may seem to have taken up permanent residence in your life. Perhaps you have lost a loved one, had a relationship break-up or suffered a job loss. Your compass is off and you desperately are looking for the familiar sights that have given meaning to your life.
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Perhaps past trauma has made it difficult to enjoy life. Childhood abuse, relationship abuse, accidents, or any other traumatic event may seem to lurk in the corners of your memories, threatening to steal any happiness that you so desperately want to feel.
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Have you, your child or your spouse been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD? Through counseling you, your child or your spouse can find out how to work with the symptoms of ADD or ADHD and build a wonderfully supportive relationship with others.
Whatever your concerns, counseling can help you overcome your problems and empower you to make positive changes in your life—even if you feel hopeless right now..
Therapy and counseling instill hope, and feeling hopeful will lead to happiness.
Counseling/therapy will:
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guide you in creating relationships that are positive, uplifting and supportive
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show you how to reduce stress > give you skills to overcome depression and recapture happiness
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help you overcome fears and reduce anxiety
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help you resolve grief and feel stronger and alive
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alleviate past hurts and trauma so that you can move forward inlife with greater ease
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teach you how to work with the symptoms of ADD/ADHD
I provide counseling to children, adolescents and adults experiencing a wide variety of problems.
I also provide couples counseling to couples who are struggling to assert their identities while preserving their relationship.
I provide family counseling with families who find themselves moving from one crisis to the next. Together we can establish communication skills that allow everyone to be heard while working towards a collaborative and harmonious goal.
If you are looking for a counselor or therapist to help you with any of the above, here are your next steps:
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Contact me for a complementary phone consultation in order to determine if your needs match the counseling and therapy services I offer.
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Consider joining a group therapy session to see if this type of therapy might be for you. Call and find out what groups are currently being offered.
Contact me now by e-mail at
Anne Martin is a counselor and therapist for children who have been diagnosed with ADHD and their parents. She also provides therapy to adults with ADHD. Anne provides counseling to those in the following areas: Newport Beach, Irvine, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Laguna Hills, Tustin and Aliso Viejo, California.
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