Therapy often focuses on what’s going wrong with someone. Therapists provide a diagnosis like depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, or some other acronym. We ask what’s wrong, and clients tell us. Strengths based counseling takes another perspective. From a strengths perspective, we ask what’s going right. When we know a few things that are going well, we have a better idea of what might work for someone.

Strengths based counseling also focuses on individual strengths. Everyone has strengths. When we understand our strengths and our weak points, we can focus our attention more deliberately so that we can grow.

Oftentimes, we are very aware of our weaknesses. “I’m unorganized”, “I’m always late”, “I suck at relationships”, “I have no impulse control”. We spend a lot of our time and energy trying to fix those things and make them better. Unfortunately, no one can be good at everything. Not every attribute can be a strength. If you spend all of your time trying to bring your weaknesses up to par, you’re not giving energy to your strengths so that you can flourish.

By understanding your strengths, we can find the best treatment for you. I don’t want people to come to therapy just to get rid of their depression or anxiety—I want people to flourish. Contact me today and let’s get started.