Therapists in Greenwood, AR

I'm Jason Dax Hays. Call me Dax. I specialize in treating adults and have been doing so via community mental health as a licensed professional since 2011. I have worked as a mental health paraprofessional since 2004. I'm good with people in crisis. I have met people and worked through their chronic mental illnesses with them - seeing them at their worst but eventually watching them flower into their best.

I want to start by saying that I truly hold a solid belief that each and every human deserves to feel happiness, love, excitement, contentment, and ultimately to achieve their dreams, desires, goals, and best-selves! I implement an integrative approach, with a craving to help. Whether that assistance be with a child struggling with ADHD, an individual learning to cope with anxiety/depression, a couple struggling, or an entire family in need, I am devoted to seeking out and destroying the obstacles, strongholds, cognitive distortions, or whatever the “problem” is that is impeding their ability to live happy, healthy, fulfilled lives.

My working history has made me passionate about helping clients where they are in life, with a special interest in early development. I encourage the exploration and processing of initial presenting concerns, work towards meeting desired goals, while also supporting growth in all aspects of life that may arise over the course of our therapeutic time together. I recognize that the time spent with me is only an hour of someone's regular day-to-day life, and hope to provide skills that remain applicable - long after any therapeutic time with together.

I believe it is possible to make what is overwhelming manageable, improve daily functioning, and meet individual goals through skill development and new understandings. I provide support for adolescents, teens, individual adults, and couples while meeting life struggles and challenges.

Hello and Welcome! My name is Carol and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Arkansas since 2010. I am also registered to see online clients in the state of Florida. My experience ranges from individual and family therapy in a clinical setting to working with children and adolescents as a school- based therapist. I have helped adults, children and families with issues such as anxiety, depression, communication, family/ relationship conflicts, parenting, self -esteem, self-acceptance, and life goals.

My mission is to help clients through the challenges they're facing so that they're able to live full, happy, and healthy lives. Seeking help is the first step toward greater contentment and an improved ability to cope with the struggles that life invariably throws our way. I congratulate you on taking that first important (and sometimes frightening) step! I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor with over fifteen years of experience in mental health. I work with children, adolescents, adults, families, divorced and single parents, blended families, and see people of every race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.

Have you lost interest in things you once enjoyed? Felt you can’t accomplish things like you used to? Let people you love down and thought, "I'm a disappointment”? Many individuals find that no matter how much they do, it’s never enough and there is no end in sight. The energy reserves you once had just aren’t there anymore. What if next month, you found yourself thriving, looking forward to things you enjoy and feeling like the person you really want to be? I have tools that will help you see yourself as capable, confident and content.

My passion is for helping couples and individuals connect in a secure way through the process of therapy. I see adult couples and individuals, and I have experience with grief issues, sexual abuse/trauma/PTSD, mood disorders, and anxiety issues. I hope to meet you wherever you are and create space to allow you the chance to move forward where you would like to be individually and/or with your partner. I consider it a great honor for you to consider trusting me with delicate parts of your life and relationships.

As a counselor I work with individuals, couples, families and teens. I particularly work well with marriages in trouble, depressed clients, grief, trauma issues and anxiety. My passion is working with couples. I believe in marriage and I love working with couples and families, helping them get their lives back on the right track. We also offer a self written program for premarital couples. I primarily see clients weekdays Monday through Friday 8 am- 5 pm.

Relationships are of utmost importance to me and I see the value in helping others work towards the relationships they need and deserve. I aim to join you where you are and in a loving yet firm way, help you to see your role in the negative interactional patterns that are occurring in your life whether it involves a spouse, a child, a family member, friendship or work relationship. We are created for connection and whether or not how we approach those connections is healthy will determine our stability and security in life.

Where do I go from here you might ask? You've endured a traumatic experience, maybe even more than once. You just had another blowout with your troublesome child or your family is in a spiraling crisis. You're in a volatile custody battle. Perhaps you don't recognize who you are anymore. You are paralyzed with fear or you don't know why you are so sad. Did that last explosive outburst of anger cross a penalizing line? I can help. I can work to help you function, to overcome a baffling obstacle or see a new vista.

Depression, anxiety, and a sense of being stuck in the 'same old thing' are common themes. Marital is my post masters training area of emphasis. I also offer courses for premarital and co-parenting. Military, Police, First-Responders, Veterans, and their families are populations I specifically want to support. To do this I practice an evidenced based trauma therapy called EMDR that uses the body's built-in processes for digesting maladaptive information.

My goal is that folks feel hope when they leave my office. I believe that individuals, couples, and families are at times lacking the tools to get back on track after they have been derailed by life. I believe healing starts within the therapeutic relationship and I look forward to connecting with clients! My job is to help them on their journey in working toward a healthy outlook and better connections in their relationships. I enjoy working with those who are dealing with grief & loss issues, relationship struggles, adolescents who are figuring out life, & adults who need someone who cares.

I must be perfect. I will fail. I'm permanently damaged. I cannot trust myself. Do these, or other negative beliefs feel true, even though you may know they're not true? Do you struggle with a past that you try to keep pushed away but it keeps interfering with your life? Do you feel like your experiences have left wounds that you wish would just heal, but they continue to impact you physically, emotionally or relationally? I can help you find freedom from those nagging thoughts, emotions and body sensations that are preventing you from living the life you want to live.

As a fellow helping-professional, perhaps you’ve found yourself at the intersection of “I can’t do this work anymore” or “How can I keep going?” You’ve got one foot out the door but you’re not ready to throw in the towel just yet. Your inner conflict around career-related stress is butting heads with your desire to continue helping others heal and grow. This is why you’ve also found yourself in a place of being ready to receive a roadmap to healing your own burnout. You’re ready to implement intentional expressions of self-compassion through the guidance of a fellow therapist who understands your unique struggles and stressors.

Do you need a change in your life and are unable to find the motivation to get started on your own? I would like to help. My career experiences have provided me opportunities to work with clients struggling with mood and anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, borderline intellectual functioning, maladaptive behavior patterns, marital discord, family dysfunction, and adjustment disorders including bereavement. I work to meet my clients where they are in their lives, manage symptoms, identify useful coping skills, and assist in working towards short-term and/or long-term goals.

Shame is never a motivator. Many of your issues may be rooted in shame that you never even realized. Shame can take on many forms; pressure to live up to other's expectations of us, pressure to perform at the rate society and those around us seem to be, pressure to live up to our own impossible standards we have created for ourselves. When these measures are not met, we can feel depleted, discouraged, and even hopeless. Or perhaps we have been verbally told by others (either past or present) they were disappointed in us or we weren't good enough. And we cannot seem to escape these defeating and destructive thoughts.

I believe you already possess within you, everything you need to work through whatever issue you bring to my office. You simply need some help pulling it out. Maybe you know exactly what the issue is or maybe you are having a hard time pinpointing what is going on, but you know something "feels off". Two of the biggest questions we tackle in your first session are, "What final made you decide to come to therapy?" and "What do you hope to gain by coming to therapy?" These two questions help lay the foundation we will build on.

Do you find yourself struggling with the constant thought of "what if" and the daily worries of the unknown? Gripped with anxiety, depression, difficulties adjusting and adapting to abrupt sudden changes? Life can be difficult at times and can often leave us feeling sad, worried, angry and fearful of what once was and what is to come. You may feel fed up with being triggered on a daily basis, struggling with isolating from your loved ones, resenting the unexpected losses and changes that you didn't ask for or want in your life. Either way: you are ready for relief, healing and growth.