I am a Registered Play Therapist working with children who are hard to reach either because they are angry, anxious, or depressed. Children don't express themselves the same way that adults do, rather, they express themselves more naturally through play. Play is a child's natural way of relieving stress and play therapy is the best practice for working with children. Using Play Therapy most children are able to work through issues in a much shorter amount of time. For more information Call today (910) 407-0052 and check us out at www.AtlasChildCounseling.com

Don’t Just Survive, Learn To Thrive. If you are experiencing worry, anxiety, sadness, or trouble with relationships, I can help you overcome and deal with these issues. I have been helping clients with similar issues since 1995.

Everyone who cares deserves to be happy. Life is full of ups and downs. This is especially true when it comes to relationships. Sometimes, we push through the struggles and eventually feel some relief. But other times we can feel stuck, repeating patterns or habits that get us nowhere or keep us in a rut. Anger and distancing from one another often replaces the love and closeness we want and deserve in our relationships. If you want to be happy again, or just be a better you, I am here for you.

So many of my clients come in feeling like something is wrong with them. They are relieved to know that their feelings are normal. My clients come to me because they just want to feel better. They want to be less depressed, less anxious, better parents, more confident, and have healthier relationships. I work with my clients as they learn new ways of coping and living life that free them from negative thoughts, behaviors and patterns of emotional reactivity.

Clinicians have ties to the military and surrounding areas for: Cumberland, Moore, Harnett, Robinson, New Hanover and Lee, NC counties. Our contracted clinicians provide a wide range of services and specialties. We appreciate the opportunity to be of help and look forward to all of us working together. Bobette Donaldson, LCSW, owner, military connected and Fayettevillian. Experience with: Service Members, military families, children, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, families, small groups, intensive outpatient groups and clinical inpatient hospital care.

I believe that everyone may experience unfortunate circumstances during their lifetime. When this happens, we may need a helping hand in managing our difficulties. It takes a brave person to ask for assistance but this is the first step in the healing process. If you would like for me to be that helping hand, please contact me. I offer Tele-Counseling at various times in order to meet the busy schedules that many people have in their lives.

Do you get anxious or irritated easily? Do you find yourself reliving past painful events? Do you sometimes just want to quit your relationships? Running on empty or worse yet, living fueled by anxiety, sadness, fear, or frustration is not fun. It can disrupt your relationships (including the one with yourself), your sleep, your digestive system and/or your experience of physical pain. It's so easy to be caught up in worry, relationship troubles or unproductive behaviors. Yet when you slow down and notice this is happening, you don't know what to do.

Life can be challenging, with many twists and turns along the way. We may even find that events and circumstances in life are not what we expected or are out of our control. In those times, we seek to find strength and encouragement to endure and perhaps even rebuild. I believe that everyone has the potential to rise above their circumstances, no matter what they may encounter. We can turn disappointment, hurt, or pain into learning experiences that help us grow.

Caring. Compassionate. Kind. These are the words that describe me as a person and as a therapist. I truly believe in talking to people in a way that makes them feel comfortable & supported. I often tell my clients that I am a ‘different kind of therapist’ meaning that I will do what is necessary to help you to understand what your real issues are and push you to discover your best self.

I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who is certified by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NCC). My areas of specialty include: *Depression *Anxiety *Grief and Loss *Terminal and Chronic Illness *Adult Children of Alcoholics *Co-dependency *12-Step Programs *Relationship Issues *Career Counseling* and *Faith based Counseling.

Are you experiencing difficulties in your life related to anxiety, depression, communication with your partner, or the long-term impact of trauma? I am a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor with over 13 of experience helping Children, Couples, and Families. I have extensive expertise in treating traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, oppositional behaviors, relational issues, and couples issues. My demeanor is calm and kind, providing a uniquely safe and thoughtful environment for you to experience healing.

As a clinician, I am passionate about working with children, adolescents, and young adults who have anxiety, depression, ASD, ADHD, and learning disabilities. I find joy in helping my clients set goals and acquire skills to help them deal with their unique challenges. I have a passion for working with parents on enhancing their parenting skills by helping them understand their child’s development. Additionally, I work with individuals across the lifespan who are experiencing an eating disorder, disordered eating, or body image issues. I enjoy helping clients improve how they relate to their body, food, and exercise.

BC-TMH | Board Certified-TeleMental Health Provider* Life is sometimes very challenging. I provide a confidential, safe, trusting, and knowledgeable psychotherapeutic environment enabling individuals, couples, groups, and families to engage in supportive and professional transformational conversations designed to help address issues relating to these challenges faced on life's journey. I am here to walk this healing journey with you...... Extensive work with grief, anxiety, women in recovery, and various levels of couples work. I work with families in conflict to include parent/youth (teen) conflict.

I strive to assist my clients in removing barriers to freedom, peace, and balance. We will focus on establishing your personal goals and work together to develop a plan to achieve them.

Life is all about Relationships--relationships with those we love, with those we work with, with those we intersect life with. It can be the best of times, it can be the worst of times. Consequently, we need a SAFE PLACE to pause and assess our situations before moving forward. I have immediate openings to allow you to speak freely and consider solutions that may be useful in finding the Way Ahead.

Don is a seasoned “life veteran” who has gone through a recovery from divorce, raising two sons on his own as well as a number of other life struggles where the personal changes required have helped him understand first hand how the counseling process can bring about positive effectual movements away from difficult circumstances. Don’s passion to come along side others in the capacity of a professional counselor is an outgrowth of his own transformations occurring from his counseling experiences. Don received his counseling degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Misson: Art of Peace Wellness provides group counseling and individual therapy for healers, helpers, & heroes. Are you feeling unmotivated or depressed on your job? Do you work with people and often feel burnt out, stressed-out or tired? Art of Peace Wellness (AOPW) can teach you how to decrease overall stress levels and help you ward off burn-out, compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress. Being a helper comes with a cost. AOPW will help you design and work a wellness care plan, facilitating referrals to appropriate individual & innovative "soul-utions", promoting healing for the mind, body, and soul.

I would like to help you be all that you are meant to be so that you may live the authentic life you were intended to live. Unavoidable circumstances may get in the way of your happiness, but with help, you can overcome any circumstance. You have that ability, already. I want to help you get there.

My work as a therapist is inherent to my belief that people want to love and be loved, feel a sense of belonging and acceptance, and fulfill a higher purpose in life. Appreciating the courage, work, time and commitment it requires to change, I work to guide and support people through their personal journey to identify, focus and work to achieve what's important to them in living a more fulfilled life.

Do you hide your true self or feel invisible? Do you find yourself retreating from life, feeling alone or overwhelmed due to life’s struggles or memories of the past? Sometimes you may even feel misunderstood and unappreciated and find that your thoughts and feelings only come out in measured words and controlled emotions. If so, let’s begin the healing process together.