New Client Consultations
Welcome! We want Arts in Counseling to become a healing community that you belong to. So, we like to take our time to intentionally engage with you by phone in an initial consultation to:
1) hear what you’re needs are
2) orient you to our work and services
3) confirm mutual fit
4) collaboratively decide on a starting entrypoint to your AiC care and
5) offer a suggested AiC pathway of care beyond your entrypoint service.
Schedule your consultation through the website “Contact Us” button or call us at
(267) 800-9344.
Below is a consultation example (theoretical, not about an actual client):
Consultation: A new father, age 38, called sharing that he is anxious and overwhelmed with juggling his marriage, work and becoming a parent. He has been having panic attacks and isn’t sleeping well.
Entrypoint: Recommended to meet individually with dance/movement therapist who specializes in body-based anxiety to 1) use formal assessment tools to determine severity of anxiety/panic 2) explore most distressing role.
Pathway: During individual therapy, client shared that becoming a new father (patresence) was most distressing. He will join Program P Group for fatherhood while simultaneously meeting with dance/movement therapist for individual therapy once per month. When Program P concludes, formal assessments will be readministered to determine progress and next steps. AiC Body as Home Group for anxiety may be an appropriate final treatment option so that he can develop sustainable somatic coping skills to de-escalate stress before it snowballs into panic.