Couples and Individual Counseling
Benefits:
Skills Approach: Don helps clients increase their skills so they can be more independent and achieve greater well-being. People tend to appreciate the skills approach as they choose what to disclose, when to disclose it and they gain the confidence necessary to work on themselves outside of their counseling sessions.
Short-term focus: Don's goal is to have people not come for long periods of time. Counseling is not about being dependent on a counselor. With regular practice, homework and by learning new skills, counseling does not need to be long-term. The results can be, but the process doesn't have to be. The skills learned can be applied to a variety of issues people face in their lives.
Homework: Don believes in the value of working between sessions. Just like athletes who must train between games to improve their performance, clients find their counseling sessions more valuable when they regularly practice between sessions. Homework varies by issue. Those who do the work tend to need fewer sessions and find the peace they seek more quickly.
Don Boice offers regular lectures, retreats and workshops, including an ongoing "Relationship Renewal" workshop series which covers topics such as relaxation, resolving differences, passion, gender communications and other sessions designing to strengthen couples. Visit the Events page to learn more. you already know but may not be using or confirmation that you are doing the right things. There tends to be a good amount of laughter during these.
Presentations
Can't afford couples counseling right now? Don has arranged these presentations to be affordable to as many people as possible.
Coming to counseling alone but want your partner to hear the information? Bring them to a presentation.
Reinforce what you learned in counseling sessions with a presentation. These are low-key, facilitated discussions with new material, reminders of what
Want a specific topic? Ask Don, chances are that he can put it together for you.
Retreats
This is the same idea as the presentations. People are not asked to do group therapy or disclose anything to the group if they choose. Very low-pressure setting, meant to spend time with your partner to deepen the relationship according to the theme of the retreat. To avoid babysitting and overnight hassles, they are one-day retreats. It is a great way to bring your relationship to a deeper level in a short period of time. Want a specific topic? Ask Don, chances are that he can put it together for you.
- Men do not always go to couples counseling. Men who come to Don tend to attend regularly and value the process, which makes it more likely to work.
- Don will help clients develop effective coping skills so they can live their lives more fully.
- Don's style is very gentle. Clients set the pace and the direction.
- Privacy and boundaries are always respected. Clients choose to share as much or as little as they wish.
Skills Approach: Don helps clients increase their skills so they can be more independent and achieve greater well-being. People tend to appreciate the skills approach as they choose what to disclose, when to disclose it and they gain the confidence necessary to work on themselves outside of their counseling sessions.
Short-term focus: Don's goal is to have people not come for long periods of time. Counseling is not about being dependent on a counselor. With regular practice, homework and by learning new skills, counseling does not need to be long-term. The results can be, but the process doesn't have to be. The skills learned can be applied to a variety of issues people face in their lives.
Homework: Don believes in the value of working between sessions. Just like athletes who must train between games to improve their performance, clients find their counseling sessions more valuable when they regularly practice between sessions. Homework varies by issue. Those who do the work tend to need fewer sessions and find the peace they seek more quickly.
Don Boice offers regular lectures, retreats and workshops, including an ongoing "Relationship Renewal" workshop series which covers topics such as relaxation, resolving differences, passion, gender communications and other sessions designing to strengthen couples. Visit the Events page to learn more. you already know but may not be using or confirmation that you are doing the right things. There tends to be a good amount of laughter during these.
Presentations
Can't afford couples counseling right now? Don has arranged these presentations to be affordable to as many people as possible.
Coming to counseling alone but want your partner to hear the information? Bring them to a presentation.
Reinforce what you learned in counseling sessions with a presentation. These are low-key, facilitated discussions with new material, reminders of what
Want a specific topic? Ask Don, chances are that he can put it together for you.
Retreats
This is the same idea as the presentations. People are not asked to do group therapy or disclose anything to the group if they choose. Very low-pressure setting, meant to spend time with your partner to deepen the relationship according to the theme of the retreat. To avoid babysitting and overnight hassles, they are one-day retreats. It is a great way to bring your relationship to a deeper level in a short period of time. Want a specific topic? Ask Don, chances are that he can put it together for you.
Organizational Training
Don has given hundreds of training sessions to large and small organizations all over Rochester and New York State, Pennsylvania and Florida. The sessions span corporate workplaces, schools, healthcare agencies and hospitals, city and state governments and other not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Don will work with organizations to develop customized sessions on topics most important to them, specializing in those focused on gender communication in the workplace. With copious attention to detail, Don's programs are always relevant, current and accurate. And, they are interesting; even fun.
Featured Presentations: More are available upon request:
Clients: These include Doyle, Kodak, Xerox, HP Hood/Crowley Foods, Catholic Family Center, Unity Health, Park Ridge Mental Health, the Towns of Penfield and Pittsford NY, Rochester General Hospital, Hill Haven, Hillside Family of Agencies, St. Joseph's Villa, Lifetime Assistance, Lifetime Health, the City of Rochester (New York), the County of Monroe (New York), the Diocese of Rochester (several counties), Volunteers of America, Sisters of Mercy, Genecor, Seneca Park Zoo, the Center for Youth, the City of Jacksonville (Florida), Jacksonville Police Department (Florida), Amtrak (Pennsylvania and Delaware), Huther-Doyle, Century Mold and others.
Mentoring
I have also been developing a mentoring program for promising managers who would like to be promoted. We work on soft skills that can either facilitate or prevent advancement. The best leaders have the most polished social skills and exceptional emotional intelligence.
Featured Presentations: More are available upon request:
- Secrets of Long-term Profitability
- Team Building (Who better to build relationships than a couples counselor?)
- Are You Dreaming Big Enough?
- Five Ways to Increase your Profit with Gender Segmentation
- What Opportunities Does this Economy Offer You?
- Making Peace with Money
- Capitalize on Gender Differences and Gender Communication
- How Not to React to an Economic Downturn
- Blessing of a Recession-Life lessons in a Recession
- Hidden Opportunities for Your Business
- Optimism in a Fear-Based Culture (Is your organization chasing away money?)
- Facing Fears (From fear of flying to fear of public speaking. What is holding you back?)
- Abundance Economics and Karma
- Sexual Harassment Prevention (over 10 years- very fun while remaining highly respectful of the topic)
Clients: These include Doyle, Kodak, Xerox, HP Hood/Crowley Foods, Catholic Family Center, Unity Health, Park Ridge Mental Health, the Towns of Penfield and Pittsford NY, Rochester General Hospital, Hill Haven, Hillside Family of Agencies, St. Joseph's Villa, Lifetime Assistance, Lifetime Health, the City of Rochester (New York), the County of Monroe (New York), the Diocese of Rochester (several counties), Volunteers of America, Sisters of Mercy, Genecor, Seneca Park Zoo, the Center for Youth, the City of Jacksonville (Florida), Jacksonville Police Department (Florida), Amtrak (Pennsylvania and Delaware), Huther-Doyle, Century Mold and others.
Mentoring
I have also been developing a mentoring program for promising managers who would like to be promoted. We work on soft skills that can either facilitate or prevent advancement. The best leaders have the most polished social skills and exceptional emotional intelligence.
