Education, empowerment and problem-solving are our primary objectives;

 

To meet personalized needs for meaningful, solution-based methods for individuals and couples to find resolution ~ mind and body.

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Counseling Services

SideWays is a small practice that focuses on solution based, short-term counseling. We dedicate our time to exploring methods using your personality, belief system, sense of humor and mind body connection as therapeutic tools to implement change in your life. Education, empowerment and problem-solving are our primary objectives; to meet individual needs for a solution-based, short-term, meaningful method for individuals and couples to seek help and become stronger & more empowered ~ mind and body.

 

The key to our success is keeping our agency small so that each client has unrestricted access to exclusive, personalized, private care. We specialize in commuication and educational services.

 

SideWays offers Somatic (Mind Body )Therapy as an option for all clients. If you are interested in exploring this method, please see the Somatic Therapy page for details.

 

Meg is an expert in the area of communication, marital relationships, education as well as mediation. These topics are especially useful for premarital or marriage counseling.

 

Additional information:

SideWays methods draw on a variety of psychological theories and therapeutic approaches in the delivery of care to clients. SideWays counseling style integrates the theories of Humanistic, Cognitive-Behavioral, Family Systems, and Somatic Psychology. Additional methodologies that influence our style include Client-Centered, Body-Oriented, Brief Therapy, Encounter Psychotherapy, Relational Psychology, Psycho-Dynamic Psychology, Trans Personal Psychology, and Psycho-Educational. Please see the about page for a details explaination of these styles.

 

Methods are aimed at evaluating and assessing difficulties in psychosocial functioning and increasing client awareness, developing a plan to alleviate those difficulties, and implementing the plan. The plan may include referring clients to other qualified resources or professionals for assistance. Emphasis is on educating clients by increasing awareness and understanding in the following areas: Moral, physical, mental, emotional, social, developmental, vocational, educational, organizational, health related and spiritual with a specialization in communication.

Please call (719) 357-7433 or use the contact us page for more information.
Meg Green, Social Worker/Counselor

Services & Fees

All counseling, somatic therapy, marriage counseling and mediation services are billed at the same rate. See specific pages for specials or exceptions. We are aware that every situation is different and a combination of services is usually necessary.  Fees and services are coordinated to best match the individual, couple or group.

 

New clients: Initial 90-minute consultation session is $150. Sessions are billed at $100 per 50-minute hour.
Longer sessions are available if it suits the clients' needs or upon request.

Sliding scale fees are available for families that can demonstrate financial hardship, to ensure service availability to all persons, regardless of ability to pay. Other payment options are available upon request depending on individual circumstances. Please call for details.

 

SideWays does not discriminate in providing services based on gender, race, ethnicity, age, or other such factors, in accordance with federal law

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Assertive Rights

1. You have the right to judge your own behavior, thoughts and emotions, and to take responsibility for their initiation and consequences upon yourself.

2. You have the right to offer no reasons or excuses to justify your behavior.

3. You have the right to judge whether you are responsible for finding solutions to other people’s problems.

4. You have the right to change your mind.

5. You have the right to make mistakes—and be responsible for them.

6. You have the right to say, “ I don’t know”.

7. You have the right to be independent of the goodwill of others before coping with them.

8. You have the right to be illogical in making decisions.

9. You have the right to say, “I don’t understand”.

10. You have the right to say, “I don’t care”.

 

Our expectations

We must realize that others exist for us,
Primarily in our minds and
What they are is
What we interpret them to be.

And in many cases,
The qualities they possess are
The qualities we give to them.

So when someone does not live up to
What we expect them to be,
We should not only question them
But also

Our expectations.

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Goals

Goal setting is well know practice that leads to success in making changes in your life. Topics vary but the commitment is the same. Below are some printable goals setting cards that can help, courtesy of Social Work - Another way.

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Goals Booklet

Goal Cards

Value Cards

Strength Cards

"Kids Need" Chart