PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING 30 YEARS IN PLANO & NORTH Texas!

Pamela Smale Williams LPC, LMFT, AAMFT
Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Sex Therapy

Clinical member American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, & American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, & Therapists.

Adults, Couples, Individuals

Therapist, Author, Educator, Artist
(972) 596-1338 for Appointments or Questions.
3729 Marlborough Court

PLANO, Texas 75075 ( Close to The Medical Center of Plano )

...Counseling services for Plano, Dallas, Park Cities, The Colony, Highland Village, McKinney, Allen, Frisco, Rockwall, Heath, Richardson, Texas

All Anger Workshops are for both men and women, Couples OR Individuals

Aggression vs. assertiveness? What's the difference? Take an Assertiveness Test HERE

FREE MEDITATION CLASSES!!! 2nd Wednesdays of each month at this location!

What's NEW? Schedule & description of Classes and Workshops given by Pamela Smale Williams for 2009

  Services offered: Cognitive and short term behavioral therapy

 Call the  about office online counseling sessions in Texas! 

New: Anger management class may be arranged for corporate training at your place of work: call the office 972-596-1338

•  ANGER Management Class for Couples or Individuals" is back again! You don't need to be in a relationship to attend) Helpful for non-couple anger as well.

• Call for next class, taking names! Saturday 1-pm-4pm -972-596-1338

This popular, highly attended class often fulfills Court mandated Anger management by Judges/attorneys- 

3 hours ($95.00 ea.) at above office location; 

classroom at offices of Pamela Smale Williams LPC LMFT AAMFT.

Learn communication & negotiation skills, alternative behaviors when you're angry, Couple anger skills, decreasing anger responses....

SIGN UP by clicking HERE to go to the form to fill out

Class fills Quickly, REGISTER NOW! We can accommodate small groups at the office or present the workshop at your place of Work.  

Credit card MC/Visa sing up by phone $1.00 service chg. 972-596-1338

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Are you interested in Individual visits for Anger counseling? Please Call the office. 

Thanks to all of you who joined us for the Nov. class! 

This 3 hour Class is for people like you, interested in learning to change their Anger behaviors or couples who are needing communication skills to improve their relationship.... 

$95.00 ** per person to attend ( **$10.00 additional fee for Certificate of attendance if required for Court-ordered class.)

 For more information and Sign up  here  Sorry, NO sign ups at door.

or call 972-596-1338 (Pamela Williams' office)

 Limited space SIGN UP NOW!, Cancellation 2 weeks prior, & 5% paperwork fee assessed. 

No refunds after 1 week prior to workshop 

 Learn Adaptive (appropriate) behaviors VS. Maladaptive (inappropriate) Anger Behavior.

ANGER is just a feeling, showing it is BEHAVIOR!

Topics covered in this class:

• Boundaries, the rules to help you follow normal responses and over the top behaviors

•  Personal styles of Anger, new ways to respond!

• I messages and Fair fighting tactics

• Help for Road rage

• What do I do about arguments and anger

• Assertiveness VS. Aggressiveness

• Anger & Sex, what's the equation? 

• Angry about too many little things?

• Are relationships scared off by your anger? 

• Practice of interactive exercises in class to learn new ways to talk when you're angry.

•  and more...

We will practice NEW ways to respond to anger situations and teach you how to listen for REAL.

Please call 972-596-1338 or Email  info@pamelasmalewilliams.com for information if interested.

(Note: This is not a Continuing Ed class.)

Are you interested in Individual visits for Anger counseling? Call the office 972-596-1338

Note: Your counseling one on one visits may  be covered by health insurance.

 

info@pamelasmalewilliams.com  for information

Pamela's Tip: *Practice Deep Breathing for Relaxation with Dan Gibson's "Ocean Surf", one of the selections of CD's from the Solitudes collection. This Sound FX CD is useful when using the sound of the SURF as your Tempo to match Breathing inspirations and expirations. Problems with SLEEP and with ANXIETY are both aided by Deep breathing...

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   Article "Reality Online Dating, Tips for Safe Surfing" by Pamela Smale Williams LPC, LMFT, AAMFT

What About Affairs...

"My partner had an affair and I don't know how to feel about this. How do I know what comes next? What do I do?"

Betrayal in a relationship brings a lot of pain, hurt and confusion. It is emotionally traumatic and exhausting for all your defenses. Some couples never recover from the loss of trust and it ultimately leads to the breakdown of their relationship. Some stay together and work through it over a long period of time with the help of a professional counselor. To rebuild the trust that's been destroyed in a relationship after an affair, a strong commitment to the relationship is needed from both you and your partner. It helps to have a positive expectation that after a period of grief, the relationship can come back even stronger than before.

Two important things to remember when working through an affair:

1.   Trust is only regained over Time and with a continued good Track Record. Do not expect the rift that has become present in the relationship to be healed quickly.

2.   One of you will want to talk REPEATEDLY about the details, feelings and events of the affair, trying to understand how it could have happened and if it could have been prevented…the other will want to quit talking about it and avoid guilt and pain. Compromise in this area is hard to reach---the consequences to the behaviors from being involved in the affair include being open to the questions of your partner BUT it is more effective to avoid those questions about performance. 

Pamela's TIP: * Try to avoid asking for all the "physical details" and avoid a focus on what can only be the most painful descriptions that really may not be needed for you in order to help.

You & your partner may want to consider counseling to discuss your feelings & examine your choices and motives within  your situation. Understanding of each other's  needs within your relationship can  strengthen your ability  to make  intelligent choices and  achieve goals you desire.

Counseling can help couples to

1. Understand the relationship they have---get to the right questions to begin change.

2. Discover why they chose each other in the first place & how that works for or against.

3. Examine what they want from each other.

4. Identify how each person contributed to what their relationship is like today.

5. Dialogue  & discuss what they feel about each other now. 

6. Decide what needs to happen and if they are prepared to make it work.

• Treatment of Anxiety and Panic disorders, 

• Depression in Adults, 

• Anger Management counseling,

• Relationship counseling (including marriage counseling &  Pre-marital counseling),

• Stress related syndromes, such as Irritable Bowel syndrome, stress related Hypertension, and Panic attacks.

TREATMENT APPROACHES/Modalities:

Couples Counseling, short term cognitive/behavioral therapy (Individual/Marital), 

& an eclectic blend of therapies suited to each individual seen. 

*Pamela also offers training in how-to-do PLAY THERAPY with your

own children (ages 3-10), as well as Parenting guidance.

Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Master of Arts in Psychology, specialized in Marital and Family Therapy, TWU in Denton, Texas.
Additional Graduate school, UNT in Denton, Texas.
Licensed Professional Counselor- State of Texas.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist- State of Texas.

  Professional Associations:

Clinical member, The American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy

  Insurance 

United Healthcare, OPTUMhealthcare, 

United Behavioral Health EAP & PPO, 

AETNA insurance, United Behavioral Health, or out of network, 

some CIGNA mental health plans (varies widely, please check) 

and varied PPO plans accepted. BCBS TX PPO accepted out of network

For more insurance information, click here.

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