PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING 30 YEARS IN PLANO & NORTH Texas!

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

Clinical member American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

Adults, Couples, Individuals

Therapist, Author, Educator

COMING SOON! Pamela's TEST "IS ANGER A PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE"?
(972) 596-1338 for Appointments or Questions.
3729 Marlborough Court

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

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

All Anger Workshops are for both men and women, mixed group

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

  Services offered: Cognitive and short term behavioral therapy

"ANGER MANAGEMENT Class" 1PM-4PM June 28th, 2008

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. 

$90.00 ** 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  NO sign ups at door without prior written permission from the facilitator.

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

 Cancellations 1 week in advance to receive full refund, no refunds after JUNE 22, 2008

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

ANGER is just a feeling, showing it is BEHAVIOR!

Topics covered in this class:

• Boundaries

•  Personal styles of Anger

• I messages and Fair fighting tactics

• Help for Road rage

• What do I do about Marital arguments and anger? 

• Assertiveness VS. Aggressiveness 

• Anger and Forgiveness

•  and more...

Please call 972-596-1338 or Email  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.

 

assistpathways49@tx.rr.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...

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 causes a lot of pain, hurt and confusion. It is emotionally upsetting and draining. Some couples never recover from the loss of trust and it ultimately leads to the breakdown of their relationship.

Some stay in there 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.

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 usually low level---the consequences to the behaviors from being involved in the affair include being open to the questions of your partner. 

Pamela's TIP: * Try to avoid getting all the physical details and focusing 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---ask the right questions to begin Change.

2. Discover why they chose each other in the first place.

3. Find out what they want in their relationship, from each other.

4. Identify how they have contributed to what their relationship has become today.

5. Dialogue over 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 and Children, 

• 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 Options PPO & (participating) Health Select POS, 

United Behavioral Health EAP & PPO, 

AETNA insurance, United Behavioral Health, BCBS Par plan or out of network, 

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

and varied PPO plans accepted. 

For more insurance information, click here.

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