My Approach to Helping
My philosophy is to help people learn tools to become their own best therapists through empathy and positive support in a Cognitive Behavior Therapy structure. I help people to see the best in themselves and the “good reasons” they adopted strategies and ways of dealing with life issues to gain love, feelings of safety and hope, and how they can learn more effective ways to change how they feel, act and think.
My approach is to help those who are suffering or want to enhance the quality of life by helping them to discover choices that will lead to better results. My approach is to help provide a warm and supportive atmosphere in which the person or persons I am helping and I work together. I help others to look at their experiences in new ways through discussion and helping them choose tools and ways to measure their progress.
Concerns and Issues I Help With
- Abandonment
- Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
- Addictions and Compulsions
- Adjusting to Change / Life
- Transitions
- Aggression and Violence
- Aging and Geriatric Issues
- Agoraphobia
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Attachment Issues
- Batterer Intervention
- Bipolar Disorder
- Blended Family Issues
- Cancer
- Career Choice
- Caregiver Issues / Stress
- Child and/or Adolescent Issues
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency / Dependency
- Communication Problems
- Compulsive Spending / Shopping
- Control Issues
- Creative Blocks
- Depression
- Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
- Domestic Violence
- Emotional Abuse
- Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Overwhelm
- Emptiness
- Family of Origin Issues
- Family Problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
- Habits
- Health / Illness / Medical Issues
- Identity Issues
- Inadequacy
- Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity (ADHD)
- Infidelity / Affair Recovery
- Irritability
- Isolation
- Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
- Men’s Issues
- Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
- Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
- Multicultural Concerns
- Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
- Oppositional and Defiant Behavior in Children and Teens
- Panic
- Parenting
- Phobias
- Physical Abuse
- Post Partum Depression
- Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma
- Pre-Marital Counseling
- Prejudice / Discrimination
- Relationships and Marriage
- Self-Care
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Criticism
- Self-Doubt
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Self-Love
- Sensitivity to Criticism
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexuality / Sex Therapy
- Shame
- Social Anxiety / Phobia
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
- Suspiciousness / Paranoia
- Trust Issues
- Values Clarification
- Women’s Issues
- Workplace Issues
- Worry
- Worthlessness
Therapy Approaches I Use
- Anger Management
- Breath Work
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
- Drama Therapy
- Family Systems Therapy
- Guided Therapeutic Imagery
- Humanistic Psychology
- Hypnotherapy
- Integration of different therapy models
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
- Parent Work
- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
- Person Centered / Rogerian
- Positive Psychology
- Positive Psychotherapy
- Possibility Therapy
- Psychodrama
- Psychodynamic
- Reality Therapy
- Relational Psychotherapy
- Relationship Enhancement Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Solution Focused Therapy
Dr. Carl Wells
Therapist
Location
Our hours
Monday – Friday
Contact us
Email: cwells@socal.rr.com
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