Some use our services for increasing inner-clarity or implementing better decision-making. Others set goals for optimizing social connection, developing business prowess, or deepening intimate relationships.
Please know, meaningful growth usually requires hard work. This applies when developing emotional stamina and strength. While leaving behind familiar habits and adjusting to healthier behaviors may be uncomfortable – struggle is optional.
Whatever your aspiration – we can help!
Counseling unfolds using tested-and-proven therapy interventions. We design assignments and utilize exercises to help you better clarify and achieve your objectives.
In-session, we may solve life scenarios through role-play or actively reframe our assumptions about ourselves or others. Homework may involve tracking your internal dialog or practicing intentional self-care (instead of focusing only on others’ needs).
The Mental Gym combines a blend of the following tried-and-true approaches to effectively address your specific needs:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: CBT asserts that: “It’s not life-events, but how we comprehend these circumstances that determine our well-being.” In other words, our thoughts trigger our emotions and behaviors.
We’ll work together to diagram your specific Thought <=> Emotion <=> Behavior equation.
Recognizing your habitual thinking will assist us in strategizing alternative perceptions, which will then improve your mood and increase your life effectiveness.
Positive Psychology: Do this: Wiggle your fingers. Now take a moment to
consider the multitude of cells and electric impulses required for this endeavor. Ponder the very complicated biochemical interaction and kinesiology at play – and notice how effortless it seems!
Positive Psychology goes far beyond the caricature of reciting affirmations into a mirror. The curative power of this discipline lies in the awareness that we are all walking/talking miracles.
Together, we’ll work to reinforce the already-existing magic of your individual and mankind’s collective abilities. We achieve contentment once we accept how powerful we are – a choice we all have at our fingertips!
Mindfulness Training: Our lives actively unfold from one-moment-to-the-
next. Mindfulness practice enhances our abilities to invoke calm and generate gratitude by non-judgmentally acknowledging this reality. It is a collection of skillsets for relinquishing our need to control everything around us.
Acceptance is one technique within this philosophy, which helps reduce anxiety and depression by setting down struggle associated with any given circumstance.
Meditation quiets our emotional associations to past and future – places we can currently do nothing about – and establishes the productive focus of in-the-moment awareness.
The Mental Gym is a judgment-free Practice, devoted and committed to supporting our clients using the techniques and unconditional positive regard necessary for tackling and working through any life challenge.
All orientations, spiritual beliefs, and lifestyles are welcome. We have been helping individuals, couples, and families attain and then maintain well-being for over two decades.
Let’s team up and take the positive steps toward fulfilling your potential. Contact us to schedule your free 15-minute initial phone consultation.
Sessions are available Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 8 pm Pacific Time by appointment, and are 45 minutes in length (which allows time between sessions to reflect on and document our time together).
Scheduling consistent weekly appointments will help ensure therapeutic momentum. Once we establish a strong working foundation, we can reassess this frequency.
Our fee is payable at the beginning of each session. We accept credit card payments or electronic transactions (Venmo, Zelle, PayPal).
We understand how unpredictable life can be. Therefore, we will work with you to reschedule a session without financial penalty if contacted before our 24-hour cancellation policy window takes effect.
Clients who don’t have or are not using insurance: The law dictates that healthcare professionals estimate the expected charges for medical services. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare, including psychotherapy services.
You may request a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service or at any time during treatment.
If you receive a bill at least $400 more than your Estimate, you can dispute it. Make sure to save a copy of your documentation.
For questions or more information about your Good faith Estimate rights, you can visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.
The Mental Gym is an “out-of-network” Practice, which means your PPO insurance may reimburse a portion of your session fee. Please check your benefits before beginning therapy. HMO policies will not cover service payments.
Upon request, The Mental Gym will provide you with an emailed statement of services, which you can submit to your plan for direct reimbursement per your policy’s specifics.
We Look Forward to Getting You into the Best Emotional Shape of Your Life!