Compassionate Counseling ServicEs

I (Mitchell) am an unique spiritual being with a physical body. I am filled with opposites: masculine/feminine; light/dark; etc. I am committed to a life of interdependence . . . . . . synergy . . . to the connectedness of all people and things. I am on a journey toward wholeness . . . a journey toward community of Self with self and Se

I (Mitchell) am an unique spiritual being with a physical body. I am filled with opposites: masculine/feminine; light/dark; etc. I am committed to a life of interdependence . . . . . . synergy . . . to the connectedness of all people and things. I am on a journey toward wholeness . . . a journey toward community of Self with self and Self with others. My mission in life is to:

1. Know Myself

2. Love Myself

3. Be Myself

4. Give Myself

To know myself . . . this means to become increasingly aware of who I really am . . . to increasingly grow in self-awareness . . . to become increasingly aware of the opposites within me. My mission in life is to make my unconscious conscious.

To love myself . . . this means to love and accept myself as a worthwhile human being with valuable gifts to offer myself and the world . . . to rid myself of internalized “shoulds” and “oughts” that have been imposed upon me from the outside. My mission in life is to give myself the unconditional acceptance that I so long for from others.

To be myself . . . as I grow in self-awareness and self-acceptance, I will continually increase in my ability to be myself . . . the real me. I will not be a facade. I will refuse to hide behind masks. I will integrate my True Self with my wounded self and thus become whole. My mission in life is to be a congruent human being.

To give myself . . . growing in self-awareness, self-acceptance and congruence, I will increasingly give myself to this one song (uni-verse) in which I live. This means balancing my freedom with my responsibility . . .living in relationships with others. My mission in life is to be a catalyst for positive change.  

I will accomplish my mission through:

 

1. meditation

2. proactivity

3. thinking ahead. without missing the here-n-now

4. thinking win/win

5. seeking first to understand, then be understood

6. respecting all people and all things

7. working with my nocturnal dreams

8. and other methods of sharpening my psycho/spiritual/physical saw.

The expected results will be that:

1. I will live a life characterized by joy, faith, hope, and love, fully

affirming the abundance of the universe.

2. Others will be enabled. . . enabled, not controlled. . . not forced.... not fixed (I can fix no one) . .... enabled to also know, love, be and give themselves to this “one song” (“uni-verse”)in which we live.

My mission in life is to know myself, love myself, be myself, and give myself.

Mitchell believes that human connection is important for us to fully experience satisfaction in life.  His first goal with any new client is to establish a safe place for the client to talk about hard things and experience repressed emotions.  His most important tool is the therapeutic relationship.  He employs a conversational style, occ

Mitchell believes that human connection is important for us to fully experience satisfaction in life.  His first goal with any new client is to establish a safe place for the client to talk about hard things and experience repressed emotions.  His most important tool is the therapeutic relationship.  He employs a conversational style, occasionally incorporating psychoeducation as well.  He sometimes requires homework.  He is trained in many different evidence based practices / theories and incorporates wisdom from all of them.

Mitch has 40 years of experience in the human services professions.  He has been a pastor of a Christian church, an unit leader at a residential treatment center for behaviorally disordered children, a counselor at a residential treatment center for adults with addictions, a private practice therapist, and an associate director of a child

Mitch has 40 years of experience in the human services professions.  He has been a pastor of a Christian church, an unit leader at a residential treatment center for behaviorally disordered children, a counselor at a residential treatment center for adults with addictions, a private practice therapist, and an associate director of a children's mental health center.  

He presented a 3 hour educational seminar at the World Conference of the American Counseling Association.  He has served as the president of a local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and has presented educational seminars at the State convention.  After 911, he traveled to NYC and worked for 2 weeks with survivors of the World Trade Center Attacks.

He graduated summa cum laude from Olivet Nazarene University with a Bachelor's Degree in Religion, and has a Master's Degree in Agency Counseling from Western Illinois University.

He is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Certified Personality Disorder Treatment Provider

Mitchell is fully equipped to meet your mental health needs and if he is not, he will help you find someone who is!