Restoration and Transformation Counseling

ACE stands for Adverse Childhood Events and refers to a landmark study by Dr. Vincent Faletti .  Many people are familiar with the ACE study from the 10 question assessment, “Got Your ACE Score.“ People with a score of 4 or more are statistically more likely to suffer from medical problems like heart disease, COPD, diabetes, and obesity. They also…

In the work I do, I often times help clients identify their “attachment style.” We do this to look at how an individual’s attachment style may be an assess or a stressor in relationships, in meeting goals, and in contributing to a sense of “stuckness.” There are 4 types of attachment styles. Often our attachment style depends on the situation…

Maybe you’ve heard about EMDR, or you’ve read in my website where I’ve referenced it. So, you may want to know what it is, and why I use it at times. First EMDR in an acronym for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.  First of all, Eye movement refers to “bilateral stimulation” or “dual attention stimuation (DAS)”. This means I wave…

I teach “coping” skills to nearly all my clients because… let’s be real, we all probably need to have better tools to handle stressors. Those stressors can include Atlanta traffic (come on how many of you have lost it in traffic?), interactions with significant others and children (little ones or grown ones,) work issues, and so much more. The coping…