Our Counseling Services
Marital Counseling
Couples seeking help bring their precious and valuable marriage relationship into counseling. Sometimes the issues are about continuing conflict, other times they can be about communication skills, or finances, or sexual compatibility, or...and the list goes on. There are always three clients in the room in marital counseling - the couple and the marital relationship. It is the strength of the two individuals that gives the strength to the relationship. So it is important that couples who come to work with one of our professional counselors:
- have a willingness to make any change needed
- have the motivation - energy and drive - to actually make the changes
- have the commitment and patience to see the work through to the end
- have the faith and trust in the healing and growth process of change
Pre-Marital Counseling
Premarital counseling is a FUN, EXCITING, and EDUCATIONAL time that will put you on the fast track for a great life and successful marriage! Discover personality and temperament styles and differences, roles and responsibilities, spoken and unspoken expectations, handling money, communication, conflict resolution skills, and expected expressions of sexuality.
It's a great gift that parents can give to their son or daughter and their prospective mates! For more information or to set up an appointment with one of our professional counselors, call today at 417-882-6767.
Parenting
We know it's easier to have a child than it is to parent one! Most people love children; it's their immaturity that gets in the way. There are no bad children born. Every child is born with unrelenting needs and expects to have every need met NOW! Every parent today receives their bundle of joy without an instruction booklet or repair manual. So we revert back to what we know about parenting - something many of us swore we would never do - parent the way we were parented. Some of that parenting is effective and good, some of it is ineffective and potentially harmful. We can all use some skills training to more effectively parent each child we have. It's a wise parent who seeks help and instruction to create a better relationship with a nurtured child. To work with one of our counselors trained to work with parents and children, call today to set up an appointment at 417-882-6767.
Blended Families
Blended or stepfamilies have a few of the same issues as first marriages and families, but they are different in more ways than they are alike. Blended families are exactly what the term says they are-attempting to blend two families into one. They are born out of loss and grief from abandonment, death or divorce. There are natural and sometimes severe stresses attempting to blend and / or reconcile two familiesí expectations, traditions, histories, birth orders, ghosts from previous relationships or marriages, parenting roles, responsibilities, loyalties, finances, religious beliefs, and a couple of generations of extended families-into ONE!
To work with one of our counselors licensed to work with parents and children in blended families, call today to set up an appointment at 417-882-6767.
Grief Counseling
Someone you love - a parent, spouse, child, close friend - has died. The numbness, denial, bargaining, and anger are taking a huge emotional toll as you feel caught in the violent whirlwind of life out of control. If you can, you go through the motions of routine at work and at home but only as a shell of yourself. What's happening to you? You are grieving for the one you lost. Everything within you is crying out in pain while you feel a part of you is gone. All of these feelings are normal and to be expected in the experience of such loss. If some time has passed and you feel stuck in your grief, perhaps you need to work with one of our trained, professional counselors who can help facilitate your grief work and nurture your emotional healing. Hope and help are available here at Springfield MFI. Call today for an appointment at 417-882-6767.
Stress
Your world is full of stress. There are good stressors such as pleasurable activities, pleasant surprises, celebrations, and successes in life. There are also bad stressors such as unrelenting demands at work and home, disappointment and rejection in relationships, loss and grief, physical pain, not enough money to the pay bills, and the overall feeling that everything around you has more control over your life than you do. You can get to the end of your rope and be out of rope!! What do you do? Tie a knot in the end of your rope and hang on. There is hope and help at Springfield MFI. Call today and set up an appointment with one of our caring, professionally trained counselors who can help you get back on top of your world. The number is 417-882-6767.
Anxiety
It comes out of the blue. It could be a stressful situation you are in currently, or just life in general. The dread and panic tightens up in your chest and across your shoulders with an overwhelming feeling of fear and impending doom. At times, you may feel like your heart is going to pound out of your chest. Other times, you are sweating profusely and feel like you are going to die. It lasts about twenty minutes and then subsides. You are not crazy. There is a counselor at Springfield MFI who can help you understand what is happening and how to handle your feelings. Call today to set up an appointment at 417-882-6767.
Depression
It's described as a dark cloud hanging over a person, a heavy coat that weighs you down, feelings of complete hopelessness and helplessness, and all the energy being drained out of your body. More women than men seek help for depression, but anyone, of any age, is susceptible. There is hope and help. Our counselors are trained to help you bring your life and emotions back into balance. Call today to see one of our counselors at 417-882-6767.
Divorce Recovery
"It's a living death" was the way one person described being divorced. "It would be easier if my ex-spouse had literally died." Divorce is the severing of a living relationship. You may be asking some very difficult questions without easy answers:
- Are my feelings normal?
- When will I get off this emotional rollercoaster?
- How can I hate someone so deeply when I used to love that person with my whole heart?
- Will I ever stop crying?
- How can I even think about dating again when I feel so undesirable?
- Have I failed my children?
- Is there a future for me?
Divorce Recovery is a healing process that a trained counselor can help you grow through. There is life on the other side of divorce. One of our trained counselors can walk with you and guide you on your journey. Call today to set up an appointment at 417-882-6767.
Personal Life
Everyone seeks counseling at some point in life. Strength of character is shown when you are seeking advice from someone who has training and expertise in something that you are putting your heart and life into. If your car breaks down you take it to mechanic who can diagnose what is broken and repair it. If you are playing sports, you seek a coach who can help you learn the game and develop the skills to be successful. Even Tiger Woods has a coach to help his game be better. If you are single or married, it is wise to seek the training and expertise you need to have the life you've always wanted to be successful in relationships. To work with one of our trained, professional counselors call today at 417-882-6767.
