What Can I Expect?
At Grand Oaks Counseling you will find a counselor who will listen without judgment and create a safe place for us to process your concerns. We will treat you as an individual and ask powerful questions to help you understand the ways you view the world, yourself and others as well as how this is connected to your thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Our job is to help you identify the underlying patterns that are running just under your conscious awareness, because these are what often fuel the self-sabotage, disappointment, outbursts, addictive behaviors, unhealthy relationships and other things that bring us to therapy. At Grand Oaks Counseling, you will find a safe dumping ground for your problems, and an unbiased partner for processing your pain. But, we won't leave you there. We will work to create a treatment plan with you to help you reach your goals and see change in your life!
What Is My Part?
Professional counseling changes lives, but it's not easy.
We won't bail when it's hard, but will you? You must be open to letting someone in and be willing to give this new (and different) relationship a chance. You also need to be ready to commit some time and effort to your change. At Grand Oaks Counseling, we love talk-therapy, but we also value homework and like to give our clients things to try outside of session. You and your therapist will become a team and work together to create a new path forward, but at the end of the day YOU will choose whether or not you take it.
Common Concerns
Anxiety Treatment
Counseling for Depression
Counseling for Depression
A little bit of nervous tension can be good. Small amounts of anxiety remind us to prepare well, so we can perform well and help us pay attention to our surroundings. But what happens when anxiety begins to keep you from living your life to the fullest? Anxiety has both physical and mental symptoms such as; racing thoughts, difficulty co
A little bit of nervous tension can be good. Small amounts of anxiety remind us to prepare well, so we can perform well and help us pay attention to our surroundings. But what happens when anxiety begins to keep you from living your life to the fullest? Anxiety has both physical and mental symptoms such as; racing thoughts, difficulty concentrating, overthinking, feelings of dread, sleep problems, tightness in the chest, fatigue, or abdominal cramping.
Whether you are paralyzed by fear, struggle with social anxiety, or find yourself avoiding things due to anxiety, at Grand Oaks Counseling you will find a counselor, trained to help. Anxiety is manageable and there are many ways to treat it. Individual therapy can be tailored to your specific symptoms and severity and through therapy, you can learn how to identify your stressors, triggers, and learn ways to better cope.
Counseling for Depression
Counseling for Depression
Counseling for Depression
Are there days you feel empty, and like you're just going through the motions? Do you worry that you're a burden to others? Do you struggle to concentrate? Have you lost all motivation despite trying your best to move forward? These are symptoms of depression. Everyone feels down from time to time, but depression is different. Depression
Are there days you feel empty, and like you're just going through the motions? Do you worry that you're a burden to others? Do you struggle to concentrate? Have you lost all motivation despite trying your best to move forward? These are symptoms of depression. Everyone feels down from time to time, but depression is different. Depression feels heavy, hopeless and huge. And clinical depression doesn't go away by simply wishing it away, getting over it, or thinking positive thoughts. But, depression CAN be treated. The truth is there are some very effective treatment options for depression and depression counseling can play an important role in helping you feel like yourself again. At Grand Oaks Counseling we are licensed to offer depression counseling to anyone in the state of Alabama. We regularly offer counseling for depression to many in the Huntsville, Decatur and surrounding areas.
Kids and Teens
Couples Counseling
Couples Counseling
Is your child experiencing societal and school stress? Are you concerned that your child is a victim of bullying? Are you going through a divorce and concerned about the effect of divorce on your children? Maybe someone suggested your child has ADHD, but you're not even sure what causes ADHD?!
Grand Oaks Counseling offers counseling for ch
Is your child experiencing societal and school stress? Are you concerned that your child is a victim of bullying? Are you going through a divorce and concerned about the effect of divorce on your children? Maybe someone suggested your child has ADHD, but you're not even sure what causes ADHD?!
Grand Oaks Counseling offers counseling for children and teenagers.
Life is challenging for kids too. Many children experience emotional ups and downs similar to those of adults. Challenges and concerns may appear in areas such as separation or divorce, grief and loss, traumatic experiences, problems at school, social pressures, issues with attachment, low self-esteem and/or difficulty making friends. Whatever the concern may be, Grand Oaks is here to partner with you and help both you and your child.
Couples Counseling
Couples Counseling
Couples Counseling
Maybe you're reading this because you are in the beginning stages of your relationship and want to strengthen it. Or, maybe you're here because damage has been done, and you and your partner want to begin, again.
To the new (still happy) couple or the committed couple who just needs repair, OR the couple going in circles trying to decide
Maybe you're reading this because you are in the beginning stages of your relationship and want to strengthen it. Or, maybe you're here because damage has been done, and you and your partner want to begin, again.
To the new (still happy) couple or the committed couple who just needs repair, OR the couple going in circles trying to decide if they should even be together- or just divorce, Grand Oaks Counseling, can help. We offer marriage counseling in Decatur, AL and are licensed for telehealth across the whole state of Alabama. We are also a Certified Prepare/Enrich Facilitator with staff trained to adminsiter targeted assessments and create actionable plans for couples at all stages. Additionally, we have a marriage counselor trained to help the stuck couple who doesn't know what their next, right step should be.