Helping Clients Identify and Understand the Problem

HonnolDCounseling helps individuals who have achieved professional success but are personally unhappy -- often without knowing why.  Symptoms of distress provide a starting-point for understanding the problem, and a powerful motivation for change.

HonnolDCounseling will help you identify and understand the “symptoms” of your distress, including:

• Lowered motivation, energy or mood;
• Insomnia;
• Difficulty concentrating at work;
• Fantasies of “escape”;
• Impulsivity (for example, angry outbursts) ;
• Physical pain and discomfort, often mistaken for physical illness;
• Procrastination or disorganization;
• Feeling constantly stressed or “overwhelmed”;
• Hyper-sensitivity to criticism;
• Impaired personal relationships;
• Nagging self-doubt;
• Loss of enjoyment, passion and humor;
• Sadness and despair; or
• Abuse of substances (especially alcohol, drugs, sex and food) -- or overwork.

HonnolDCounseling can help you trace the “cause” of your symptoms to:

• Difficulty setting limits on personal or professional demands;
• Overwhelming burdens and responsibilities;
• Dysfunctional management systems at work;
• Inappropriate choice of work;
• Financial stress;
• Unresolved emotional issues;
• Disappointments in personal life;
• Fear of emotional or physical intimacy;
• An estranged or broken relationship;
• Disturbed family relationships; or
• Sexual frustration, confusion or dysfunction.

If you feel “stuck,” discontent in one sector of life may cause disturbance in another:

• Unhappiness in personal life may impair concentration at work;
• Dissatisfaction at work may impair intimacy in personal life;
• Unresolved distress in childhood, influenced by physical or genetic factors, can cause dissatisfaction both at work and in personal life.

Drawing on a unique, multi-disciplinary background and more than 30 years of clinical experience, HonnolDCounseling can help you identify the:

• Most significant areas of personal and professional concern;
• Source of your discontent;
• Priority issues for attention;
• Each issue’s degree of urgency; and the
• Sequence in which issues should be addressed.  

HonnolDCounseling helps clients make sense of their “symptoms” and understand the underlying causes.  A careful assessment makes it possible to develop realistic goals that can help a client relieve distress and feel more relaxed, energetic and hopeful.