Many people who visit a therapist to overcome negative habits begin relapsing shortly after therapy due to lack of ongoing support. As well, many individuals who walk through a therapist’s door need coaching rather than long-term therapy to overcome negative habits. Therapy is necessary when deep emotional pain is attached to habitual behaviors or mental illness is diagnosed.

It is difficult to overcome long-held habits. Yet, with determination, focus, and new skills development, it is not impossible. Negatives habits are most often formed unconsciously over a matter of years; and negative habits are usually maladaptive coping skills that keep an individual from living a happy, successful life.

One client told me, “Ron, after 8 months of working with you, I don’t feel any different as a person than when I began. Yet, I have begun to think differently about myself; I’m responding differently to my stressors; and I’m overcoming my addiction as I get to respond more positively to my needs.” While not feeling any different, he is experiencing himself in a healthier way, becoming more aware of his thinking and choices of behavior.

Change is a journey, it is not a sprint to the goal line. While change takes place slowly, it actually takes less time to make the change than it did to develop the negative habit (when you consider the years it took for you to develop it).

Together, we work on a holistic approach to the way your life is managed. Developing a body, mind, and spirit process – a holistic exploration into the reason you have adopted the negative behavior – we begin to see how other behaviors support the belief and thinking behind the negative behavior.

Over time you begin to bring about changes that have a more positive effect on your life. You begin to act differently, developing positive behaviors that allow you to live more authentically.