Need to talk to a counselor but not a client? No problem! 

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Company Culture

I privilege impact over rigid formal therapy culture. Some may seek sessions, some may just seek quick guidance. When my focus is solely on a client's' inner healing or development, all else will naturally follow. I take limited clients each day so I can be optimally present and in tune.  The majority of our sessions tend to congregate around 45 minutes to reach their natural completion point and some have had to go well over.  Like a medical procedure or even a haircut, some professionals just don't get to stop and say "I'm so sorry, but our time is up." 

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Versatility is my personal and clinical lifestyle. Versatile therapy happens in the office, on the live stream, via phone, in the community, or inside your home.  My clients are children, adolescents, adults, couples, families. I don't like to narrow to 1 treatment modality because inner healing doesn't come in a box and looks different for everyone. Therapy is both a science as well as an art form. I work from DBT as a primary foundation but have sought out and refined multiple evidence based modalities that I believe to be the best and have been tried and tested by my own practice in the past 9 years of clinical work. 

My History

An office and couch, and traditional 9 to 5 hours was and is not really my style. I've valued coming to clients where they are. I learned the tools of the trade through years of working Psychiatric Residential Treatment, Acute Psychiatric Hospitalization, Level II and III Group Homes, High Risk Community Based In-Home Services, and finally Outpatient Counsel for Adults and Adolescents where I've been for the past 3 years. 

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My Clients 

I've always preferred environments where I've had to give my best work but work fast with client's who did not have the time or patience for a more drawn out treatment. It's been my desire to specialize with those clients who were dealt the most challenging of hands. I guess you can say those are my people. I'm accustomed to working in areas of depressive episodes, panic and anxiety, broken family relationships, life stressors, parenting issues, abnormal psychiatric, spiritual issues, and traumatic experiences.

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My shared humility in character and strong confidence to help you overcome is what I aim to be known for.

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Whatever the minor obstacle, mountain or even catastrophe, it's been an honor to work with the North Carolina community since 2010. 

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Steve Van Schack MSW, LCSW