Welcome to Starkewood Behavioral Health Counseling Services
Thank you for visiting my Counseling and Psychotherapy Services website. It is my hope that the information here and the variety of Counseling Therapy Services that I provide will assist individuals and families to achieve a less stressful, more emotionally positive life with greater feelings of well being.
My name is Lawrence C. Starke. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor by the Virginia Board of Health Professionals, Board of Counseling, with over ten years of experience in the counseling field. I continue to work with children, adolescents and adults in the Southside Virginia area.
Some individuals know that there is something not right within themselves. They may believe their difficulties are mainly physical in origin, or that the problem is external. While therapy isn’t always the answer, there are various ways in which therapy empowers individuals to change their life experience. My point of view is that mind and body are interconnected, and that by addressing the underlying cause of the symptom is the key to resolving the problem.
Some areas of personal difficulties that may be improved or resolved by Counseling and Psychotherapy include:
Relationship Problems Anxiety Childhood Trauma
Self-Esteem Drug & Alcohol Abuse Anger
Sexual Abuse Meaninglessness/Futility of Life Phobias
Therapy works toward clarifying situations to facilitate your finding your own solutions. It does this by supporting you via undivided attention to your personal situation. It can also work through enlarging a person’s access to fuller personal resources. This is done by the use of more specialized and in-depth interventions. Both of these methods enable and strengthen positive personal development.
If you suffer from any of the above symptoms, and feel that you may benefit from counseling servicies, please give me a call for a confidential consultation.
The initial meeting provides both of us with the opportunity to decide whether we wish to work together and to discuss your desired outcome from the counseling therapy. We will then agree on an appropriate number of sessions. Once this period is completed, we will jointly assess your progress and decide what further action, if any, may be needed. If we are not to work together, I assist (wherever possible) by providing alternative therapists and agencies which you may contact.
Thank you for visiting Starkewood Behavioral Health Counseling Services. Please call us now for your confidential consultation and start on your path toward living a less stressful and more emotionally healthful life.