Therapy for Adults & Tweens/Teens
Positively Speaking provides licensed professional counseling services to individuals, families, couples, children and adolescents.
We are here to promote the necessary steps for change by working collaboratively with you, focusing on your strengths in order to facilitate growth, positive change, and healing in your life, so that you can be the best you that you can be!
Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy
At Positively Speaking, we will identify your strengths together and use those strengths to help propel you forward in making the necessary changes you would like to make in your life.
Whether you want to obtain support in dealing with issues such as depression, anxiety, abuse, behavior management, parenting assistance, trauma, divorce, or anger issues; Positively Speaking Professional Counseling Services are here to help you navigate this process together.
We will work as a team on the goals in which you identify and want to achieve as a collaborative partnership with one another.
This collaborative approach in conjunction with evidence-based treatment practices make it easy to get started.
We offer a free initial phone screening to determine whether professional counseling services are right for you.
**As we continue to learn more about COVID-19 and what prevention measures to take during this pandemic, I want you to know that I am working diligently on alternatives for face to face therapy services to assist the many folks who have heightened stress and anxiety currently.
The Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors is encouraging us to conduct Telehealth sessions as an alternative to face to face therapy sessions, so long as it is on a HIPAA compliant platform.
My plan is to offer that to clients beginning 3/16/20 for those who are of higher risk and for those who don’t feel safe to come into the office and are practicing social distancing.
*Please do not hesitate to contact me with further questions as we navigate this together.
What are professional counseling services (therapy)?
Professional counseling services is commonly referred to as “therapy.” Therapy is the process of meeting with a therapist with the purpose of resolving some issue or concern. This can include problematic behaviors, beliefs, feelings, and/or somatic complaints (sensations in the body). Therapy can address a number of different issues. For a complete list of what issues Positively Speaking addresses, please see the services tab.
Is therapy right for me?
Therapy is both a personal and an individual decision one needs to make. Therapy is oftentimes not a “quick fix.” It requires time to get to know one another, identify treatment goals, and work towards those goals and the change(s) necessary to promote healthy change in one’s life. If you are open to learning new ways to make positive changes in your thinking, feelings, and behaviors, therapy can be a benefit to you.
Once you are meeting your goals you and your therapist will discuss graduating from therapy. At Positively Speaking, you will receive individualized services specific to your needs with a strengths-based approach. It is common to have homework to do outside of therapy in between sessions to maximize the benefits of therapy. Depending on the presenting issue(s), you can expect that your therapist will recommend attending therapy either on a one time per week or one time every two weeks basis initially. Depending on progress, sessions may be spread out further which will be addressed at each session.
How can therapy help me?
Therapy can be very helpful if you are open-minded and motivated to work with your therapist about making positive changes in your life. We will work together to identify presenting issues/concerns to address in therapy, identify strengths, treatment goals and strategies to use in order to help you be successful in your life in whatever capacity that may be.
Services & Specialties
Evidence-Based Treatment Practices include the following:
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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
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Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
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Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Other Treatment Approaches include the following:
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Anger management strategies
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Behavior Management strategies for children and adolescents
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques
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Mindfulness strategies
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Parenting Assistance using 1-2-3 Magic strategies and positive parenting techniques incorporating family rules, consequences, structured routine, rewards, and chores
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Relaxation strategies
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Social Skills Training
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Trained in Gottman Method Couples Therapy
APRIL JONES
MS, LPCC-S
April L. Jones, MS, LPCC-S has experience working in the mental health field for the last 18 years with adults, children and adolescents. She has an extensive background working in community mental health. She has been in private practice for the last 5 years. Her passion is working with folks who are struggling with anxiety, depression and trauma related issues.
Get In Touch
Call
(859)-628-0702
Fax
(859)-712-0600
positivelyspeakingcounseling@gmail.com
Address
73 Cavalier Blvd Suite #309
Florence, KY 41042
Hours
Monday 10am-6pm
Tuesday 10am-6pm
Wednesday 1pm-6pm
Thursday 10am-6pm
Friday 10am-6pm
“This site and its health-related information and resources are not intended to be a substitute for medical or mental health treatment or the care that patients receive from their healthcare providers. Positively Speaking is NOT an emergency service. If you feel that you are in danger of harming yourself and would like to talk to someone immediately, the national suicide hotline can be reached at 1-800-273-TALK. Please go to your nearest hospital ER or call 911 right away if you or someone else is experiencing a mental health emergency.”