Donna White Counseling Services

The Counseling Process

I view the counseling process as forming an alliance with a client to explore the nature of his/her problem.  My theoretical orientaiton leads me to focus on the relational issues in a client's life.

My spiritual orientation brings me to believe that people were created to relate meaningfully with others.  The source of much joy and much pain grows out of how we relate to others.

Together, we will explore the unique chapters of the story that have brought a client to the place he/she is currently.  We then form a treatment plan to arrive at the client's stated counseling goals.

As counselor and client interact with one another, a relationship develops that is part of the treatment process as well as instructive in the relating process.  We team up to discover how the past, present and future can show a new way to live and practice it together in a safe relational place. 

There is sometimes work (exercises, etc.) done outside the sessions that increase the rate of development when helpful.  I work hard to create exercises and sessions that are interesting and meaningful.