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Joe Wise is a psychotherapist with Woodlands Family Institute. Mr. Wise is professionally trained to work with individuals, families, and groups in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of emotional and behavorial disorders. The professional services Joe offers are as follows:
Marriage and Family Counseling
Marriage and Family Counseling - The marriage and family counseling includes :
- Fine tuning communication skills,
- Resolving intimacy issues
- Achieving financial responsibility
- Gaining mutual respect
- Developing parenting skills
- Boosting harmony in the home
What are the warning signs? Consider marriage and family counseling if:
- Absence from the home - spending time elsewhere
- Ongoing silence
- Decline in physical affection
- Constant criticism
- Mood swings
- Apathy and depression
Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse - Joe Wise will compassionately help people struggling with addictions. Joe's professional counseling services include:
- Developing a workable recovery and relapse prevention program
- Tailoring each program to meet the individual's needs
- Allowing clients to continue to work or attend school while beating the addiction
- Teaching clients tools to prevent relapse
- Utilizing the "Staying Sober" model by Terrance Gorski
- Outpatient detox available
- Helping adolescents and adults
What are substance abuse warning signs? Consider substance abuse counseling if:
- Excessive sleep
- Confusion and disorientation
- Chronic trouble with sinusitis or nose bleeds
- Increased irratibility, anger, and agitation
- Abnormally slow movements, speech, and reaction time
- Unresponsiveness or looking "spaced out"
Teen Challenges
Teen Challenges - Joe Wise has helped many young adults resolve anger issues, learn to respect boundaries, and fine tune decision making. Joe's counseling services specifically address the following:
- Parent/Teen communication
- Peer pressure
- Self esteem
- Anxiety and depression
- ADD and ADHD
- Substance abuse
What are the warning signs that your teen may need help? Consider counseling if your teen:
- Uses alcohol or drugs
- Avoids friends or family
- School work deteriorates
- Has unexplained changes in sleep or eating habits
- Seems anxious or worried more than most
- Feels angry most of the time
- Loses interest in things usually enjoyed
Anger Management
Anger Management - Joe Wise is a Certified Anger Resolution Therapist. Joe helps clients with anger management by:
- Learning the root of their anger
- Calming hostilities and frustrations
- Sorting out real and imagined emotions
- Learning healthy ways of expressions
What are the warning signs of anger management issues? Seek out anger management counseling if your anger makes you feel:
- Out of control
- Hostile
- Overwhelmed
- Inability to calm down
- Your heart is racing
- Small issues are suddenly big issues
Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and Depression - When fear, apprehension and sadness become constant and/or overwhelming and interfere with daily activities, it is time to seek our professional counsel. Treatment approaches for anxiety and depression include:
- One-to-one counseling
- Home assignments to boost success
- Discovery of self defeating beliefs
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Practical life strategies
What are the warning signs of anxiety? Consider seeking Joe Wise's professional counseling services if:
- Sweating
- Tingling, trembling or shakiness
- Accelerated heart rate
- Sensations of shortness of breath
- Feeling dizzy, unsteady or light-headed
- Fear of losing control or going crazy
What are the warning signs of depression? Consider seeking Joe Wise's professional counsel for depression if:
- Diminished interest in almost all activities
- Loss of appetite or overeating
- Difficulty sleeping or sleeping too much
- Fatigue or loss of energy nearly everyday
- Inability to think or concentrate
- Thoughts of suicide or death
Visit Joe Wise's website for more information, www.jwisecounseling.com.
About Joe Wise
Joe Wise is a professional counselor and has been with The Woodlands Family Institute since 1991. He also has the following designations:
- Licensed Professional Counselor
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
- Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor
- Certified Anger Resolution Therapist
- Master of Divinity
- Master of Arts in Counseling
- Author of There's a Drunk in the Pulpit
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