Life Works

From humble beginnings in 1992, Lifeworks has grown to be one of the largest counseling and life coaching centers in the North Dallas area. Our licensed Psychologists and Professional Counselors offer a broad spectrum of expertise; focusing on specific areas. In addition, we have been able to provide expertise in the areas of psychological, psycho-educational, and neuropsychological testing for all ages.

Most of us do not like change and consequently remain in our sometimes disruptive patterns even though we may be aware that without change, our current reality will continue.

Doing is not just about behavior. Without a change in our perspective of self and the world around us, any behavior change is unlikely to remain. True transformation comes with the consistent practice of new perceptions and behavior.

If you want something different, you have to do something different.

ASSESSMENTS

Lifeworks can provide a comprehensive evaluation for our clients, both General Psychological and Neuro-Psychological evaluations. This includes IQ and Achievement Testing, Personality and Behavioral Testing, Testing for Austism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders, and Neuro-psychological Disorders.

TYPES OF THERAPY

Psychotherapy is the use of techniques to assist in managing thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It is generally employed to relieve symptoms of emotional or behavioral dysfunction or distress; however, it is also used to help people achieve greater levels of self-awareness, to explore and realize potential, navigate through life transitions, and enhance current and future relationships. To achieve this, and more, approaches commonly used (but not limited to) are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), Psychodynamic, Dialectical Behavioral (DBT), Play Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, to name a few.

TYPES OF SESSIONS

INDIVIDUAL

This type of therapy involves a client meeting one-on-one with a therapist, usually in a 45-60 minute session. During the time of your sessions, your therapist will help you resolve the issues that bring you to counseling and help you establish, or re-establish, your life as a thriving, healthy and successful process again. Your therapist will help you identify goals that you seek to accomplish, then help you to embolden and release the positive aspects of YOU which already exist. You may also identify disruptive and/or unhealthy patterns from the past, and learn to eliminate them as you strive to achieve your goals.

MARRIAGE/COUPLES

This is a type of therapy in which the therapist sees two people together to address the issues which have brought the couple to therapy. The purpose is to reconcile the bond between the two people in the therapy and to identify healthier ways to live well together.

FAMILY

This is when a therapist sees a family to address the issues and problems raised by the family members. The ultimate purpose is to learn healthier adaptive living skills and to reconcile the family into a healthy unit that trusts, honors, and respects one another.

GROUP

This type of therapy employs one or more therapists who treat a small group of clients together as a group. The group process can be a powerful motivator of change by developing, exploring, and examining interpersonal relationships and behaviors within the group and learning more adaptive and healthy living skills for transference outside the group.
At Lifeworks, we often have topical, time-limited groups running; please see the business office for current information.

PLAY THERAPY

Play Therapy is a specialized counseling approach to help children work through their emotions and develop new skills through their primary mode of interpreting and relating to the world around them - their play. Benefits of this approach: identifies a child's current level of cognitive, emotional, and spiritual development and facilitates change and growth through the play process; builds self-esteem, self-awareness, independence, problem solving, responsibility, respect for self and others, recognition and acceptance of feelings, self-discipline, flexibility, resilience, cooperation, fine motor skills, coping skills, executive function skills; and, provides parental support and skill building by allowing parents to participate in the play process.

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