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Counseling and Coaching services are available in person or by phone (fee payable at the time of the visit). Saturday hours available.
Dr. Gibson offers a glimpse at his counseling
Do you answer, “That depends on where you’re coming from?” No, you ask, “Where do you want to go?”
So it is in the counseling I call “Vitality Therapy.” I steer our conversations toward a vision of how your future would be without the problems currently holding you back. I aim to bring you to you at your best. I want first of all to hear your story. Then our conversation comes to a fork in the road.
The solution-focused fork in the road features questions like this: “What would be different in your life if you did not have this problem?” Strangely enough, most of us do not visualize a satisfying life because we are distracted by what is unsatisfying to us.
Questions like this are known as “Socratic questions.” Socrates taught his students by asking them questions that got them thinking.
My guidance of our conversations seeks to arouse
- vision in place of hopelessness
- passion in place of “What’s - the - use?”
- dignity in place of shame
Most people who come to me come at a time of crisis in their lives. They typically see me for six times over three months. Then they say that they are ready to handle things on their own, and that it’s nice to know they can call me for an appointment any time they need me.
Some people see me for dozens of times in more of a mentoring relationship than crisis management. One client I counseled twenty-five times by telephone to Texas ended with these words of thanks:
“I was pretty lost in my direction in life, and spiritually shipwrecked. In our telephone conversations you helped me to regain a sense of direction. My faith is revitalized, and I have come to a much deeper relationship with Christ.
“I have learned a lot from you in our counseling sessions and have benefited a lot from these life changing sessions. I want to thank you for being a great counselor. You can be sure that I'll continue to take your advice and apply what I have learned during the sessions in my daily living”.
What Others Say:
Dr. Gibson was a tremendous help to my husband and me. I truly thank God for his help as it helped save our marriage. Initially my husband was only willing to attend one counseling session, and by the end of our first session we had two more sessions booked. My husband was able to accomplish this because of how comfortable Dr. Gibson made us both feel. Dr. Gibson was able to enhance our communication significantly, which ultimately allowed us to have a huge breakthrough in our marriage. Thank you Dr. Gibson.
L.S. -- Illinois
“Dr. Gibson, you have an unusual ability to listen to what I am trying to say. Then you have a way of putting it that draws me out. You are amazingly easy to talk to.”
J.T., Virginia
“Few counselors offer hope to marriages on the brink of divorce. Dr. Gibson has had success even when only one partner was willing to come for counseling. "
R.L. -- Illinois
“From the beginning I enjoyed the sessions. You were open, caring and honest in our interactions. By the end of each session I left feeling as if a weight had been lifted. You had the knack of finding the aspect of me that was praiseworthy, the principle or key phrase that I could work with and nurture. Counseling with you is enabling me to live a fuller, deeper and more productive life.”
L.O., Illinois