{"id":27,"date":"2018-10-17T02:58:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T02:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-04-23T17:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T17:03:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-1' class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells    container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '   style=' ' >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fifth   \" ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_three_fifth   \" ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Stephanie-Spears-Photo-1-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Stephanie-Spears-Photo-1-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Stephanie-Spears-Photo-1-564x705.png 564w, https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Stephanie-Spears-Photo-1-450x563.png 450w, https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Stephanie-Spears-Photo-1.png 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Stephanie Spears, LCSW, CEO and founder<\/h3>\n<p>Stephanie Spears is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 28 years of mental health experience in community nonprofit and private settings.\u00a0 She has managed and provided counseling services for inpatient facilities, intensive outpatient programs, outpatient clinics and school districts, serving children, teens, adults and families. She has extensive experience addressing various forms of trauma, grief, and loss. She is a Certified Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and is also trained to utilize Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy (EMDR). She is a Certified Anger Management Specialist (CAMS-2) and a member of the National Anger Management Association (NAMA).<\/p>\n<h3>Therapy Services<\/h3>\n<p>Counseling services are systems oriented and our therapists utilize a relational approach\u00a0with clients, incorporating Solution-Focused, Cognitive Behavioral, and Gestalt therapeutic techniques.\u00a0Interventions are research-based and shown to be effective in improving:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mood,<br \/>\nConcentration,<br \/>\nEnergy,<br \/>\nSleep,<br \/>\nCommunication,<br \/>\nImpulse control,<br \/>\nAnger Management,<br \/>\nDecision making,<br \/>\nand in addressing Alcohol and Drug use.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fifth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-2' class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '   style=' ' >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth    \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_half    \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:10px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p><em>Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms\u2014to choose one\u2019s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one\u2019s own way.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Viktor Frankl<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth    \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:10px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.counselingforallseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}