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Counseling Services
Our approach to counseling services rests on our acknowledgement that many emotional difficulties and other problems in living are the result of stresses in the social environment. These stresses are associated with living in a poor neighborhood, inadequate educational resources, lack of opportunity, and racism.
Our primary focus is on helping people overcome problems in living by helping them to strengthen their resistance to stress and envision new pathways to success. Toward this end, our services are designed to:
Our services take place within the context of opportunity that the Center offers to the community, and include one-on-one counseling, discussion groups, and workshops.
- facilitate new personal skills and competencies that can improve your success at work, in school, and at home
- encourage greater social, interpersonal, and self-awareness, so that you are better able to understand your own and others' feelings, as well as how the social environment is impacting you and
- provide support, advisement, and assistance with problem-solving, because having someone to talk with about your plans, concerns, and questions can help make your alternatives clearer
About one-on-one advisement and counseling
Questions, concerns, decisions, and changes are part of everyone's life. Sometimes a personal concern can feel too complicated or private to share with a friend or family member -- or friends and family may even be part of the concern. A counselor can provide a neutral, safe setting where you can talk about your feelings and thoughts, think about your options, make plans, and move toward your own goals.
What do people talk about in counseling?
People speak with a counselor for many different reasons, such as:
- Problems with school
- Decisions about work
- Problems with relationships or family
- Help with setting goals or making plans
- Feeling depressed or sad
- Grieving the loss of someone who died
- Issues or questions related to sexuality
- Feeling stressed-out or anxious
- Something you've never told anyone, but wished you could
- Anything that's on your mind
Rosemary Ordoņez-Jenkins, LMSW
Assistant Executive Director
of Adult & Family Services
(718) 620-1900 ext. 12
rordonez@phippsny.org
Last
Updated June 30, 2010