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    Philosophy of Counseling

I think of people that come for counseling as being out of sync in some
important way with their life circumstances. They are struggling with an
interpersonal issue or they may be using repetitious ways of living that once
served them, but that are now problematic and self-limiting. Adverse effects
of trauma experiences, including childhood abuse and domestic violence,
may be affecting their ability to respond effectively to otherwise normal
events even years after the abuse ended.

Change involves helping you to undo the harmful results of faulty learning,
emotional hurts, and misinformation that have generated repetitious ways of
living that no longer serve you. The process of change begins by defining the
issues, addressing connected thoughts and feelings, understanding how
these issues show up in different contexts (work, school, family, intimate
relationships), and developing strategies for resolving them. The goal being to
free you from the constraints of the problem and the emotional history that
generated it.

This process necessitates a safe environment in which you can feel valued
and respected, and  your difficulties viewed simply as the result of the kinds
of untoward experiences mentioned above. In such an environment, you will
develop the safety to examine all assumptions, attitudes and motivations
that place limits on the potentialities for your life and to explore new ways of
being. .

I am guided by an integrative philosophy that draws on all the major schools
of psychology. I provide options that include evidence based practices for
depression, anxiety and trauma. My counseling philosophy and approach is
grounded in compassion, mutual respect and trust.
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Steve Hammil MA, LMHC
206-661-2854
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You cannot find peace
by avoiding life
- Virginnia Wolfe


Not everything that is
faced can be changed.
But nothing can be
changed that is not
faced  
― James Baldwin
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Steve Hammil Counseling
1730 Minor Ave  Ste. 1140
Seattle, WA  98101
206-661-2854  
steve@stevehammil.com
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