Individual psychotherapy is provided for adults and adolescents who are seeking support for a wide variety of issues and there are many theoretical orientations and modalities from which therapists approach individual counseling.
Often, this kind of therapy is referred to as "talktherapy," but that does not describe all that occurs in the counseling process. Unlike children, adults generally have the ability to explore and express through the use of verbal exchange. Therapists are therefore able to facilitate and assist clients in examining their thoughts, feelings, past experiences and possibilities for the future through verbal techniques.
All of the therapists at Marietta Counseling provide and hold a space for clients to feel at ease, to feel emotionally safe and understood. From this basis other therapeutic skills may be used to assist clients in exploring and working through what may be blocking them from feeling at ease and in balance in their lives. Some of those tools might be cognitive restructuring, challenging irrational thoughts, insight and somatic awareness, goal-setting and action-plan setting, dialectical behavior therapy, systems and internal family systems focus therapy, transactional analysis, experiential exploration, writing and artistic expression therapy, anger management focus, relaxation and stress management training, social skills facilitation and many, many other tools.
The most important thing to realize with individual counseling is that it is tailored to the individual's needs to best support the growth and healing needed and desired by the client. | 
