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part of their lifestyle.
The business practices include: • Boundary setting. • Setting expectations. • Being empathetic, caring, transparent, and genuine.
• Working towards zero suicide. • Clients’ improved quality of life.
Insurance, EAP, and private pay are accepted at Life Balance Counseling. At Life Balance Counseling, talk therapy with adult clients, individuals, couples, groups, and families is completed—a place for clients to be themselves for themselves. Understanding that they matter and must pour into themselves, working towards self-fulfillment and self-efficacy before assisting others. On a more significant level for clients, increased life (decreased depression), no incarcerations (emotional regulation and reduced fear-based decision making), refraining from violence and volatility, and building happiness are included in Life Balance Counseling’s mission. Life Balance Counseling’s goal is to be a light of love with understanding and a change agent, rewriting the narrative of what crazy is by destigmatizing seeking support for mental health concerns. Crazy is not seeking support or treatment when it benefits a person. Crazy is not utilizing resources available to enhance and enrich people’s quality of life. Interventive methods and treatment are ways to work towards optimal health and a sound mind. There is no shame in seeking support and meeting health needs and concerns. Life Balance Counseling may be where you seek counseling, get referrals, or consult about mental health needs. You are not alone and should not be ashamed. No concern is too big or too small. Mental health concerns may be mild, moderate, or severe. The correct treatment for the correct symptom will make a difference. Healthy therapists relate and have been in the seat as therapy clients with the
Janelle Johnson (Photo: Life Balance Counseling)
Life Balance Counseling Mental Health Private Practice Life Balance Counseling Mental Health Private Practice was formed in 2011 by Janelle Johnson. Janelle Johnson is a Colorado native who understands the need for an accurate mental/ behavioral health diagnosis, so people get the appropriate and accurate mental health treatment. Janelle is a licensed professional counselor and nationally certified counselor. Life Balance Counseling is a Black Women Owned Business. While Life Balance Counseling Counselors work with men, women, and other gender identities with a diverse population portfolio, representing served and unserved populations is paramount. Life Balance Counseling began to see the most significant call to action during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. This was the turning point for the business, seeing vast cultures of people from all races and socioeconomic groups looking for support about loss, stressors, health, family, political unrest, disparities, social injustices, conflict, comorbidity, co-occurring, diagnosed, and undiagnosed health concerns. It was a time of unrest for the first-time therapy client and the person who utilizes health treatment options as By JANELLE JOHNSON
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