Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
If I had only one piece of advice to share it would be that as human beings we only have one opportunity to experience the universe, and that is in our lifetime. We all have the power to make that experience an amazing journey, lived in gratitude and with positive emotions. My career in mental health/addictions counseling began 25 years ago in mid life. I am very fortunate to have made this career transition. It allowed me to align with an important value of mine, giving something back to the world. Also, I have experienced enormous personal benefit through the changes in my own thinking that lead me to live in gratitude, acceptance and serenity. My career began in business and education, and eventually I was part of a business startup that failed. I became depressed as my business was failing, and for the first time in my life I reached out for help to a therapist. My therapist helped me see that my depression was a result of me extrapolating the business failure to believing I was a personal failure. This experience of how changing one’s perspective/attitude about life events can totally shift one’s emotional outcome was powerful and life changing. I wanted to be able to help people challenge their own self defeating beliefs and think more effectively and live their lives more effectively. My primary counseling focus is in Cognitive and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy. My training in psychology and addiction counseling has enabled me to be of service to my clients as well changing my own thinking. While we are all going to experience some pain, loss and suffering, with tools and motivation we can work through the negative emotions and get back to positive emotions and make our life journey a better one. Identifying our own values and living according to those values is another key to more happiness and positive emotions. I have embraced spirituality in my life. Living in gratitude and honoring the gift of life by taking the best care on one’s physical, emotional and spiritual health leads to an awesome life journey.
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Richard Goldin is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois, holding an LCSW credential with license number 149 – 009159, and he brings 23 years of experience to his work. He transitioned into mental health and addictions counseling in midlife after earlier careers in business and education; during that period a business startup failed and he experienced depression for the first time, which led him to seek help from a therapist. That personal experience of how shifting perspective can alter emotional outcomes motivated him to support others in challenging self-defeating beliefs and improving how they think and live.
His primary clinical approach centers on Cognitive and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and his training in psychology and addiction counseling informs his practice. He focuses on helping people develop practical skills and the motivation to move through pain, loss, and suffering back toward more positive emotional states. For Richard, identifying personal values and living in accordance with them is a key path to greater well-being.
Richard also embraces spirituality in his own life, and he encourages attention to physical, emotional, and spiritual health as part of honoring the gift of life and cultivating gratitude, acceptance, and serenity.
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