John D. Hawkins Jr., M.S., C.A.P., Registered Mental Health Intern One of the first questions I ask every new client is, “Have you ever been to counseling before.” Some answer they have, and they found it helpful. Others respond with incredulous tales of their former therapist checking messages on their Iphone during session or telling… Read More

John D. Hawkins Jr., M.S., C.A.P., Registered Mental Health Intern People enter counseling with a variety of complaints: depression, anxiety, addiction, and relationship conflicts. As I attempt to assist each individual with these issues, a primary contributing factor I frequently identify is an individual engaging in behaviors that were once adaptive but now have the… Read More

John D. Hawkins Jr., M.S., C.A.P., Registered Mental Health Intern One of the realities of being human is projecting previous relationships onto current ones. In individual therapy, this manifests when a client engages in assumptions regarding the therapist’s feelings towards the client and reacts to these suppositions; in psychology this is know as transference. A… Read More