Hi, I'm Dave Jaskolski a Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor. LMFT. I graduated from JFK University with a degree in Counseling and Transpersonal Psychology. I have worked for over 26 years at Antioch Children's Behavioral Health. I have worked with Chidren, Adolesents and their families with serious symptoms and challenges such as: PTSD &trauma-related issues, ADHD/ learning disorders and school related IEP's, Self-harming/cutting/suicidal ideation and attempts, foster children, attachment issues, aggression/ anger issues. autistic spectrum issues. I have taught and supervised interns in training to become therapists. I lead Multi-Family Dialectical Behavior Therapy Group. I also trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Bhehavior Therapy.
In our first session, we will get to know where you are at and where you want to go and grow. We will get clarity about what you want and what are the obstacles preventing you from achieiving your most important goals.
I have found and studied the most powerful ideas in human transformation throughout my life. I love sharing, teaching and helping others to grow, transform and end thier suffering.
Currently, I am interested in working with cleint's who are retiring from their employment and transitioning to a living the rest of their life by design. I call this "Inspirement" versus retirement and have written a book, "Inspired not Retired." Anyone seeking more meaning and purpose and creating a life worth living is my ideal client. "if life is for living, What is living for?" The Kinks
By seeing your identity as consciousness allow one to become a watchful awareness of the events happening around you and the meanings that you are creating about them. This allows you to become the creator of you life rather than a victim of circumstances. This is the highest level of access to rapid therapeutic transformation.
Becoming aware of the meaning we are giving to events, our thoughts, our self-talk allows one to change and let go those beliefs which are not effective and are disempowering. We can change our thinking to change our feelings which changes our actions and delivers us positive results.
Learn and practice the skills: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Middle Path to create a "Life Worth Living!"