My name is Noel Hartough and I am a person with a lot of lived experience with anxiety (spiritual and career). Anxiety and the success I had through work I did in therapy led to me becoming a therapist. I grew up around gray area drinking, family squabbles and being the introspective kid at the lunch table. I happen to be a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida. I work with adolescents during the day and adults in the evenings. I believe that we are largely the result of our beliefs.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
I am blessed to be able to put people at ease fairly quickly. I bring a light air to sessions, but when it's right, I am direct. I believe in what I refer to as "having the real conversations that need to be had". I love creating an environment where people suddenly develop the courage to be honest without fear or reprisal or judgement. I seem to do well at getting people to believe good things about themselves as a part of the proceedings as well. I like to give at least one mini-task or goal, each session. I want people to experience positive movement quickly, instead of just talking with no progress.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I think reading the room, knowing what to say (or ask) and when to do so. I am blessed with an ability to connect dots for people and put things in a way that it truly resonates with them. I know how to get people to say what they really want to say but are afraid to. I am blessed to have great rapport with my clients; it seems to come naturally.
About Noel Hartough
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I tried it myself in counseling and it actually helped my anxiety and fearfulness. I find with clients and patients that getting down to core beliefs and looking at them with an open mind, really starts to help people feel and think better pretty quickly.
Faith based therapy
As a person of faith, I have found it's very difficult to separate ourselves from what we believe about the world in terms of spirituality. I believe there is such a thing as spiritual anxiety, and it must be addressed as such. What we believe about the purpose of ourselves and others will affect how we react on a daily basis.
Narrative
I learned as an addiction therapist the power of journaling and narrating one's story. Even the most introspective, self-aware people can be unaware of how events in their life have shaped how the respond to life as an adult. Every time we focus on a person's narration, we find something that helps them improve.