If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
Frank A. Clark
SERVICES
Individual Therapy
Individual Therapy
Individual Therapy
Personalized one-on-one sessions to inspire change, and/or improve the quality of life by alleviating symptom.
Couples Therapy
Individual Therapy
Individual Therapy
Couples counseling helps improve a couple's relationship by resolving conflict, increasing intimacy, respect, and trust.
Family Therapy
Individual Therapy
Family Therapy
Build stronger family relationships, improve communication, and work through difficult times as a team.
Group Therapy
Premarital Counseling
Family Therapy
Group therapy is recommended as an adjunct to individual therapy, where the individual can achieve treatment goals more quickly with the support of a group setting.
Life Coaching
Premarital Counseling
Premarital Counseling
Learn valuable skills to enhance emotional intelligence and resilience. These interactive sessions provide tools and techniques that foster self-awareness, confidence and personal growth.
Premarital Counseling
Premarital Counseling
Premarital Counseling
To guide couples to better understand themselves and to thereby make informed decisions about the marriage they are contemplating.
Clinical Internship Program
Clinical Internship Program
Clinical Internship Program
The clinical internship experience is one of the last steps in becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Essential Counseling is committed to providing interns (LCSW's, CPC's, MFT's) with a prolific and professional learning experience.
Psychoeducational Workshops
Clinical Internship Program
Clinical Internship Program
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Effective communication
- Grief and loss
- Self-love
- Stress management
- Trauma
Telehealth Services
Clinical Internship Program
Telehealth Services
Telehealth, also known as telemedicine, enables patients to access psychotherapy services remotely through a computer, tablet, or smartphone, making mental health care more accessible than ever before.
RESOURCES
Anger Warning Signs
Benefits of Journaling
Anger Warning Signs
- Becoming aggressive
- Becoming argumentative
- Clenching fists
- Face turns red
- Feeling hot
- Insulting
- Mind goes blank
- Pacing around the room
- Punching walls
- Rapid breathing
- Raising voice, or yelling
- Staring aggressively
- "Shut down" or go quiet
- Throwing things
333 Anxiety Rule
Benefits of Journaling
Anger Warning Signs
The 333 anxiety rule is a simple grounding technique used to manage anxiety symptoms.
- Three things you see: Identify and name three objects around you.
- Three things you hear: Listen to and identify three sounds in your surroundings.
- Three body parts you can move: Move three different parts of your body, such as your fingers, toes, or head.
Benefits of Journaling
Benefits of Journaling
- Helps with problem-solving
- Increases awareness
- Identifies patterns and triggers
- Improves emotional regulation
- Improves overall well-being
- Offers clarity
- Reduces stress
- Supports physical health
4-7-8 Breathing Exercise
- Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of four.
- Hold your breath for a count of seven.
- Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to a count of eight.
- That was one complete breath.
- Now, inhale again and repeat the cycle three more times for a total of four breaths.
Coping Skills for Depression
Coping Skills for Depression
- Limit social media use
- Exercise regularly
- Spend time with family and friends
- Get 7-8 hours of sleep
- Engage in hobbies, such as art, music, writing, or gardening
- Practice gratitude
- Challenge negative thoughts
- Increase dopamine and SMILE
Confidence Activity
Coping Skills for Depression
Our body language can influence how confident we feel. Striking a high-power pose for two minutes can boost your confidence. Try these poses!"
- The Gymnastic Dismount
- The Loomer
- The Obama
- The Salutation
- The Wonder Woman
- The Vanna White
- The Victory
Coping with ADHD
Unhealthy Ways of Thinking
Unhealthy Ways of Thinking
- Create a daily schedule
- Break larger tasks into smaller parts
- Set up a distraction-free work area
- Use lists and reminders
- Work for 20 minutes, then take a 5-minute break
- Lean into discomfort
- Find an accountability partner
- Move your body
- Practice healthy sleep habits
- Reward yourself
- Do a 10-minute mind dump
Unhealthy Ways of Thinking
Unhealthy Ways of Thinking
Unhealthy Ways of Thinking
- All-or-nothing thinking: Seeing things as all good or all bad.
- Catastrophizing: Expecting the worst to happen.
- Feelings as Facts: Believing your feelings are the truth.
- Fortune Telling: Thinking you know what will happen in the future and it will be bad.
- Ignoring the Good: Focusing only on the bad and ignoring the good.
- Mind Reading: Assuming you know what someone else is thinking.
- Negative Labeling: Believing your shortcomings applies to everything you do.
- Self-Blaming: Blaming yourself for for anything that goes wrong.
- Setting the Bar Too High: Thinking you must be perfect.
- "Should" statements: Expecting too much from yourself or others.
5 Stages of Grief and Loss
Unhealthy Ways of Thinking
5 Stages of Grief and Loss
- Denial: "This can’t be happening to me."
- Anger: A natural response that can be directed at oneself, others, or the disease.
- Bargaining: An attempt to negotiate or make compromises.
- Depression: Feeling too sad to do anything.
- Acceptance: Coming to terms with the loss and finding peace with what happened.
ABOUT US
OUR MISSION
Essential Counseling's mission is to provide individuals with exceptional mental health services in a safe, compassionate, and empowering environment as they embark on their path to well-being.
Clinical/Direct Supervisor and Owner of Essential Counseling
Lisa Roberson graduated with a bachelor's degree in social work in 1996 and a graduate degree in social work in 2003. After working with diverse populations for years, she completed the 3000 hours required by Nevada and 4000 hours required by Michigan to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Specialties
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Health Conditions
- Depression
- Low Self-Esteem
- Marital/Relationship Issues
- OCD
- Panic
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship issues with food
- Trauma
Our Approach
Our approach is eclectic and all treatment modalities and interventions are evidence-based. Treatment modalities that are considered evidence-based include:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Exposure Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Grief Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Solution-Focus Therapy
- The Gottman Method
Insurances Accepted
- Aetna
- Alignment
- Anthem (Comercial, Medicaid)
- BCBS
- Cigna
- Culinary
- Harmony
- HPN (HMO, Medicaid, PPO, POS)
- Humana
- Medicare
- Molina Medicaid
- Sierra Health and Life
- Select Health
- UMR
- United Healthcare
- Optum
- TriCare
No Surprises Act
You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate of what your services may cost.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Crisis Hotlines
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Dial or Text: 988
Crisis Support Services of NV
https://cssnv.org
1-800-273-8255 or
Text CARE to 839863
Crisis Text Line
www.crisistextline.org
Text HOME to 741741
Veterans Crisis Hotline
1-800-273-8255
Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org
1-866-488-7386
National Human Trafficking Hotline
help@humantraffickinghotline.org
1-888-373-7888
Text HELP to 233733 (BEFREE)
Recommended Books
- Believe It
- Building a life Worth Living
- Codependent No More
- Eat that Frog
- Let Them
- Negative Self-Talk and How to Change It
- No Mud No Lotus
- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
- The Alchemist
- The Compound Effect
- The Body Keeps the Score
- The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook
- The Greatest Salesman in the World
- The Game of Life
- The Love Addiction Workbook
- The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
- The One Thing
- The Richest Man in Babylon
- The 6 Habits of Growth
- Untamed
CONTACT US
Accepting New Patients!
Hours
By appointment only
