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Leadem
Counseling & Consulting Services, P.C. is staffed by a highly
trained clinical team with proven expertise in treating the following
problem areas: drug and alcohol addiction, co-dependency, gambling
addiction, eating disorders, and sexual addiction. Online
Counseling Services are available through several Online
Counseling modalities to addresses the needs of individuals
seeking help in the areas of marriage and family counseling as
well as child and adolescent counseling.
Leadem
Counseling & Consulting Services began offering Online
Counseling Services to provide an additional resource
for our existing clients. However, interest in the service by
first time clients led to our decision to open the service to
individuals who would prefer the confidentially and convenience
it offers.
Online
Counseling
Services are offered through the following modalities:
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One In The Spirit: A Meditation
Course for Recovering Couples
by John & Elaine Leadem
These
daily meditations are intended to provide you with emotional
and spiritual support helpful in growing a stronger relationship.
The daily meditations can be used privately or with your
partner. It is our suggestion that each partner read the
daily meditations privately and reflect on its meaning in
his/her own life.
Find this and other books
in our Self-Help
Store
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Online
Counseling Individual Email
Response
This
Online Counseling Service is designed to respond
to a single question that is both brief and narrow in focus.
Typical Question
for Individual Email Response
Incoming Question:
I have been experiencing
a great deal of difficulty responding to my spouse when she
is disappointed with me. I get frightened and generally pick
a fight to shift the focus. What would you suggest that I do
to avoid the fight as it almost immediately ends all communication
and leads to a "cold war" that goes on for days.
Out
Going Response:
It might be helpful
for you to consider the following:
If your wife's
disappointment in you is related to some failure on your part
to be responsible, you might spend some time really listening
to her disappointment. In doing so you might understand her
points and acknowledge that you will need to look at her input
on your own or with a third party to avoid defending yourself
and fueling your discomfort, which is likely to give rise to
greater anger.
Once you
are removed from the scene, you could examine closely whether
or not her input has merit. If it does, prepare an amends to
her which includes your understanding of the defects of character
which are generating your irresponsible behavior. Prepare a
plan for what you are going to change to ensure that you will
honor your commitments. Present the plan to her and ask for
her forgiveness. The actions you take to claim responsibility
for your behavior will bring you great rewards.
Monthly Unlimited
Email Responses
The monthly email Counseling
Services Online through our internet counseling
service is to designed to provide clients with an unlimited
access to therapeutic input. You will be permitted to send an
unlimited number of email inquiries or items to be addressed.
Responses Counseling Services Online submissions
will be returned to you within 48 hours of receipt.
Individual Instant
Messenger Session
Instant Messenger Counseling
Services Online sessions are easy arrange. We are able
to utilize AOL Instant Messenger and Windows Messenger programs.
Contact us for a session and we will
let you know what screen name you can arrange to accept from
us.

Internet Counseling
Assessment for Existing Clients
- Contact
us and outline the problem you would like to discuss and
we will let you know if internet counseling is an appropriate
way to go. If it is not an acceptable therapeutic approach to
the problem, we will suggest other approaches.
- If Online
Counseling is an appropriate match for the issue you
want help with, we will set up an account for you or your family
following an initial phone assessment.
- The rate for
the initial phone assessment will be $90 and charges for the
call will be your responsibility. You will be billed for the
assessment fee by mail following an agreement to continue into
internet counseling. If you are not interested in proceeding,
you will not be charged the assessment fee. Your only cost will
be that of the phone call.

Online Couneling
Services for New Clients
- Follow the same
procedures as existing clients but will be asked to complete
a questionnaire to obtain background information which we will
email to your address.
- If we agree
to proceed, you will be asked to pay for internet counseling
services in advance of the session or response to your email
inquiries unless other arrangements have been made. Fee information
can be reviewed at the Fees for Service
page.
- When arranging
for your confidential email account, we will develop passwords
for you to use to authenticate your inquiry and every effort
will be made to conceal your identity if you request to increase
your privacy protection.
- You will be
free to terminate your Online Counseling Services
at any time and overpayments, if any, will be promptly returned
to you.
- We expect that
email inquires focus on one issue or problem only. If your problem
has numerous focal points we will create an overview of how
the interconnecting problems could be addressed. This might
require multiple email inquires and responses. If you have arranged
for a monthly fee, your inquires will be unlimited. You can
also arrange, at a reduced rate, for a series of email sessions
that are paid for in advance.
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