About Us
MESSAGE FROM DR. SNIPES
Welcome. Dr-Is-In was created to provide tele-coaching and counseling to people in the convenience of their own homes. Many people claim to be online therapists, but I encourage you to check their credentials to make sure they are licensed in their state or certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors or a similar counseling organization. I have my PhD in counseling and education, am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and Nationally Certified Counselor specializing in life coaching, brief therapy and motivational interviewing. (Online counseling with an licensed/certified professional is a medical expense and is therefore tax-deductible.)
I have been providing online counseling and education online, face-to-face and via telephone for over a decade. During which time I have found that, although every patient is a bit different, there are certain basic principles that remain the same. . .
For people to be able to make a positive change, they need to use approaches that match their personality and meet their individual needs.
A small change in your way of thinking, way of feeling, social interactions, environment, physical activities and/or eating and sleeping habits will have big effects to help you get on your way.
You can do one or two things really well or do a lot of things half-way. Pick one or two areas to make a change and you will usually experience positive changes in most (if not all) other areas of your life.
People choose the best/most rewarding course of action they can based on the tools they have at any point in time. This is the hardest part for most people to wrap their minds around, but it is the most basic principle of behavior modification. Even if, on the surface, the behavior seems counterproductive and hurtful, there are benefits. Until you identify those benefits and find other ways of reaping the same rewards, you will not change.
Most people find that lack of motivation, depression, anxiety, anger etc. revolves around six basic fears: loss of control, the unknown, rejection, isolation, failure (or success) and death. We do whatever we can to avoid these feelings and when we cannot avoid them, sometimes they consume us. In your coaching sessions, you will learn practical ways to deal with these issues.
People see all the reasons why they “should” change, but often fail to take into account all the reasons they do not want to change. It goes back to that reward. What is the benefit of this behavior or feeling? What is it protecting me from or getting for me? If you try to take away that behavior and replace it with something that does not meet the same need with the same intensity, you will FAIL! It is kind of like replacing chocolate with celery when you go on a diet. It just doesn’t quite getcha there.
All that being said, I look forward to a very productive relationship.
~Dr. Snipes