Positive Psychology Therapists in Chapel Hill, NC
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Positive Psychology is designed to increase positive emotions and overall wellness.
My goal with each session is for us to work through your needs, for you to leave feeling good, and that you can take action in your life. I help people experiencing relationship issues, trauma, divorce, major life transitions, depression, anxiety, low self-confidence, OCD, and disability. Through life experience and a passion for understanding how the mind works and human behavior, I am an effective therapist because I can help you identify unnoticed behavior patterns, facilitate behavior change, and offer new perspectives.
Positive Psychology is designed to increase positive emotions and overall wellness.
My goal with each session is for us to work through your needs, for you to leave feeling good, and that you can take action in your life. I help people experiencing relationship issues, trauma, divorce, major life transitions, depression, anxiety, low self-confidence, OCD, and disability. Through life experience and a passion for understanding how the mind works and human behavior, I am an effective therapist because I can help you identify unnoticed behavior patterns, facilitate behavior change, and offer new perspectives.
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Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Chapel Hill
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor
Verified Verified
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Popular approaches include CBT, DBT, EMDR, Christian Counseling, PCT, Motivational Interviewing, EFT, Positive Psychology, Psychodynamic therapy, Relational therapy, Narrative therapy, and more.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
Popular approaches include CBT, DBT, EMDR, Christian Counseling, PCT, Motivational Interviewing, EFT, Positive Psychology, Psychodynamic therapy, Relational therapy, Narrative therapy, and more.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
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I utilize a person-centered and strengths-based approach, as well as mindfulness and positive psychology principles.
My approach in working with you is strengths-based and based on the laws of attraction, our power to live more intentionally and more connected with the universe to create a life that we both desire and deserve. As humans, we all share the basic desires of love, wanting to be loved and self-fulfillment. Maybe you've been feeling burned out and at the end of your rope? You may have a strong desire to realize your potential and purpose, but don't know where to start. Well, you've definitely come to the right place. I offer counseling services and life coaching that is intentional and unique to your specific needs.
I utilize a person-centered and strengths-based approach, as well as mindfulness and positive psychology principles.
My approach in working with you is strengths-based and based on the laws of attraction, our power to live more intentionally and more connected with the universe to create a life that we both desire and deserve. As humans, we all share the basic desires of love, wanting to be loved and self-fulfillment. Maybe you've been feeling burned out and at the end of your rope? You may have a strong desire to realize your potential and purpose, but don't know where to start. Well, you've definitely come to the right place. I offer counseling services and life coaching that is intentional and unique to your specific needs.
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I espouse a growth mindset and use positive psychology techniques to build awareness, sharpen skills, and teach new ones in the service of creating a mindset and environment to help people thrive.
Are you looking for a performance edge, to find your lost edge, or better support someone in pursuit of their goals? Whether you are an athlete, coach, high-performer, or sport parent, my clients are often looking to feel better about their performances, more self-confident, more comfortable with transitions up or down, better at navigating competition and organizational pressures, overcome/manage injury, separate identity from outcome, solidify motivation, and better support their athletes. Whether it is life affecting performance or vice-versa, you can optimize your mindset, overcome challenges, and learn skills for a lifetime.
I espouse a growth mindset and use positive psychology techniques to build awareness, sharpen skills, and teach new ones in the service of creating a mindset and environment to help people thrive.
Are you looking for a performance edge, to find your lost edge, or better support someone in pursuit of their goals? Whether you are an athlete, coach, high-performer, or sport parent, my clients are often looking to feel better about their performances, more self-confident, more comfortable with transitions up or down, better at navigating competition and organizational pressures, overcome/manage injury, separate identity from outcome, solidify motivation, and better support their athletes. Whether it is life affecting performance or vice-versa, you can optimize your mindset, overcome challenges, and learn skills for a lifetime.
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Jarrett McGinnis
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
You’ve known easier times, or you know they’re out there and you’re looking for them. You're taking action to feel better in the face of challenge and that’s a big deal. You deserve the support of someone familiar with challenging times. The empathy and proactive engagement you'll come to expect in your work with me, come from a place of understanding the urgency for resolution that accompanies pain. You have the capacity to learn and grow in the ways necessary to find relief, peace of mind, connection with others, and a sense of competence in the activities that are important to you.
You’ve known easier times, or you know they’re out there and you’re looking for them. You're taking action to feel better in the face of challenge and that’s a big deal. You deserve the support of someone familiar with challenging times. The empathy and proactive engagement you'll come to expect in your work with me, come from a place of understanding the urgency for resolution that accompanies pain. You have the capacity to learn and grow in the ways necessary to find relief, peace of mind, connection with others, and a sense of competence in the activities that are important to you.
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Andrea Shaw
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MFT, MCC
Verified Verified
Chapel Hill, NC 27517 (Online Only)
Are you anxious or depressed? Going through a transition and needing support? Have a health issue that's hard to manage? If you are in the midst of changes or struggling with feelings and thoughts that interfere with your relationships, productivity, or sense of well-being, let's talk. Together we can focus on resolving problems and improving your life with practical solutions, and through cultivating self-understanding and focusing on what's most important to you.
Are you anxious or depressed? Going through a transition and needing support? Have a health issue that's hard to manage? If you are in the midst of changes or struggling with feelings and thoughts that interfere with your relationships, productivity, or sense of well-being, let's talk. Together we can focus on resolving problems and improving your life with practical solutions, and through cultivating self-understanding and focusing on what's most important to you.
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Lysle E Betts
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCMHC , NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
If you are drawn to life's big questions, to wholistic approaches, to self reflection, to relational depth, to issues of meaning and purpose, & view people as too complex to fit in neat & easy categories, then the type of therapy I practice might be appealing & appropriate for you. Person-centered, depth-oriented individual psychotherapy is what I have practiced since 1995. It is an honor to aid my clients in the journey inward that can help their inner & outer lives become/be rich and satisfying experiences of growth & discovery, that generate ever deepening self understanding, life satisfaction, & passionate engagement with life.
If you are drawn to life's big questions, to wholistic approaches, to self reflection, to relational depth, to issues of meaning and purpose, & view people as too complex to fit in neat & easy categories, then the type of therapy I practice might be appealing & appropriate for you. Person-centered, depth-oriented individual psychotherapy is what I have practiced since 1995. It is an honor to aid my clients in the journey inward that can help their inner & outer lives become/be rich and satisfying experiences of growth & discovery, that generate ever deepening self understanding, life satisfaction, & passionate engagement with life.
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Amy Marie Royals
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, CCM
Verified Verified
Chapel Hill, NC 27516 (Online Only)
Healing our souls and achieving emotional wellness and stability is a journey, beginning with the step one first takes to address life stressors and changes, mental health concerns, trauma and/or grief related concerns to move toward living life more fully and with a sense of gratitude and greater understanding. I am passionate about working with clients toward this pursuit of positive change, emotional wellness, healing and stability.
Healing our souls and achieving emotional wellness and stability is a journey, beginning with the step one first takes to address life stressors and changes, mental health concerns, trauma and/or grief related concerns to move toward living life more fully and with a sense of gratitude and greater understanding. I am passionate about working with clients toward this pursuit of positive change, emotional wellness, healing and stability.
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Finding the right help in times of stress, conflict, fear, and emptiness is important, even if it is difficult. Choosing a counselor is about finding someone you feel confident can understand you where you are, and that you trust to help find the path forward. The people I serve value my openness, compassion, curiosity, insight and calm. If you are struggling with trauma, stress, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, or feeling worthless, then I would like to help you find the pathways to healing that best work for you.
Finding the right help in times of stress, conflict, fear, and emptiness is important, even if it is difficult. Choosing a counselor is about finding someone you feel confident can understand you where you are, and that you trust to help find the path forward. The people I serve value my openness, compassion, curiosity, insight and calm. If you are struggling with trauma, stress, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, or feeling worthless, then I would like to help you find the pathways to healing that best work for you.
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I moved to North Carolina from the Northwest in 2018 and am considered a true generalist. This means I have over 10,000 hours of experience helping children, adolescents, and adults with the myriad concerns that bring them to therapy (see the specialty list below): however, my areas of expertise are in trauma, anxiety, improving interpersonal relationship dynamics, and performance improvement. I enjoy working with health care professionals, athletes, teachers, and professors working toward tenure. I currently have one weekly opening.
I moved to North Carolina from the Northwest in 2018 and am considered a true generalist. This means I have over 10,000 hours of experience helping children, adolescents, and adults with the myriad concerns that bring them to therapy (see the specialty list below): however, my areas of expertise are in trauma, anxiety, improving interpersonal relationship dynamics, and performance improvement. I enjoy working with health care professionals, athletes, teachers, and professors working toward tenure. I currently have one weekly opening.
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Dr. Nicole A. Engel
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (Online Only)
Would you like to feel less stressed and anxious? Do you want increased confidence and self-esteem? Are you seeking happier relationships? These changes are possible for you. Let's work together to empower you to feel better about yourself and your life.
Would you like to feel less stressed and anxious? Do you want increased confidence and self-esteem? Are you seeking happier relationships? These changes are possible for you. Let's work together to empower you to feel better about yourself and your life.
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Sasha Morphis
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-A
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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I am committed to working with children, teenagers, and young adults to overcome obstacles in their lives. I create a safe and compassionate environment where individuals can explore their issues and increase their well-being and quality of life. My primary approach to therapy is collaborative, and I believe each person's needs are unique and require a different framework. My work is grounded in respect, empathy, and compassion. My goal is to make sure every client leaves feeling empowered and well educated to tackle the various challenges that can arise in their lives.
I am committed to working with children, teenagers, and young adults to overcome obstacles in their lives. I create a safe and compassionate environment where individuals can explore their issues and increase their well-being and quality of life. My primary approach to therapy is collaborative, and I believe each person's needs are unique and require a different framework. My work is grounded in respect, empathy, and compassion. My goal is to make sure every client leaves feeling empowered and well educated to tackle the various challenges that can arise in their lives.
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Hi, my name is Eleri (rhymes with “celery”)! I am a child and adolescent mental health therapist specialized in developmental and psychiatric disabilities. While I am rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), I integrate elements of several modalities including dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, play therapy, and adventure/experiential therapy into my practice. My primary focus is providing individual psychotherapy to children, teens, and college students (ages 5 to 25).
Hi, my name is Eleri (rhymes with “celery”)! I am a child and adolescent mental health therapist specialized in developmental and psychiatric disabilities. While I am rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), I integrate elements of several modalities including dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, play therapy, and adventure/experiential therapy into my practice. My primary focus is providing individual psychotherapy to children, teens, and college students (ages 5 to 25).
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Kendra A. Surmitis
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, PhD, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
My name is Dr. Kendra A. Surmitis, and I provide a comfortable, private space for individuals seeking personalized counseling, mindfulness, dream work, and psychoanalysis. Do you wonder about the impact of your early relationships on your ability to enjoy your life and relationships today? Are you interested to learn more about your personality and avenues for greater life fulfillment? We will work together to find meaningful answers to your deepest questions while supporting your quality of life. I invite you to visit my practice website for information and to contact me for a complimentary consultation.
My name is Dr. Kendra A. Surmitis, and I provide a comfortable, private space for individuals seeking personalized counseling, mindfulness, dream work, and psychoanalysis. Do you wonder about the impact of your early relationships on your ability to enjoy your life and relationships today? Are you interested to learn more about your personality and avenues for greater life fulfillment? We will work together to find meaningful answers to your deepest questions while supporting your quality of life. I invite you to visit my practice website for information and to contact me for a complimentary consultation.
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I whole-heartedly believe that you are the expert on you! I hold the framework in our work together that you contain the inner wisdom around what you need for healing and growth. My role is to help you identify, strengthen, and listen to that inner guidance. At times this inner-knowing can become muted or distorted.
I whole-heartedly believe that you are the expert on you! I hold the framework in our work together that you contain the inner wisdom around what you need for healing and growth. My role is to help you identify, strengthen, and listen to that inner guidance. At times this inner-knowing can become muted or distorted.
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Are you a generally healthy person, looking for guidance in how to live your life in the healthiest and happiest way? Whether your challenges are in the realm of finances, relationships, work satisfaction, anxiety, or depression, transpersonal counseling can help you! If you are looking for a therapist that can include your spiritual beliefs and include those in your treatment, and if you enjoy varied approaches to mental health and happiness such as art, yoga, and meditation, I might be the therapist for you!
Are you a generally healthy person, looking for guidance in how to live your life in the healthiest and happiest way? Whether your challenges are in the realm of finances, relationships, work satisfaction, anxiety, or depression, transpersonal counseling can help you! If you are looking for a therapist that can include your spiritual beliefs and include those in your treatment, and if you enjoy varied approaches to mental health and happiness such as art, yoga, and meditation, I might be the therapist for you!
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I see my job as supporting people in stepping into lives of consciousness, authenticity, meaning, and joy - whatever that looks like for each particular person. My focus is primarily with people who are dealing with grief, addiction / recovery, and/or aging, although many of my clients are outside these particular categories but yet are longing for a deeper life. To get there, healing has to happen first. Trauma needs to be addressed. Beliefs, communication styles, and relationship patterns that are limiting need to be considered and reformulated. Stressors and anxiety needs to be managed. This is the path we travel together.
I see my job as supporting people in stepping into lives of consciousness, authenticity, meaning, and joy - whatever that looks like for each particular person. My focus is primarily with people who are dealing with grief, addiction / recovery, and/or aging, although many of my clients are outside these particular categories but yet are longing for a deeper life. To get there, healing has to happen first. Trauma needs to be addressed. Beliefs, communication styles, and relationship patterns that are limiting need to be considered and reformulated. Stressors and anxiety needs to be managed. This is the path we travel together.
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Alexandria Bounds
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (Online Only)
Alex Bounds is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Addiction Specialist with over 5 years in the mental health field. Alex has found a passion for supporting people who struggle with ADHD, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma/PTSD, and life transitions. Alex is also an Addiction Specialist and has experience helping people create and maintain an effective recovery plan, as well as people treating people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder who want to increase their independence through coping skills and building resiliency. Alex received a Bachelor's and Master's in Social Work from Western Carolina University.
Alex Bounds is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Addiction Specialist with over 5 years in the mental health field. Alex has found a passion for supporting people who struggle with ADHD, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma/PTSD, and life transitions. Alex is also an Addiction Specialist and has experience helping people create and maintain an effective recovery plan, as well as people treating people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder who want to increase their independence through coping skills and building resiliency. Alex received a Bachelor's and Master's in Social Work from Western Carolina University.
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I help men of all ages work through social, romantic, family, and career challenges by improving their sense of meaning, knowledge, and self awareness during difficult times. Many of my clients suffer from mental health symptoms (general or social anxiety, depression, anger) that have negative effects on their self esteem and relationships. This creates a feedback loop that feels difficult to break, but is possible to overcome with the right environment, guidance, and an openness to change.
I help men of all ages work through social, romantic, family, and career challenges by improving their sense of meaning, knowledge, and self awareness during difficult times. Many of my clients suffer from mental health symptoms (general or social anxiety, depression, anger) that have negative effects on their self esteem and relationships. This creates a feedback loop that feels difficult to break, but is possible to overcome with the right environment, guidance, and an openness to change.
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Beatrice Andres
Licensed Professional Counselor, SEP, LCMHC, NCC, Somatic
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), and a Transforming Touch® Therapist.
I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), and a Transforming Touch® Therapist.
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Positive Psychology Therapists
How does positive psychology therapy work?
Positive psychology therapy derives from the work of Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania. He and others developed the field of positive psychology building on humanistic theory. Positive psychology therapy is similar to acceptance and commitment therapy, and it essentially quiets emotional distress through positivity, contentment, and well-being. This therapy does not reduce the individual to symptoms and conditions.
When do I know if I need treatment using positive psychology?
If an individual is overwhelmed by emotional distress and general negativity, they may feel trapped. A positive psychology therapist can help them view their emotions and behaviors differently, and approach life with a better understanding of their positive strengths. This therapy can provide an individual with the coping skills needed for a healthier and more constructive life.
What should I expect from positive psychology therapy?
The patient may be asked to explore their signature strengths. The therapist will also ask the individual to talk about their goals, which should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely. Discussing negative experiences and symptoms is important, but so is the exploration of positive experiences. The objective is to identify and lessen negative thoughts and behaviors and move toward optimal health and productivity. The individual will see life in a more positive and fulfilling way. This therapy is proactive and may use forgiveness, gratitude, hope, and compassion to help reframe negativity.
Is positive psychology effective in therapy?
Positive psychology therapy is evidence-based and effective. One study found that people with eating disorders benefit from this type of intervention. This therapy encourages the person to reframe their distressed thoughts and move into healthier patterns of functioning. This therapy also aims to move an individual toward what works well in their life. Positive psychology therapy can elicit lifelong change, with higher levels of satisfaction, less stress, as well as positive emotional and behavioral habits.