During the course of our lives we have to make several if not hundreds of adjustments.  Adjustments are difficult and sometimes they can cause stress, fear and even depression.  Another word for adjustment is, change.  Change is not always easy.  A lot of individuals and families have a difficult time with change.  If you notice that a lot of things in your life are changing and you have to make a lot of adjustments, counseling may help make these adjustments a little bit easier.

Our goal in life is to progress and live the best life we can.  In order to do that, we need make many adjustments during our journey.  At times we are happy to
make adjustments because it means something good is happening.  Other times making those adjustments seems impossible.  Sometimes in a blink of an eye something happens and we are expected to react and make an adjustment quicker than we may have thought.

During those difficult moments of change, adjustments or transitions, we here at New Hope are here to help.  We can help support you during this difficult time.  We can offer you different ways to help make the adjustment easier for you, your child and or your family.

A few life situations that may can a need for adjustment:

• New school
• Moving
• Divorce
• Step families
• College
• Graduation
• Marriage
• Re-marriage
• Moving home
• Moving our of your parents home
• Becoming a care taker

Anything at anytime can happen that would cause you to have to make an adjustment.  Some things are planned and other things are not.  When you take someone out of his or her comfort zone things can become scary.  When parents get remarried, it is an adjustment for the whole family.  It may be difficult at first but with time things get easier.  That’s why we are here, to help you during these scary, frustrating and confusing adjustments.