Empowering Growth Counseling Services, PLLC

It's exciting to start college and "life on your own"... and a little (or lot) scary too! Maybe now that you're here it feels overwhelming and you're wondering if you can really handle all of the new expectations that you're being faced with. Life transitions can be hard!
Often students are facing leaving their families for the first time, a demanding school schedule with a lot more work than they were expecting, the need to form new friendships or the pressure to maintain long distance relationships, and even financial independence in a new way that they haven't experienced before. Maybe these factors are leading you to feel anxious or sad much of the time. Maybe you're feeling isolated and lonely... not what you really expected from this time in your life. Or perhaps you're feeling overwhelmed trying to maintain and balance your schoolwork with your social life. You don't have to navigate these expectations or feelings on your own. There is strength in asking for support!

I'm Shani Lang a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and the owner of Empowering Growth Counseling Services, PLLC. I'd be happy to talk with you and help you figure out if I'm the right therapist for you. I believe that to be effective you need a therapist that you feel comfortable with and has the skills to help you with what you specifically are going through right now. I offer a free 20-minute consultation to help us figure out if that's me. If I'm not the right therapist for you though, that's ok, I'd be happy to give you some referrals to hopefully find the one that is. If it is me then we can set up your first appointment and start working towards helping you feel like school, your relationships, and your life as a whole are manageable and enjoyable! Feel free to reach out to me now or learn more about the services I can offer to you at www.EmpoweringGrowthCounseling.com.