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Are You Wondering if Therapy is For You?
How to Choose the Therapist that is the Right Fit For You
Payment Possibilities to Get Therapy at Carolina Counseling Services
Paying for Therapy (or Copays) Using Your Credit Card
Basic Information about Using Credit Card as Payment for Therapy
What to Expect on Your First Visit
When You’re Out of Cash and Needing Therapy
Depression Counseling Articles
Is Depression Destroying Your Relationship?
Depression Bed Demon: When Isolation Feels Heavy
When Depression and Anxiety Feel like a Tag-Team: Understanding the “Twin Struggle”
Moving Beyond Hopelessness: Finding Hope and Healing
Can Psychiatric Medications Treat Seasonal Affective Disorder
Anhedonia: Can you Find Joy Again?
Triggers to Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Summer
Can Summer Time Trigger Mental Health Symptoms?
How Can Treatment for my Depression Help My Family?
Learn the Facts: The First Step in Overcoming Depression
The Help that Matters when Winter Makes you SAD
Unwrapping the Birthday Blues with Counseling
Getting Past Post Partum Depression
Finding Help to Feel Better When you are Hurting Inside
Do you Suffer from Hopelessness?
Depression: What’s your “Enemy” like?
Can I Experience Joy Again with Counseling?
Anxiety and Panic Counseling Articles
Taming the Anxiety Beast: Understanding and Managing Anxiety
Anxiety Doesn’t Have to Hold you Back at Any Age
Agoraphobia and Panic Disorder
Understanding Anxiety: A Step Toward a Better Life
Understanding Teen Anxiety and Fear to Better Help Them
Freeing Your Marriage from the Negativity of Anxiety
Ending Anxiety Masquerading as Disruptive Behavior
Controlling Anxiety/Fear/Phobia/OCD With Help
Grief and Loss Counseling Articles
Looking Beyond Grief and Loss with Professional Guidance
Behavior and Disorders
Adjustment Disorder: What is it?
Understanding Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in Children
Moving Through Adolescence: Adjustment, Stress, and Therapy Support
Why are Behavioral Health Skills Important for Children?
Preventing Adjustment Issues from Snowballing
Improving Academic Performance
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)?
Bullying: What are the Warning Signs?
Surviving the Challenges of Mood Disorders
Stabilizing Your Mood with Counseling
The Six Types of Adjustment Disorders: Are you Struggling to Adjust to Major Life Changes?
Frequent “No”: Could it Be Oppositional Defiant Disorder?
Facing the Challenge of Raising an Adolescent with Chronic Oppositional Defiance
Military Life
How Deployments Affect Military Families and How Treatment can help
Feeling the Stresses of PCS Moves? Counseling Can Help
Facing the Challenges of Military Life
Keeping Up with the Changes Brought on by Deployment
Military Spouses: Seeing PCS in a New Light
Meeting the Challenges of the First PCS
The First PCS: Embracing the Challenges
Surviving Loneliness and Single Parenting During Deployments
The Invisible Wounds of Military Children
What Each PCS Move Means to Your Child
Enjoying Fresh Opportunities After a PCS
Medication Management Articles
Psychiatric Medication Management Providers
The Mental Health Effects of Spring Daylight Saving Time: What to Know and How to Cope
Can Psychiatric Medication Improve Academic Performance When ADHD is Holding Your Child Back?
Mental Health Misconceptions: What You Should Know About Therapy and Medication Management
What Do You Want Out of Psychiatric Care?
No Wait Lists for Psychiatric Medication Management
5 Ways to Stop Panic Attacks in Their Tracks
Psychiatric Medications: Fact Vs. Fiction
Should You Stop Psychiatric Medications If You Feel Better?
Finding a Psychiatric Provider Who Cares
How Can You Prepare for Psychiatric Appointments?
Supporting Young Minds: The Truth About Child Psychiatry
Combining Therapy and Medication Management for Maximum Benefit
Is it Risky to Replace Psychiatric Medication with Supplements?
Let’s Talk About Psychiatry and Why There’s No Shame in Getting Help
Psychiatry Support in the Summer: A Reset for Educators
Therapy and Medication Management: Can They Support Each Other?
Strategies for a Successful Taper With Your Provider
Why Have an Individualized Psychiatric Medication Plan?
Supporting a Loved One Who Refuses Their Psychiatric Medications: What Can You Do?
What Qualities are Important When Seeking a Psychiatric Provider?
You Can Seek Psychiatric Medication Management and Therapy at the Same Time
How Often Should You See Your Psychiatric Provider
Wondering if Psychiatric Medications Can Help?
Can You Create a Plan Early to Address Potential Medication Side Effects?
Med Management: Do You Need a Doctor’s Referral?
Can Psychiatric Medication Management Improve Relationships?
Should You Consider Stopping Psychiatric Medications?
What Questions Should I Ask My Child’s Psychiatric Prescriber?
Can a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Prescribe Medication?
Tracking Symptoms for Medication Management: Can Journaling Help?
Stress/Overwhelm Articles
How Retail Therapy can be Harmful: Understanding it’s Psychological Effects
Learning to Cope with Stress can Improve How Your Psychiatric Medications Work
Overcome Feelings of Being Overwhelmed in the Workplace
Understanding Overwhelm and it’s Power Over You
You Can do it: Overcoming Worry and Fear Now
Emotional Overwhelm: Don’t Underestimate It
Why Do I Keep Waking Up in the Middle of the Night? Stress, Anxiety and Sleep
7 Self Care Tips to Reduce Stress and Improve Emotional Wellness
Coping with Life’s Changes: Finding Support During Stressful Transitions
When Stress Shows up as Control: What Parents in Southern Pines Should Know
Provider Information
All Therapists Contracted with Carolina Counseling Services
Therapists in Southern Pines Office
Gretchen Montesanto, MA, LCMHC, NCC
Tracy Goldberg, LCSW
Services
Individual and Adult Counseling Services
Psychiatric Medication Management Services
Parent and Family Counseling Services
Couples and Marriage Counseling Services
Individual Counseling Services
Making a Career Shift in Your 40s or 50s: Listening to the Quiet Nudge
8 Ways to Set Healthier Digital Boundaries with Social Media
Daily Intentionality: How Small Choices Shape Big Goals
Healthy Boundaries: Creating Space for Better Relationships
Men’s Mental Health and Adjustment in Your 40s
Feeling Overwhelmed as a Teacher in Southern Pines? Here’s How Therapy Can Help You Now
Adjusting to Life’s Shift, Why Now May be the Time for Therapy
You Don’t Have to Face Pain Alone, Counseling Can Help
How Counseling Can Help You with Impulse Control
Infertility: A Source of Stress Leading to Depression or Anxiety
Opportunity Also Knocks During Crisis
The Phases of a Quarter Life Crisis
After Divorce: Finding Hope for You and Your Children
5 Habits to Continue Even When Your Mental Health Improves
Back to School Support for Teachers in Southern Pines, NC
Irritability: Causes, Symptoms and Effective Treatment Options
Chronic Impulsivity: What is it?
Couples Counseling Articles
Operating in Love Always: Compassionate Care in our Therapy Room
Love is When They Hear You When You Speak
How Couples Can Survive Life Transitions
Is Your Relationship Facing Challenges?
Letting the Old Feelings Go After Divorce
Meeting Overwhelm Head-On as a Couple
Marriage Counseling: SOS for Distressed Marriages
Marriage Counseling: Moving on After the Betrayal
Marital Conflicts: Don’t Sweep Them Under the Rug
Managing Anxiety Through Couples Counseling
Managing Anger and Frustration Through Marriage Counseling
Reviving a Marriage Strained by Depression
Seeking Marriage Counseling to Help Your Depression
Resolve the Crucial Issues: Be Happier with Marriage Counseling
The Calming Factor: When Emotions Flood Your Relationship
The Time to Seek Couples Counseling
Using Insurance to Pay for Marriage Counseling
When to Call for Help| Eight Signs of an Unhealthy Marriage
Healing Together After the Affair
Healing from the Pain of Betrayal in Marriage
Going it Alone in Saving a Marriage
Giving Your Marriage Another Change After Infidelity
Getting Marriage Counseling Covered by Insurance
Enjoying a Resilient Marriage Through the Years
Eight Troubling Signs Your Marriage Needs Help
Couples Counseling: When Grief Grips Your Marriage
Counseling: Revitalizing Your Marriage
Counseling Can Lead to an Enduring Marriage
A Happy Journey to a Lasting Marriage
When Your In-Laws Are Driving You Crazy: How to Protect Your Marriage Without Starting a Family War
Child Counseling Articles
When Stress Shows Up as Control: What Parents in Southern Pines Should Know
Keeping Up with the Changes in Youth Culture
Back to School Preparation in Southern Pines
Understanding Your Child’s Impulsive Behavior
How Counseling Can Help Children with Behavior Concerns
Can Your Child’s Clumsiness be a Sign That Your Child Needs Counseling?
Recognizing Signs of Child Anxiety for Early Intervention
Reading Your Child’s Behavioral Issues
Reactive Attachment Disorder| How is it Affecting Your Infant?
Raising Children with Behavior Problem
Raising an Anxious Child: Finding the Help That Matters
Professional Intervention for Children’s Behavioral Problems
Responding to the Needs of Your Child with Oppositional Defiant Disorders
When a Child’s Clumsiness Warrants Special Attention
What Can Your Child be Thinking?
When Child Anger Becomes a Red Flag
You and Your Child: Battling Reactive Attachment Disorder Early
When to Draw the Line With Oppositional Defiant Children
7 Signs It’s Time to Consider Counseling for Your Child
Helping Your Child Survive Bullying
Healing Children with Excessive Guilt
Freeing Yourself from Excessive and Complicated Guilt
Don’t Let Anxiety/Fear/Phobias/OCD Grow with Your Child
Eight Ways to Tell Your Child Needs Counseling
Counseling for Childhood Behavioral Concerns
Concerning Child Behavior and Family Life
Children’s Behavior: When a Bad Temper Goes Too Far
Children’s Anger: Could it be Depression?
Child Counseling: Building a Memorable Childhood
Teens/Adolescent Counseling Articles
Bed Rot in Teens: Understanding Emotional Withdrawal in Teens
In the Search of Identity: Journeying with your Teen
ODD | Your Teen Finally Saying “Yes” Happily
Negative Body Image: How it Can Impact Teens
Navigating Through the Ups and Downs of Adolescence
Searching for Identity: The Teenage Years
Teens – Finding a Way Out of Self Harm
Teen Depression: Is it Challenging Your Child?
Who Am I? Your Adopted Teen’s Quest for Self-Identity
Helping Your Teen Move Through Anger
Harnessing Anger in Teens and Adolescents
Family Counseling Articles
How Depression Can Affect the Family
Navigation Single Parenting: Support and Guidance You Deserve
Parenting Through Emotional and Behavioral Challenges: How Therapy Can Help
Families Tackling Change in Southern Pines, NC
How Parents and Children Can Conquer Depression as a Family
How a Family Can Battle Overwhelm Together
Parenting Help to Manage Your Angry Teen
Overcoming Reactive or Family Depression
Seeing Family Challenges as Opportunities
Resolving Family Conflicts the Positive Way
Recognizing the Need for Help to Resolve Family Conflict
21st Century Parenting: Overcoming the Challenges of the New Millennium
Strengthening Marriage and Family Connections
Helping Your Family Survive PTSD and STS
Help for Parents in Managing Family Conflict with Teen Children
Help for Families with a Member who no longer enjoys life/activities
Family Therapy: Fortifying the Family Bond in the Midst of Conflict
Family Counseling: 10 Ways Your Family Can Benefit
Discovering the Great Life of a Parent
Depression in the Family: An Opportunity to Strengthen the Ties
Depression in the Family: Addressed with Online Counseling
Calm Parenting: Is it Possible?
Call for Help when Anxiety/Fear/Phobia/OCD Affects You or Your Family
Seniors Articles
Senior Health Issues: Living with Hope
Finding the Relief for Insomnia in Older Adults
Senior and Happy | The Renewed Vigor for Life
Improving Sleep Among Older Adults
Anxiety | Managing the Silent Giant in Your Senior Years
Seeking Relief for Older Adults Struggling with Insomnia
Insomnia
How Sleep is Related to Your Mental Health
Why Do I Keep Waking Up in the Middle of the Night? Stress, Anxiety and Sleep
Insomnia Therapy: No More Sleepless Nights
Improving Sleep Among Older Adults
Can Medication Help with Insomnia?
Putting Your Insomnia and Nightmares to Rest
Slaying the Dragons of Child Insomnia
Arming Yourself to Defeat Insomnia and Nightmares Caused by Deployment
Finding the Relief for Insomnia in Older Adults
Seeking Relief for Older Adults Struggling with Insomnia
ADHD Counseling Articles
Why is Staying Organized So Hard? ADHD, Executive Function and Everyday Life
Living With ADHD: How Therapy Can Help You Create Change
Can Psychiatric Medications Improve Academic Performance When ADHD is Holding Your Child Back?
ADHD and Relationships: Is There an Impact?
Online Counseling Services
Are Online Psychiatric Appointments Effective?
Start Benefiting with Online Counseling
The Efficacy of Online Counseling
Depression in the Family: Addressed with Online Counseling
What Can I Expect During My First Online Counseling/Telemental Health Session?
Online Counseling and Medication Management is Available with CCS and Aetna Plans
Start Getting Effective Online Counseling Using Your Aetna Benefits
Tricare Online Counseling Services
Tricare Online Counseling for Retirees and Dependents
Online Counseling with Tricare is Available with Carolina Counseling Services!
Carolina Counseling Services Online Counseling Available with Medicare
Self- Harm Articles
Self-Harm: Myths and Misconceptions
Teens – Finding a Way Out of Self-Harm
Grief Articles
Grief During Seasonal Changes: Recognizing and Coping with Emotional Triggers
Couples Counseling| When Grief Grips Your Marriage
Journeying through Grief as a Couple
Holiday Articles
Can You Enjoy the Holidays with Depression?
The Truths About Grieving This Holiday Season
Navigating Valentine’s Day and Depression
The Ever Growing Mental Load: Holiday Edition
Mental Load and the Holidays: What Can You Do?
Why Are the Holidays so Stressful?
Seeking Psychiatric Medication Management and Therapy in the New Year: A Quick Guide
Misc. Articles
AI Therapy: Will it Replace Human Therapists?
Who am I? Your Adopted Teen’s Quest for Self-Identity
How to Stay Strong as an Adopted Child
Self-Harm: Myths and Misconceptions
Breaking the Cycle of Defensiveness: A Path Toward Healthier Communication and Emotional Well-Being
Talking Works: Resolve Issues with Effective Communication
Adjustment Challenges: Facing them Positively with a Counselor
Insurance Articles
Start Getting Effective Online Counseling Using Your Aetna Benefits
Aetna Facilitates Access to Mental Health Services
Aetna and Carolina Counseling Services
Tricare Beneficiaries are Allowed Counseling without a Doctor’s Referral
Tricare Online Counseling for Retirees and Dependents
Tricare Online Counseling Services
Online Counseling with Tricare is Available with Carolina Counseling Services
Did You know that Medicare Recipients can see a counselor without a Doctor Referral?
What you Need to Know About Medicare
Carolina Counseling Services – Online Counseling Available with Medicare
Counseling Articles
How Common are Mental Health Conditions?
Therapy: Can Talking About Your Hurt Help?
Recovering from Hurt: Why Do We Expect to do this Alone?
Hurt Management: When You Need Professional Help
How to be Positive Despite the Challenges of Changes
How to Free Yourself from the Gripping Symptoms of Mood Disorders
How can Counseling Best Assist me?
It is Time to Let Go: Talk to an Expert
Real Talk: What Does Counseling Actually Do?
Quarter-Life Crisis: Moving on After 25
The Phases of a Quarter Life Crisis
Seven Ways You Can Benefit from Counseling
Resolving Life Transition Challenges with Therapy
Watch Out for the Four Roadblocks that may Impede your Plan to Get Professional Help
What do you want from Therapy?
When It’s Time to Consider Counseling
Adjusting to Life’s Shift, Why Now may be the Time for Therapy
The Mental Health Effects of Spring Daylight Saving Time: What to Know and How to Cope
The Mirror: Sometimes the Change we Need Starts With Us
When to Seek Counseling: Five Signs It’s Time to Reach Out
When is it Time to Seek the Help of a Counselor or Therapist?
Why See a Therapist? 8 Reasons Why Seeing a Counselor Can Help
Getting in Touch with Your Emotions Through Psychotherapy
Finding a Good Therapist: The Key to Successful Therapy or Counseling
Real Talk: What Does Counseling Actually Do?
Guilt Articles
Do You Use Guilt as a Motivator?
Healing Children with Excessive Guilt
Addiction Articles
When Addiction Affects You Relationship: What to do After a Partner Relapses
Life Transitions Articles
When Life Changes You: Understand Depression After Major Life Transitions
Coping with Life’s Changes: Finding Support During Stressful Transitions
How Couples Can Survive Life Transitions
Self-Esteem Articles
How to Help Teens with Self-Esteem and Weight Concerns
Knowing the Signs and Symptoms of Low Self-Esteem
The Quest for Self-Worth: How Can Therapy Help?
Can Therapy Improve Your Self-Esteem? Becoming the Best Version of Yourself with Counseling
Happy Adolescence: Toward Healthy Self-Esteem
Building a Healthy Sense of Self with Counseling
Finding the Confidence to Boost Your Self-Esteem
Mood Disorder Articles
Surviving the Challenges of Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders: Signs and Symptoms to Note
How to Free Yourself from the Gripping Symptoms of Mood Disorders
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)/ Trauma
PTSD and Trauma: How to Feel Safe Again
Helping Your Family Survive PTSD and STS
Achieving Healing from Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD)
Healing After Trauma: How Therapy Can Help Move Forward
EMDR: Exploring New Options to Overcome Trauma
EMDR – A New Pathway to Relieving Issues Arising from Trauma
Trauma: Letting Go and Moving On
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