At the heart of counseling are deeply personal issues that show up in your love relationship and family life, in your friendships and partnerships or in your work life. Counseling begins when something in your very own relational world is pressing you to work on it: an ongoing distressing feeling or thought; a decision you feel unable to make; a disliked behavior you don’t know how to change; a disturbing event; a developmental passage or life challenge you have to master; or a recurring theme that leaves you wondering. Individual work begins when unrest and doubt hinder your well-being in your relational life.