Happy 2015!
So far 2015 has been very eventful for us. On January 1st we moved out offices across the hall to a bigger suite that will allow us to continue to grow. We also welcomed two members to our staff—Nancy Gorelick and Paul Jannakos. Both Nancy and Paul are licensed professional counselors and dedicated to helping […]
Working Through Trauma
When I started my doctoral research, my original plan was to focus on working with parenting issues—more specifically the effects that parenting had on child development. What I learned during that time was that parenting has a huge and lasting effect on children, and is the basis for how we see the world and our […]
Children and ADHD, Fact or Fiction?
Does your child run non-stop? Going from one toy to the next, flipping TV shows before they even know what’s on them, blurting out questions like a game show host? Do they sit and listen to you and then when you ask them to do something; they give you a blank stare and claim not […]
Information About Domestic Violence
My interest in working with victims of domestic violence came when I met a woman who had experienced severe abuse. We had met at a collaboration conference for counseling and told me her story. It was “typical” domestic abuse beginning with control of money and transportation, isolation from friends and family and ending with broken […]
The Uneasy Relationship Between Psychology and Law Enforcement
Whenever I would talk to other officers during my career as a and police officer about anything having to do with a psychologist, among the first words to come up would invariably be “shrink”, and “quack”. Those might even have been the words I used to describe the professionals who worked with officers to help […]
Police and Trauma
This article first appeared in Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice [Electronic Version], 9(2), 137-156. CONFORMITY TO TRADITIONAL GENDER NORMS BY MALE POLICE OFFICERS EXPOSED TO TRAUMA: IMPLICATIONS FOR CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING by: Adam R. Pasciak, Ph.D. Lake Orion Counseling Center, LLC, Clarkston, Michigan and Thomas M. Kelley, Ph.D. Wayne State University Following exposure to […]
Overcoming Adversity
Overcoming Adversity One of the things I have been asked is how I got involved in counseling. The answer is a bit long-winded, but I think it may give a little insight into my approach to treatment in working with clients. So here goes… Many years ago, I decided that I wanted to be a […]
Welcome
Welcome to Lake Orion Counseling Center It was not too long ago that I had the vague notion that maybe one day I could have my own psychology practice. At the time, it seemed more a fantasy than anything that could really happen. There were so many things to do: finding a location that made […]