Achievement Centered Therapy

A Different Approach To Counseling - Longer Sessions, Faster Results: Anxiety, Anger, Depression, Trauma/PTSD, Relationship Problems

When Talk Therapy Is Not Enough

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Everybody Has Emotional Baggage – Nobody Has to Keep It!

  • Anxiety/Worry/Panic
  • Recurring Depression/Extended Grief
  • Anger Management Problems/Temper
  • Relationship Problems
  • Difficulties with Trust, Intimacy or Commitment
  • Communication Blocks
  • Vicious-Circle Arguments
  • Emotional Hot-Buttons
  • PTSD/Trauma
  • Beating Yourself Up About Past Failures
  • Difficulty Letting Go of the Past
  • Painful Memories
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  • Social Anxiety
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  • Using Alcohol or Drugs to Numb Emotions

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GET TO THE ROOT AND THE CORE

Hi, I’m Dr. Dave Russell. We specialize in intensive counseling and coaching focused on getting to the root and core of your problems.

Instead of the traditional 45-minutes-once-a-week talk therapy model, we use 90-minute and 3-hour sessions to help you achieve up to 3 months of therapy in each session.

So even if you have been in regular talk therapy for months or years without getting to the core, you have an alternative.

Is Achievement Centered Therapy right for me?

  • Has Talk Therapy And Medication Failed To Get You Where You Need To Be? – Have you tried 45-minute talk therapy and/or medication without real progress?
  • Have You Been On A Relapse Merry-Go-Round?-  Does the progress that you made in therapy disappear as soon as you get stressed? Relapses mean that you haven’t really gotten to the root and core.
  • Do You Have Strong Emotional Reactions? – Do you have strong emotional reactions where 45-minute sessions would just stir them up without having enough time to resolve them?
  • Do You Have Emotional Blocks & Walls – Do you have strong defenses where 45-minutes is just not enough time to break through emotional blocks and walls?
  • Do Your Problems Have Deep-Roots? – Do your problems go way back or do they affect many different areas of your life?  Longer sessions give you enough time to get to the root and the core.
  • Do You Need To Change ASAP? – Are you sick-and-tired of being sick-and-tired and don’t want to wait months and years to see results. Since you can achieve up to 3 months worth of therapy in a single 3-hour session you could do a year’s worth of therapy in as little as a week if you really needed to.
  • Are You Too Busy For Weekly Appointments? – For many busy people it’s a lot more convenient to do one 3-hour session once a month instead of 4 weekly 45-minute sessions.
If you answered yes to one or more of these questions the next step is to set up a free phone consultation where I will help you decide if Achievement Centered Therapy is the right option for you, outline the type of program that will best meet your needs and answer any questions that you may have.

 

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Client Reviews

Unbelievable and Life Changing!!!

Can’t thank him enough for COACHING me to become the person I am today. Could never have thought this miracle was possible before meeting him. Have been suffering for decades and now can live the rest of my life a happy confident person all thanks to Dr. David Russell!! Can’t put a price on how great I feel now compared to how I felt before meeting this wonderful, warm, intelligent, and just AWESOME man! Rec…

Wonderful and Professional

I was really impressed with the level of service that I received from Russell Associates. Dr. Russell’s concentrated counseling really helped me to quickly work through some difficult issues. I also loved that we could do phone sessions when I wasn’t able to come into the office. I would recommend them to anyone who would really like to see their life change for the better. Pros: environment, professionalism, quality…

None of my Prior Therapy Can Compare

I have attempted to work through my difficulties with conventional talk therapy, including psychoanalysis. While different forms of therapy provided me with some understanding why I was experiencing the thoughts and feelings I was having, none of them brought healing or sense of hope. Working with Dr. Russell, and his comprehensive treatment methods, has allowed me to work through my experiences, resolve past…

Faster Than Ever Dreamed Possible

I was always afraid of therapy and unwilling to be completely open for fear of being judged, for the shame of things that happened to me and the guilt of horrible feelings towards the perpetrators. This went on for decades and why other therapists failed to help me. I paid too high a price in relationships and years lost for misplaced reticence. Dr. Russell’s intensive healing technique and non-threatening, non-…

I’m a whole new woman

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. As you probably already know (better than I do perhaps?) you changed my life! Thank you for listening to me cry and provide helpful guidance/words of wisdom; but ever more than that, thank you for being so committed to your research and developing your approach to therapy. I know I would have never had the success I had with you & your approach in any other course of therapy. I trul…

This Newfound Freedom Is Priceless

Part of an ongoing process of emotional healing that started in October. From the moment of our first contact, by phone, of which he gave his time freely and generously for just about an hour to determine whether or not he’d be able to meet my needs, he has helped me face my past honestly and openly.

I was always afraid of therapy and unwilling to be completely open for fear of being judged, for the shame of t…

I No Longer Feel That Past Traumatic Events Rule My Life

I knew I wanted to be free from being ambushed by the past, but it never got completely addressed and worked through in 45-55 minute sessions with other doctors during years of therapy. Dr Russell is thorough and patient, as my mind did what it knew best to survive… avoid painful experiences. His determination to address every aspect of my needs paid off. I was actually able to see how my …

I Have Never Felt This Free And Peaceful In My Life

You made such a drastic improvement to my PTSD that my whole life seemed different.  I have never felt this free and peaceful in my life. I am deeply grateful for our work together.

I Had Been To Other Places For Therapy, But Things Never Changed.

Dr. Russell helped me to completely change my life. I had been to other places for therapy, but things never changed. My life never changed; I never changed. The other places did “surface” treatment and none of it was effective. I knew that there was “something,” but didn’t know exactly what that “something” was. From working with Dr. Russell, we were able to get at the root of my…

Client Reviews

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