Edward Sullivan, Licensed Independent Social Worker

All good counseling accomplishes certain basic things: an improved, healthy understanding of ourselves, improved relationships with the significant people in our lives, , for those who are spiritual, an improved relationship with God. Whatever label or diagnosis we put on our problems, these basic human factors are involved. In my 40+ years working in community and private mental health, I have helped clients deal with the pain of low self-esteem, self-hate, spouse and partner issues, parenting problems, family conflict, and spiritual issues. Individual, relational, and spiritual problems almost always involve some sort of trauma that leaves us in a state of pain and diminishes our satisfaction in life. Anxiety, depression, anger, mood swings, and even disconnection from reality can be the result. As a mental health counselor in the Westerville and Greater Columbus, Ohio, area, I work with clients in Columbus, Ohio, to help them make sense of their pain, change the patterns that sustain it, and come to understand the strengths and assets they have to build a healthier, more satisfying life.