Susan Reuling Furness Services
Individual Therapy
I think of myself as a member of Your Team. My role is to fine-tune my listening to your dilemma and goals. I will help find the inconsistencies and stuck-points in your story. As you trust me with the honest truth of your situation, we team-up to find effective new ways for you to deal with your problem and your life. We look for solutions, which fit you and your principles and values. You and your concerns will always treated with the utmost measure of confidentiality, dignity and respect.
I believe that in order to thrive in this world, we need to apply our imagination – that life itself is a creative endeavor. In keeping with this belief, and as a Licensed Poetry Therapist, I often encourage my clients to explore life in a journal, create a collage, or bring photographs to your sessions. If you are open to guided imagery or hypnosis, I am trained and skilled in these “imaging” approaches.
Areas of Specialization
- Women, Men, Children
- Depression
- Anxiety & Stress Management
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Relationships: Personal & Workplace Relationships
- Grief and Loss
- Parenting & Step-Parenting
- Trauma
- Life Transitions including Aging, Relocation, Divorce
- Self-Confidence & Assertiveness
Marriage & Family Therapy
Susan Reuling Furness and her husband, Timothy J. Furness, provide a co-therapy approach to solution-focused marriage and family therapy. Meeting as a team with couples and families, we provide counseling that explores and resolves differences without gender-bias. Our work with couples and families focuses on improving communication, resolving specific concerns, and enhancing the strength of your family system. Tim and I appreciate the unique and sensitive nature of family conflicts and agreements. Our work with you is individualized to meet your personal situation and needs.
Clinical Hypnosis
I received hypnotherapy training from world-class therapists at the Milton Erickson Institute in Phoenix, AZ. As part of my commitment to excellence, I consult on cases with Dr. Eric Greenleaf, director of the Erickson Institute of the Bay Area. I subscribe to the highest professional standards as set forth by The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
Most clients respond well to hypnosis. Different from stage hypnosis, therapeutic hypnosis offers neither canned scripts nor out-of-control feelings. Instead, it promotes deep focus and relaxation. The process helps you retrieve innate strengths and resources, which lie just below the surface of your awareness. I like to think of it as expanding possibilities. The work is tailored to fit your needs.
Hypnosis is often seen as part of holistic healing. Many conditions, which might otherwise require medication, improve with hypnotherapy. A partial list of these conditions is presented below.
- Allergies & Asthma
- Anxiety & Stress Conditions
- Concentration Difficulties
- Fear of Pain (medical and dental)
- Depression
- Fears
- Headaches & Migraines
- Hypertension – High Blood Pressure
- Pain
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Sleep Disorders
- Smoking Cessation
- Stage & Sports Performance – Enhancement & Anxiety
- Test Anxiety
- Trauma Responses
- Weight Control
Organization & Business Consultation
Susan and Tim Furness serve to build harmonious, productive work teams. They offer brief in-service presentations, detailed seminars, and retreat packages in addition to conflict interventions.
All teambuilding and conflict resolution services are designed to meet the individual needs of a group or organization. To better understand the needs of your group, a preliminary meeting can be arranged. There is no charge for a needs assessment.
Over the past two decades, Susan and Tim have helped improve employee and employee-management relationships at Treasure Valley businesses and organizations. These organizations include St. Lukes Regional Medical Center, Idaho Power, Healthwise, Anser Charter School, Boise Public Schools, Nampa Public Library, Boise State University, Treasure Valley Community College, and Boise City. In 1998 Susan served as Facilitator for the Mayor’s Task Force on Police and Youth Relationships.
- Conflict resolution and mediation for management or employees
- Keynote presentations
- Teambuilding retreats and seminars
- Staff retreats
- Supervisory consultation
The Write Path – Journal Writing and Poetry Therapy Groups
“Writing . . . has been a sturdy ladder out of a deep pit.” – Alice Walker
Writing in a journal will relieve pain and confusion for anyone who will pick up a pen or pencil. As a group leader, I watch pens scratch words of disillusionment, secrecy, and shame. Writing helps soothe these dark feelings as the paper and pen carry the writer toward hope and creativity.
For more information about Poetry Therapy and The Write Path visit www.writepath.org
www.writepath.org