About Atlantic Bay Counseling
Atlantic Bay Counseling was created to help clients diminish stress in their lives. At Atlantic Bay Counseling the process of change is subtle. Clients empower themselves by making decisions thoughtfully, in their own time. Gradually, as their sense of fulfillment increases, they discover their own inner strength of Self Empowerment.
Self Empowerment might sound complicated but each time we make a decision that feels right, we increase our self-confidence. Even something seemingly small, such as deciding to read this, is empowering. The next step might be to obtain more information, get answers to your questions. That is Self Empowerment. You are empowering yourself!
At Atlantic Bay Counseling we believe that loving ourselves unconditionally is a spiritual imperative, one that requires a series of steps to achieve.
Self assessment
Self responsibility
Self forgiveness
Self acceptance
That is our basic philosophy, true self- knowledge and belief in yourself without selfishness or arrogance.
Find out more and believe in yourself, because you’re worth it!
About Bill Gately, LMHC
For more than 4 decades, Bill has been a trusted resource for thousands of people facing significant loss. As a licensed psychotherapist and licensed funeral director, he has dedicated his professional career to the support of individuals and families as they move through their unique grief journeys. Bill believes that since love and loss are a part of life, grief is as well, because grief is the natural response to loss. He teaches that although grief is most often associated with death, there are numerous other life losses that cause us grief. In many ways, society teaches us how not to grieve. We’re often encouraged to avoid the pain. The problem is that grief doesn’t disappear, it remains a dormant presence, manifesting in other ways. Through both personal and professional observation, he is convinced that although life is forever changed, we can regain a state of balance once the grieving process is completed in a healthy way.
This became evident to Bill after recovering from a personal traumatic loss that occurred while in his early teens. That experience taught him that after grief has been worked through, we can return where we are no longer defined by our personal loss experience, this he refers to as a state of integrated balance.
