I try to create a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere with no pressure. I encourage each of my clients to take a session at a time and assess for themselves if they feel they are benefiting from counseling. Normally, people know this very quickly. Once work begins, I try to pinpoint unhealthy patterns of thinking and reacting and suggest more healthy ways of responding to people and situations. Making these changes is usually difficult and even scary, and I support my clients through this period. Counseling is a success through the efforts of both therapist and client. I do my best to suggest and guide, and clients need to work hard between sessions to chip away at old modes of behaving and thinking. This, in turn, facilitates changes in feeling.