TESTIMONIALS

Carolynn is a master of her craft and an asset to the therapy community. My partner and I weren’t exactly headed for splitsville when we sought help, but we were close. As a result of consecutive and compounding circumstances, we began drifting apart emotionally and grew impatient with one another. We were generally unhappy as a couple and in need of help. We found Carolynn through the Live Fully web site and never looked back.

In just under nine months (weekly, then bi-weekly) my partner and I learned how to reconnect with one another and rekindle our intimacy and sex life. Carolynn engaged us in effective dialogue during our sessions and gave us “homework” which allowed us to expand on the session and put our words into action. I would classify her style as a perfect combination of practical and spiritual. She is personable, professional, insightful, compassionate and good-humored. I never felt like I was seeing a “shrink”, but an objective friend I could always count on to listen to each of us equally and attentively. Carolynn would tailor her approach as needed, e.g., slow down the conversation or redirect a question if either of us felt uncomfortable or didn’t respond well to one method or idea; she is adept at reading body language. I really appreciated her ability to adapt to our sensibilities, as I am rarely one to buy into rhetoric.

We concluded our sessions and my partner and I both feel confident and happy about the prospect of our future together. The two of us made it happen but we would not have found this renewed happiness without Carolynn’s help. We already miss her but we know her time is best spent on the next lucky couple.

“There aren’t enough words to describe how my experience at Live Fully Counseling has helped me as a person.  I have learned more about myself in the past two years with Carolynn than in most of my life.  I feel much more prepared to deal with my anxiety in various situations.  Because of my therapy, I am now much more assertive as well.  Carolynn Aristone uses a variety of different strategies, including art therapy, writing activities, yoga, breathing, role playing to help address problems that might otherwise be uncomfortable to discuss.  I want to thank Carolynn for the past two years”.

“Thank you so much for your support and guidance and ability to provide calming perspective during the most stressful time in our relationship as a couple. Thank you for being consummately trustworthy and committed  to your work.  Your ability to create a safe space for listening to our points of view was invaluable.  Thank you, thank you, thank you”.

“When realizing that I was feeling something missing from within (had no idea of what), I sought therapy.  It was there, those moments, which I learned how to put words to something that I could not yet discover.  Carolynn guided me as she has an innate ability to be direct, but yet gentle and compassionate in sharing her wisdom.  And I feel a sense of comfort in her philosophy and therapeutic approach.  A most invaluable life lesson I learned is purely to be vigilant with my breaths.  To be conscious of how my breathing parallels with my response(s) and or reaction(s) to life circumstances.  Solely to be one amongst my silence and to literally feel the breaths that I take. 
Learning how to breathe was/is life changing for me.  A daily practice, as I continue to become more in touch with my real true “authentic” self, mind, body and soul.  Though not an easy task to achieve, certainly a life lesson I may have never learned had I not allowed Carolynn to walk along side of me, on this path of my ‘life’ journey. 
With appreciation, I am forever greateful.  Peace”.

“My counseling sessions with Carolynn Aristone have been absolutely amazing.  She’s caring, compassionate, insightful, warm and knowledgeable.  I appreciate her candor and demeanor as she listens intently to my heart, my stories and my soul.  I am very much looking forward to starting my sessions again this fall as I’ve come to look forward to our sits”.

“My experience with Carolynn has been a very positive one.  Her gentle nature provided a safe environment for me to express myself and her keen insight helped me to understand and accept my own behaviors.  She inspires confidence and trust”.

“We were searching for someone to help us enhance an already good marriage. Carolynn Aristone has provided us with a friendly, warm, comforting place to discuss some of our concerns with one another while she guides us through the process of improving our marriage. Her techniques are extremely effective and she adapts these techniques as issues arise seamlessly and without interrupting our previous work. She has helped us realize things we never knew existed and helped us improve on them in a short amount of time. We look forward to meeting with her weekly!"