Welcome to the new Year at Gleaves Consulting
A Family-Owned Private Practice in Evergreen Park, IL
Our Guiding Mission: We are committed to quality professional service delivery and promoting positive lifestyle change. We have been consultants for family strengthening and relationship enhancement since 1998.
We are grateful for those who have come through our doors, and we would be honored to assist you, your family, friends, or anyone else you care about. We hope you will join us as this new year unfolds and grow along with us. There is a timeless phrase: “The more things change, the more things stay the same.” Our fundamental specialty areas, such as mental health and substance abuse, remain the same. Our foundational core values remain value-centered and speak to our experience in the human social service area.
After reviewing those core values earlier this year, Ken and Nancy determined that the core values still stand and are in the realms of ecology, stress reduction, wellness, and women’s issues. The ingredient of innovation, however, is how we are evolving and expanding our vision to the embodiment of heart-centered values to general health and well-being.
The theme for this first digital chapter will showcase the cycles of late summer moving into autumn and will be about how we can serve school-age children and their families. You will meet our resident Educational Psychologist, Kenneth A. Gleaves, Ph.D., LCPC, CADC, NCAC I, through posts on our social media pages as well as here. For now, here are some particularly relevant pearls of wisdom from Kenneth: “Teaching is at the Root of Knowledge.” “If a client is not motivated for change, the likelihood of change is very remote.”
Kenneth’s statement regarding the upcoming school year:
“If you as a parent are anticipating a challenging academic year, call us now for a consultation.”
Our experience has informed us that issues identified in one school year do not necessarily improve over the next and usually increase in difficulty. Dr. Gleaves can certainly understand the resistance of students toward a process of performance and the unique frustration parents have toward their children, themselves, and the larger influences that impact all of us. We have always helped parents navigate through challenging academic times with their children.
This year’s website will also be unique in the sense that there will be elements of history, some local information, some information from the field of education, some from the field of psychology, some from the developing field of biofeedback that will help tell the story of Gleaves Consulting. We are still here in the community after 26 years, and this is one marker of our success.
A poignant phrase written in 1730 in England is this: “A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is drudgery. A vision and a task is the hope of the world”. I love this quote because, for me, this statement is all about the purpose and labor of love that is a family-owned business.
To set up an initial consultation with Dr. Kenneth Gleaves, LCPC, or Nancy Gleaves, M.A., LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor), regarding any of our therapy services, please contact Gleaves Consulting today.
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