Day Adams (he/him)

Narrative 

Narrative therapy is a collaborative, non-pathologizing therapeutic approach. One of the central ideas of this approach is that "people are not the problem, the problem is the problem". I was introduced to narrative therapy ideas in my graduate program and have subsequently engaged in extended narrative therapy coursework and development through the Evanston Family Therapy Center.

Relationship / Marriage Issues

All relationships involve tension and conflict at times. The habits, expectations, and values we carry into our relationships impact how we're able to work together with the people we love. In talking about these different things we're carrying, and how we experience them with our partners, we open doors to being able to be in relationships in preferred ways.

Family Conflict

Families are complex, bearing all kinds of histories, as well as habits of living, communicating, and connecting. Not only this, but they must also grow and change together over time, as everyone involved is always in the process of "growing up". It's important to take the time to slow down, explore what different elements have made the family the way that it is, feel the feelings, and determine preferred ways of being together through life's changes.

Men's Issues

Men face a particular array of challenges these days. It's can be helpful to have a space to talk with another man about those challenges and what might be done to live in preferred ways.

Personal Growth

Everybody grows and changes throughout their lives, sometimes in preferred ways and often in unexpected ways. There is a kind of power in exploring and learning how to make the kind of commitment and direct the kind of energy necessary to develop those areas of life that seem most vital.