Walking the Walk EI believes we need to practice what we teach. It isn't just enough to talk about programs we support. This page is dedicated to walks, climbs, groups, and charities we stand behind. Out of the Darkness Walk Sept 2024

Jennifer Hammerston Bio Certificates and Awards

Early Through Late Adolescents Adolescents experience many physical, emotional and social changes as they grow from childhood to young adulthood.  They develop their own opinions, begin to depend less on their parents, and are increasingly influenced by their peers.  They become more concerned about the way they look and dress and they gain a stronger sense of right and wrong as they develop their own value system.  With so much going on it is quite normal for them to experience sadness, overwhelming feelings or fluctuating moods. However, when these feelings or moods lead to...

Family Counseling A family unit can be thought of as a system where two or more members are linked through blood, marriage, culture, or commonality, and have a collective desire to build a future together.  The family can be weakened or strengthened through adversity, just as an individual can.  When one member is facing a personal challenge there is a rippling effect throughout the entire family system.  When working with families as a whole, Laura facilitates open communication between members to enhance the family’s capacity to grow through crisis situations, thus...

Individual Counseling Laura works in a one-on-one partnership with clients who are struggling with various life challenges.  She recognizes the challenges many client's face when considering trusting another person with their concerns, realizing that the first call can be the most difficult. There are multiple elements collectively joined together making you who you are today. Some factors include your biological and psychological traits, while others encompass the way you are shaped through influences of family upbringing, education, culture, spirituality, socialization and...

Coaching Laura Benslay also provides coaching through the Encouraging Insight Practice. Coaching is a highly individualized plan in which Laura collaborates with the client to first identify personal needs. Next Laura works to create a plan based on goal setting with specific steps and strategies to assist and encourage clients towards their goals. Many clients who have seen Laura for mental health therapy go on to seek out additional coaching after they have completed mental health therapy. However, Laura also sees many clients for coaching support who have never required or...

Our Services Individual Counseling EI works in a one-on-one partnership with clients who are struggling with various life challenges trusting another person with their concerns, realizing that the first call can be the most difficult.​ You are very unique, and for that reason EI works diligently to understand you as an individual to more effectively address your specific concerns Family Counseling A family unit can be thought of as a system where two or more members are linked through blood, marriage, culture, or commonality, and have a...