By seeking counseling services you have taken a significant step toward addressing concerns in your life. For changes to take place in life, it typically requires some effort on your part. In counseling, this effort may take the form of in-depth discussions, homework assignments, reading materials, and the like. There are no instant solutions or quick fixes that will bring about lasting change that you seek. Changes in life may take some time and a lot of effort, but with commitment to work through the process of transforming your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors – change can really happen!