Hope For Families
In Nebraska
Our mission is to provide a quality experience
helping you and your family develop
physically, socially, and emotionally.
Our Philosophy
We believe that everyone deserves love, attention, and nurturing. We believe that families deserve a safe environment which allows a family room to explore and grow. We provide hands-on learning experiences. This fosters appropriate family nurturing and development. We believe that positive reinforcement is important for developing self-esteem.
Hope For Families recognizes you may, at times, feel alone, hopeless, or angry - all normal feelings that could be causing problems for you and your loved ones. "You are not alone!" We recognize having a place to live and finding employment are essential to a healthy life. We strive to provide help, referrals, and treatment for offenders and parolees.
How we help Families
We believe in working with families in finding solutions and overcome adversity.
1. The family identifies what isn't working, and then learns how to avoid becoming trapped in a cycle of problems. Again, our team will respect the current boundaries in your family. We simply find ways for you to be a stronger family unit.
2. The emphasis is on the here and now. Problems in the past cannot be changed, instead you will find strength from understanding why you made the choices and have the tools to prevent reoffending.
3. You may have barriers preventing you from reaching your goals, therefore our job will be to help you overcome these barriers.
The two key tools in helping a family are: (1) how the client wants his or her life to be different, and (2) what it will take to make it happen.
Creating a detailed picture of what it will be like when life is better creates a feeling of hope, and this makes the solution seem possible. The team focus is making you stronger, more capable of solving ongoing issues. It is important to develop a set of specific, detailed goals. These goals drive the process and keep it focused and efficient.
Focusing on your goals and the concrete steps needed to achieve them usually takes less time than traditional methods. Team leaders aim to provide you with the most effective solution in the most efficient way possible so you "can get on with living!"
Types of Problems
Hope for Families educational techniques are an effective way of helping people solve many kinds of problems, including depression, verbal discord, relationship problems, and many other kinds of issues. Since we focus on the process of change rather than on dissecting the problem, families can find more immediate help for their situation. Our job is to help families transform troubling issues into specific goals and an action plan for achieving them.
Look at the questions below and try to answer each one as honestly as you can:
1. State your desire for something in your life to be different.
2. Envision that a miracle happens and your life is different.
3. Make sure the miracle is important to you.
4. Keep the miracle small.
5. Define the change with language that is positive, specific, concrete, and behavioral.
6. State how you will start your journey rather than how you will end it.
7. Be clear about who, where, and when, but not why.
Signs That You Should Consider Seeing a Therapist
1. You've tried several things on your own, but you still struggle with issues (anger, depression, drugs, alcohol, or anxiety, etc.).
2. You have thoughts of harming yourself or others.
3. You have symptoms of depression, anxiety, or another disorder that significantly interfere with your daily functioning and the quality of your life. For example, you have lost time from work, your relationships have been harmed, or your health is suffering. These are signs that you need the help of a trained, licensed professional.
Hope for Families
Lincoln, NE 68510
Contact: Joni Levinson
402-525-8394
E-mail us at tlc@hopeforfamilies.us
