Our Services
Mental Health Therapy
Life in Johnston doesn’t slow down, and neither does the weight you’re carrying. At Calm Tree, we offer men’s mental health services that consider how men feel about their stress, burnout, and emotions. Are you feeling anxious enough to keep you awake at night? Numb from depression? Angry beyond your control? Hiding the effects of grief for too long? We offer mental health services that address all these challenges and more. From anxiety treatment to depression counseling to anger management therapy to stress and burnout therapy to grief counseling, we offer men in the Des Moines area the help they need. We offer in-person visits as well as telehealth visits. Your sessions with us will always be private. You don’t have to know exactly what you need when you call us. You just must be ready to talk.
Marriage or Relationship Counselor
The gap becomes wider when communication is not effective, yet most men do not even know where to start. If you wish to mend your broken relationship, come visit Calm Tree Therapy for counseling services. The services we specialize in include couples counseling, premarital counseling, communication counseling, relationship counseling, and divorce counseling for men going through divorces. Be it because your partner has issued an ultimatum to you, your fights are becoming a cycle from which you cannot seem to break free, or it is time that you start a new chapter of your life on the right note; in any case, our counseling sessions will include everything you must discuss. We provide solutions-oriented sessions that will include all that is necessary. The skills you need in communication will be yours to utilize, not pages and pages of paperwork or "homework." Counseling will take place with either both individuals or just one of you
EMDR Psychotherapist
Maybe you’ve moved on, maybe you’ve tried to move on. But somehow, something from your past keeps coming back: in your dreams, in how you react to things, in your shutdown when anything gets too close. EMDR is one of the most well-supported treatments for trauma and PTSD, as well as the experiences that men don’t want to talk about but live with everywhere they go. At Calm Tree in Johnston, IA, our EMDR therapists provide services to veterans, first responders, ER/medical personnel, and adult males with a history of childhood trauma, accidents, or violence – people who may not even use the term "PTSD," nor ever have to. Unlike talk therapy, EMDR is an organized approach that allows your mind to reprocess the problem. It attracts men because it makes them feel as if they are doing something rather than just thinking about it. When self-help is not sufficient, this can be helpful. Telehealth EMDR service. Available in Johnston and Des Moines area.
Stress Management
Not everyone's stress is characterized by being torn to pieces. To many men, their stress can be characterized by the fact that they never seem to turn off, constantly working from morning to night with no end in sight. In time, this constant pressure becomes too much to handle and turns into a quick temper, lack of sleep, feeling of tightness in your chest, and knowing that it only takes one day for you to snap. This is where stress management therapy at Calm Tree in Johnston, Iowa, will help you get back on track before things spiral out of control and you find yourself physically and mentally unwell and unable to cope. We partner with skilled tradesmen and women, emergency workers, military veterans, corporate professionals, and small business owners throughout the Des Moines area who have had enough of the anxiety and are ready to tackle the issue. Telehealth services offered.
Counselor
There are times when you do not necessarily require a diagnosis; rather, all you may need is someone to guide you in the right direction. The counseling services offered by Calm Tree of Johnston, Iowa, are tailored toward helping men who wish to transform their lives yet don’t know where to begin. If you are going through a life transition, feeling unimportant or undervalued, and having this issue silently controlling your life, or simply feel off balance, our individual therapy and life transitions counseling can help guide you through the process. We recognize that men think differently from women – we act before anything else, are results-driven, and value privacy. You will leave with tangible tools that you can use, rather than just a forum to vent. Our services include individual counseling, self-esteem counseling, and life transition counseling, even through telehealth so you can be reached anywhere, including at home, in your truck, or at the office. Judgment free. No obligation to begin.
Psychotherapy
The focus is on the relationship. Both partners and the therapist work to identify and resolve the core issues within the relationship pattern, build effective interpersonal skills to help each partner meet their needs, and the needs of their partner, in order to enrich the relationship and decrease conflict and resentment. If you are one of those men who wishes he could better comprehend how his mind works, and what can be done about that, you will find Calm Tree’s psychotherapy services, offered in Johnston, Iowa, just right for your needs. Our specialty lies in evidence-based practice such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). CBT is extremely useful for men who are struggling with anxiety, depression, or maladaptive thinking patterns – it is not concerned with emotions. Proudly serving the communities of Johnston, Ankeny, and the greater Des Moines metro area.
Individual Counseling
Some problems are hard to handle, not because of the problems themselves, but because there is no one to whom you can open about them. You cannot express yourself at work. Your family members are too close for you to involve them. That makes things more complicated. With individual counseling offered by Calm Tree, you get a professional and personal outlet for your worries – an outlet that is free from criticism, confidentiality, and any need for perfection. The sessions are hands-on and solution-oriented. At the end of each session, you will walk away with skills that you can implement immediately. If you are seeking help for the first time or if you have been out of therapy for years, you are met right where you are at.
Couples Therapy
when the same old disputes continue to resurface, there’s emotional detachment where none should be, or there’s doubt about whether things can be fixed anymore, couples counseling moves from the “nice to have” category to the absolute necessity column. Calm Tree offers couples counseling programs rooted in real solutions like effective communication techniques, including the Gottman Method. We work with individuals from all stages, including couples seeking help to stem the hemorrhage before it’s too late, couples rebuilding their trust after a breakdown, as well as couples looking to enhance their already great relationship. Some of the men whom we see initially come into our sessions with skepticism and end up leaving with words and skills that they didn’t have prior to seeing us. Telehealth available. Serving Johnston, Ankeny, Urbandale, Grimes, and Waukee
Colin Priest
Cell: 515-257-6415
Email: calmtreetherapy@gmail.com
Business Hours:
Monday 9am-5pm
Tuesday: 9am-5pm
Wednesday: 9am-5pm
Thursday: 9am-5pm
Fridays: *Phone consultations only