What is adjustment counseling?

When facing changes to your eyesight or vision loss, every aspect of your life is impacted and it’s natural to experience anxiety and depression. Supportive resources become essential.

I’m Janice Barrocas, a Licensed Professional Counselor, here to support you or your loved one experiencing vision loss navigate everything from sense of self, personal relationships, and staying connected to work and community.

It’s a process and you are not alone.

Research shows emotionally adapting to vision loss includes moving through several distinct phases*:

  • Physical and social trauma

  • Shock and denial

  • Mourning and withdrawal

  • Succumbing and depression

  • Reassessment and reaffirmation

  • Coping and mobilization

  • Self-acceptance and self-esteem

*Tuttle, Dean W., and Naomi R. Tuttle. Self-esteem and Adjusting with Blindness: The Process of Responding to Life’s Demands. 2004.

I help clients and their families gracefully navigate these difficult steps.

Request a 15-minute consultation

Let’s connect on how I can support you or your loved one experiencing vision loss. I accept Tricare, Aetna, Cigna, and Optum/United Healthcare.

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