Welcome to Time Out
For Time Within

Mission Statement
Assisting people to obtain Peace from within to manifest Peace all around.

Time Out Purpose
Time Out provides counseling services that can facilitate your processes through life transitions. 

Background
Since 1984 Carol Treadwell has worked in the social services field.  In 1997 Carol became a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and has provided professional mental health services to adolescents, children, adults, and families.

Carol introduced time outs as a tool for parents to use with children as a "cooling off" period to build effective communication patterns.

Over the years, Carol learned that the use of time out is essential for everyone--adults, youth, and children. When people take time out to allow inner-quieting, they tend to be able to make healthier, more effective choices. Time out creates mental space for effective problem solving to take place without creating further relational conflicts.

Time out allows you to reach the necessary inner quieting, to gain clarity and perspective which in turn allows you to create a vision for manifesting positive change.

Credentials
Carol Treadwell is a state licensed clinical therapist, LCS#18595, governed by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  As a state licensed clinician, Carol is required and does maintain 36 hours of continuing education within two-year periods for license renewal.  In addition, Carol takes 30 hours a year of educational training courses to maintain certification and further professional advancement.

Associations
NASW and MHAA

Services Provided
Time Out (for time within) provides a safe, quiet, and aromatic environment away from home and/or the workplace where you may focus your attention on a specific goal, vision, or need without interruption from daily life routines or responsibilities.  It is a refreshing, mini-vacation "away from it all" without the associated costs of an actual travel vacation.

Counseling services are provided within the framework of progressive physical relaxation, guided imagery, visualization exercises and venues to attain answers through inner wisdom. Services are offered for individual adults, couples, and groups.  Another service includes non-violent/compassionate communication support groups.

The use of physical relaxation exercises eliminates or substantially reduces physical body tension.   Other exercises quiet and focus the mind to tap into wisdom within.  These exercises are used to effectively manage stress, anxiety, and depression.  Also weight management, smoking cessation, and many other life transition conflicts can be resolved.

The picture below is an example of typical,
local wildlife in and around Big Bear Valley -- a tree squirrel snacking
on a pinon nut during a winter's snow.