Tired of Playing Whack-a-Mole With Your Problems?

If you’ve ever wondered why the same problems keep coming back, you’re not alone. Whether it’s reactivity, relationship tension, or burnout, the surface issues change, but the pattern repeats. You try to fix what’s in front of you, and for a while, it helps. But then the same struggle shows up again in a different form.

This is the trap of surface-level problem solving. It focuses on symptoms instead of root causes. Without understanding what’s driving the cycle, the same issues will keep returning no matter how many times you try to fix them.

Often, finding what’s underneath requires the courage to explore your core issues—the beliefs you formed early on, the fears you’ve learned to avoid, the patterns of reacting that have become automatic. Real change happens when these underlying issues are identified, challenged, and updated.

At BEing There Counseling, we help people trace these repeating issues back to their source. Not to dwell on the past, but to develop the awareness and emotional skills to respond differently in the present. When you work with the cause of the pattern, not just the symptom, you stop managing chaos and start creating change that actually lasts.