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Treatment Specialties
Anxiety
Substance Use/Abuse
Depression
Anxiety is a normal reaction to anything that might be threatening to a person’s lifestyle, values, self, or loved ones. Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. One might feel a sense of discomfort, butterflies in the stomach, a rapid heart rate, or nervous fidgeting. Some degree of anxiety can benefit us and even motivate us to prepare for upcoming tasks such as an exam, presentation, performance, or to ward off a threat. However, too much anxiety can cause significant discomfort and interfere with life’s daily tasks.
Depression
Substance Use/Abuse
Depression
Depression can be a symptom or disorder. People often casually describe their mood as “depressed” when it may be mild sadness that quickly goes away or just being in a “funk” that also quickly subsides. Many of us experience an occasional bad day, when for no apparent reason we feel glum, irritable, or out of sorts. However, diagnosable or clinical depression lasts for more than a day or two and you do not just bounce back from a glum mood. There is often significant impairment in one’s life as a result of a depressed mood relating to sleep, appetite, thoughts, school or employment, and relationships.
Substance Use/Abuse
Substance Use/Abuse
Substance Use/Abuse
Substance abuse refers to the problematic use of alcohol, any illicit substances or prescribed medication. There are varying degrees of misuse, sometimes leading to tolerance and a state of withdrawal including physical and psychological symptoms. Although some of you may not experience withdrawal symptoms you may still feel your life and/or mood is affected. You may want to ask for help from a health professional who specializes in this field. Together we will identify the extent of your alcohol or drug abuse, the ways it affects you and your life and the best treatment that suits your needs.
Trauma
Trauma
Substance Use/Abuse
Trauma counseling helps clients understand what happens to the mind, brain, and relationships during traumas or unresolved events. The treatment helps the client identify present-day “triggers” or reminders of unresolved events that live in the body as a set of physiological sensations that are often stored outside of awareness. When triggered, the client is transported back to the time of the unresolved event and feels disempowered all over again. During the process of identifying a trigger to an earlier trauma, the client’s attachment style and nervous system state are explored to help determine which protective behaviors are used during periods of significant stress. Next, new, more empowering behaviors are introduced that can help the client resolve the trigger in an empowering manner. Finally, we help the client identify how resolving the trigger creates growth for the mind, body, spirit, and relationships.
Grief
Trauma
Grief
Grief counseling is a form of psychotherapy that aims to help people cope with grief and mourning following the death of loved ones, or with major life changes that trigger feelings of grief (e.g., divorce, or job loss). Grief counselors believe that everyone experiences and expresses grief in their own way, often shaped by culture.