What I Treat
Hypochondriasis (Illness Anxiety)
Marriage & Family Dynamics Counseling
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (All subtypes)
Panic Disorder
Parenting Skills
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Perfectionism
Performance Anxiety
Perinatal/Postpartum Anxiety & Depression
Phobias/Specific Fears
Relationship
Religious Anxiety
Social Anxiety & Shyness
Trauma
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ADD/ADHD
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ADD/ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent mental health condition that begins in childhood and endures into adolescence and adulthood. For individuals with ADHD, focusing and paying attention becomes challenging, making it difficult to excel in school, interact socially, and/or exhibit appropriate behavior at home. Some children may also display heightened degrees of hyperactivity or impatience that impedes with everyday functioning. The levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsive behaviors in individuals with ADHD surpass those of their peers in the same age group.
Borderline Personality Disorder
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Borderline Personality Disorder: Individuals with significant challenges in regulating emotions, maintaining relationships, and at times, urges to engage in self-harm or suicidal thoughts/gestures may be struggling with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Individuals with BPD may encounter intense moods shifts and have difficulty regulating themselves in distressing environments. There are many biological and social precipitating factors which may include emotional sensitivity, past trauma, emotional neglect, or an invalidating environments in childhood. Symptoms tend to persist chronically until addressed, oftentimes through a course of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) which focuses on helping individuals learn how to tolerate distress, regulate emotions, and use interpersonal and mindfulness skills.
Childhood Behavior Challenges
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Childhood Behavior Challenges: All children certainly exhibit challenging behaviors throughout their childhood. However, when these behaviors escalate to the point of significant disruptions in daily living (either via persistent temper tantrums, heightened physical aggression, excessive argumentativeness, stealing, and various forms of defiance against authority), children- not by any fault of their own- may be struggling with treatable mental health conditions. Not every child exhibiting these behaviors falls into the following categories, but two examples include Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD). Recognizing and addressing these behaviors early on can be crucial for effective intervention and supporting our children through these challenges. With or without the aforementioned diagnoses, childhood behavior challenges can be addressed with skills and behavioral interventions with the child, parents, or both; to play to each child's strength and help them harness their energies in effective, creative, and expressive ways.
Chronic Worry
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Chronic Worry/Generalized Anxiety: Chronic worry, especially over long periods of time, can get overwhelming. Generalized anxiety, intrusive thoughts., and persistent concern (about either thematic or generalized concerns) can cause an inability to engage fully in daily living and becomes increasingly difficult to navigate on one's own. Our therapy approach uses a CBT and/or DBT model to help clients address the roots of chronic worry, by identifying triggers and patterns that fuel these concerns and subsequently changing cognitive and behavioral responses that perpetuate the worry cycle. Although many people who struggle with chronic worry have suffered from these symptoms for years, our therapy process empowers clients to regain control of the mind, and re-engage in life with a sense of resilience, mindfulness, and ease.
Couples Therapy
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Couples Therapy: We support couples in all stages of dating, marriage, separation, and divorce, who are seeking to address relational dynamics, attachment wounds, communication conflicts, infidelity, trust, intimacy, and decision making. Our couples therapy approach follows Gottman and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) modalities, and offer a dedicated space for partners to openly communicate and explore their emotions within a safe and supportive environment. Through guidance, deeper insight, effective communication, and conflict resolution skills, our goal is to empower couples to navigate challenges with clarity, vulnerability, empathy, and connection- healing both personal and relational wounds in the process.
Depression
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Depression: Depression effects over 30% of the U.S. adult population. Depression can be episodic or persistent, and manifest as a state of sadness, hopelessness, lack of motivation or interest in life, along with difficulty sleeping, eating, and/or engaging fully in everyday living. While most individuals may encounter these emotions briefly at times in their lives, a major depressive episode persists for over two weeks, significantly disrupting daily activities such as family responsibilities, social interactions, work, schooling, or basic self-care. Some individuals may experience milder symptoms but for prolonged durations, indicative of dysthymia, which involves persistent low mood, accompanied by other depressive symptoms. Although less severe than major depression, dysthymia shares common symptoms such as low energy, changes in appetite, and sleep disturbances. Major depression is treated using value based behavioral change, insight, cognitive shifts, and by navigating bigger life challenges that are contributing, in order to create and enhance a life experienced as worth living.
Divorce/Separation
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Divorce/Separation: Divorce or separation can initiate a tumultuous period of emotional upheaval, both within a couple’s dynamic, and in one's individual life. Our therapy provides a compassionate space to process grief, anger, and uncertainty associated with these life-changing events and the future. We offer joint and personalized support to navigate the complexities of legal and emotional separation, empowering clients process change, and to rebuild a sense of self within a new chapter.
Eating Disorders
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Eating Disorders: Eating Disorders and/or disordered eating encompass a range of challenges, including significant disruptions in eating behavior, overly-restricting (anorexia nervosa), purging (bulimia nervosa), excessive emotional eating (binge-eating disorder), and disruption to thoughts and emotions around food/eating overall (disordered eating). These conditions may also include emotional challenges such as low self-esteem, distorted perceptions of body weight or shape, strained family dynamics, and challenges with control. Often co-occurring with anxiety, OCPD, mood, and other disorders, eating disorders can also lead to serious medical and physical complications. Our comprehensive treatment approach addresses these conditions through individual sessions, family sessions, group therapy, and consultations with outside prescribing physicians and dietitians.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Marked by persistent, uncontrollable worry about daily concerns, and at times, accompanied by physiological distress like muscle tension, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and migraines, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) presents a significant challenge for many children, adolescents, and adults. Individuals with GAD often get stuck in ruminative patterns about feared outcomes, and may harbor excessive concerns about money, health, family, work, or other aspects of life. While the disorder typically begins gradually, it is diagnosed after worry thoughts occur persistently for six months, without being able to control them. Despite functioning well in various aspects of life, individuals with GAD experience persistent distress, and during severe anxiety episodes, they may find it challenging to engage fully in relationships, work, and everyday living.
Grief
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Grief: Grieving is a deeply personal journey that occurs after any significant loss of life, or a way we thought life may go. Therapy sessions offer a nurturing environment for clients who have recently experienced the death of a close family member or friend, significant relationship termination, or global/communal tragedy. We also treat complex/prolonged grief, and grief related to the loss of not being able to live the life one dreamed of, whether related to family planning, relationships, or other life aspirations. By helping clients navigate the complexities of loss and providing tools and strategies to cope with the intense emotions that accompany grief, our aim is to support clients in experiencing a full range of emotions and foster resilience by gradually integrating loss back into a different version of life ahead.
Hypochondriasis (Illness Anxiety)
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Hypochondriasis (Illness Anxiety): Also known as health anxiety or illness anxiety disorder, hypochondriasis is defined by an overwhelming fear of becoming or currently being unwell, or being the cause of others becoming sick or unwell. Those with hypochondriasis often interpret minor bodily sensations or benign symptoms as signs of a serious illness, going to great lengths to avoid situations or activities perceived as posing any risk of sickness. Seeking excessive reassurance, individuals consistently engage in checking behaviors with family members, medical professionals through doctor’s appointments, and online research, yet their anxieties persist even when examinations yield no medical concern. Hypochondriasis is sometimes viewed as a variant of OCD and responds well to treatment through exposure and response prevention therapy.
Insomnia
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Insomnia: Insomnia is linked to various factors, including stress, depression, anxiety, and chronic illness, making it a complex and multifaceted condition. Common symptoms involve difficulty falling or staying asleep and a persistent feeling of not being well-rested. Effective treatment for insomnia involves Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia (CBT-I), which focuses on enhancing sleep habits, behavior therapy, and addressing underlying causes such as stress, depression, or anxiety.