Challenges

Anxiety Therapy

Anxiety takes so many different shapes and forms. Maybe you have repetitive, generalized worries, part of an overactive mind that is hard to slow down. Perhaps you have a specific fear or phobia that leaves you feeling paralyzed and unable to live life to the fullest. You might experience social anxiety that is specifically related to being around and interacting with other people. Many anxiety issues also are present with psychosomatic symptoms. Fortunately, there are a number of therapeutic approaches that have proven to be efficient in treating anxiety.

Psychosomatic Disorders and Health Psychology

Psychosomatic disorders are a broad umbrella term to describe physical/physiological conditions that have a psychological aspect to them. Often psychosomatic disorders are a bodily-manifestation of anxiety and/or stress. Related bodily sensations could include heart racing, chest tightness, difficulty breathing, vasovagal responses such as fainting, headaches, insomnia, gastrointestinal distress, and more. Many people experience these symptoms in the form of panic attacks, which can lead to subsequent anticipatory anxiety and avoidant behavior patterns that can become disabling.

Our staff specializes in treating many of the specific manifestations of psychosomatic disorders.

Depression Treatment

Do you feel unusually sad? Perhaps this sadness has a context around it, a reason for feeling blue or depressed. It’s also possible that you might feel depressed for no discernible reason. Regardless of your reason for feeling depressed, being able to make sense of and cope with these difficult feelings is an important part of therapy.

Grief & Loss | Counseling & Therapy

Loss comes in all sizes, shapes, and forms. Grieving is a painful but important part of living. We understand that there is no manual for how to grieve loss—whatever it may be. With our grief counseling, we make no preconditions on what grieving loss should be like, but we promise to listen with empathy, compassion, and curiosity. We are here to help you put words to your experiences, in a way that will be meaningful and help you begin to heal.

Trauma Therapy

What trauma have you experienced? Trauma can be physical, sexual, emotional, spiritual, and all of the above. Traumatic stress can stem from a single incident – such as a natural disaster, accident, murder, or terrorism. Complex relational trauma, also known as attachment trauma, is sadly quite common and can be devastating in the impact it has on personality formation, structural development, and relational trust and intimacy.

Therapy for trauma is thoughtful, boundary-focused, and can often be long-term work that is phase-oriented. We find out how to treat the person, not just the trauma.

Attention-Deficit Therapy

Attention-Deficit (e.g. ADD, ADHD) has numerous aspects to it. There are the primary factors, such as difficulties with concentration, focus, and executive functioning – and the immediate impacts this has on academic and career progression. However, there are also pertinent secondary factors, such as the cumulative effects that dealing with attention-deficit has on self-esteem, self-image, and relationships. Our therapy is versatile and attempts to address all of these factors.

Addiction

Let us start with a clear iteration of what we are NOT. Our practice does not work with active alcohol and/or substance addiction. We believe that active substance dependence is best treated at outpatient centers with multi-disciplinary treatment.

On the other hand, we enjoy working with persons in recovery who are motivated to learn more about themselves and address underlying psychological issues which may have contributed to their substance use.

Gaming Disorder: Technology & Gaming Addiction

Does the time you spend using your computer, cell phone, or playing video games negatively affect your ability to live a fuller, happier, and more productive life? Addiction to electronic devices has emerged as a significantly more common and detrimental issue in both children and adults, so we treat this addiction seriously and with respect. As psychologists, we understand that elements of shame, confusion, or depression may have contributed to your decision to seek therapy, so we do our best to engage you in a conversation that is neither judgmental nor dismissive of the reason you are here.

Our principle goal is to provide you with a safe place where you can reflect on your addiction while working to achieve a level of use that is most comfortable and healthy for you.

Pregnancy Loss & Infertility Counseling

Pregnancy loss and infertility is never part of a woman’s vision of how she will become a mother. Couples often have different ways of grieving which leads to conflict in the relationship at the very time each person needs the other for support. We can help couples process the trauma of loss and reconnect with increased intimacy.