SPECIALTIES & MODALITIES
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Life Transitions
With changes in life we have to learn tools to manage stress and adapt. Learn more about how to manage significant life changes like changing jobs, starting or ending relationships, moving in with a partner, and many other life stressors.
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Adult Children of Self Centered and/or Emotionally Immature Parents
Work to improve relationships, set boundaries, understand family dynamics, notice triggers and gain space to respond as well as understand and address self criticisms and where they come from. Become unstuck from ideas about yourself that continue to effect how you feel and act.
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Self Growth
Improve work- life balance, quality of relationships, confidence and self esteem, performance at work or in school, organization and enjoyment of activities.
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Anxiety
Work to manage social anxiety, worry, thinking about “what ifs”, planning for the future much of the time, and inability to enjoy experiences because you are thinking about other things. Learn to manage feeling overwhelmed, perfectionism, self criticism, feeling stuck, feeling tense, and difficulty with allowing yourself to feel emotions.
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LGBTQ+
Obtain guidance with feeling that you don’t fit into the community or experiencing difficulty with social stigma. Gain support with clarifying your identity, working through transitioning, or feeling stuck with coming out. Receive assistance with lack of acceptance from family or friends and understanding from a therapist who identifies as being part of the queer community. Obtain gender affirming care and/or gender affirming surgery or treatment letter to assist with the process of your transition.
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Depression
Collaborate to understand the root of self criticisms and negative self talk, how this effects low mood and learn how to manage feelings of hopelessness or helplessness. Learn strategies to improve overall mood and take actions towards a life that feels worth living.
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ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
Have you ever noticed feeling consumed by thoughts and/or emotions? Sometimes this happens because we are pushing away our emotions or trying to rid ourselves of them. To avoid those uncomfortable feelings, we do things that also lead us away from what's most important to us. For example, if setting boundaries brings anxiety we avoid these conversations or actions which then affects the quality of our relationships. Or, if we think our worth is based in work and productivity, and we are constantly focused on work, it can take us out of being present with fun activities and meaningful contact with our friends, family and partner. ACT emphasizes awareness and acceptance of patterns of emotions and thoughts. At the same time, ACT encourages the awareness of one's values, what's most important to you, as a way of motivating us to move beyond the discomfort and take risks in a positive way. Then we aren't stuck in avoidance, becoming overwhelmed by the consequences, emotions and thoughts.
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
EMDR Therapy is an evidence-based form of treatment that was developed to treat trauma. EMDR is also effective in treating anxiety and depression, or to work through any experiences that feel stuck, continue to bother you or are affecting your life and behavior. When a very upsetting life event occurs, it can get locked into memory along with the feelings, thoughts, and sensations that were happening at the time, rather than being fully processed by the brain. Those thoughts, feelings and sensations can then show up at unexpected times or unintended ways. Sometimes stuck past experiences lead to patterns of thinking and behavior that don’t ultimately serve our goals and values. EMDR is a form of treatment that taps into the brain’s natural ability to process upsetting events by revisiting them as an observer while engaging in various activities guided by the therapist that activate both sides of the brain. This can involve eye movements, auditory tones or tapping. Unlike other forms of treatment that target the impact of traumatic events, clients do not need to fully discuss the upsetting events if they prefer not to do so. More information about EMDR Therapy is available at:
“Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha