Frequently Addressed Clinical Issues
Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, numb, depressed, anxious, lonely or frustrated with your current circumstance? Individual therapy can help you increase self-esteem, inspire change, overcome obstacles and carve out a new path towards a more fulfilling life.
Communication, emotional disconnection, complex family dynamics and parenting concerns are some, but not all, of the factors that place stress on long-term partnerships. While I currently do not see couples together, I enjoy working with individuals on their primary relationships. Healthy relationships take work and learning new ways of communicating can repair and revitalize your connection with others in and outside your family.
I have extensive experience with a wide array of clinical concerns including, but not limited to;
Unresolved relationship and family conflict, divorce, interpersonal violence, infidelity and other problematic behaviors and/or events that result in disconnection, feelings of hopelessness and isolation.
Persistent and chronic mental health disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar, substance abuse, eating disorders and other addictive behaviors. Identification of key issues to reduce emotional distress, mood instability, negative behaviors and underlying core issue that prevent you from flourishing in your daily life.
Crisis and traumatic events including the treatment of single incident trauma, complex trauma and PTSD with specific focus on the reduction of disruptive symptoms. I also work with high levels of dissociation including dissociative fugue states, episodic amnesia and Dissociative Identity Disorder.
First Responders, including veterans, police officers, firefighters, EMTs and medical personal who are experiencing PTSI (Post Traumatic Stress Injury) including hyperarousal, anxiety, insomnia, irritability, anger, nightmares, flashbacks and other intrusive thoughts or symptoms.
Significant life adjustments related to cancer diagnosis with patients, caregivers and family members. Management of distress following diagnosis, during cancer treatment, adjustment following cancer treatment, relapse and end of life preparation.
Grief and loss of all kinds including sudden and chronic illness, suicide, loss of job, loss of relationships, and loss of focus and identity.
Length of Treatment – Short or Long-Term?
Length of treatment is something we will discuss depending on your needs. I provide short-term solution focused therapy to problem solve, provide helpful feedback, offer strategies and insight. This approach is often appropriate for addressing crisis situations, situational anxiety and/or depression, conflict and other unexpected and immediately distressing issues.
I also offer longer-term psychoanalysis, a modality of therapy that investigates underlying core issues that drive our emotional states, our identity, self-esteem, patterns of behavior and our perspective. This approach relies heavily on our therapeutic alliance, is married with skills-building as needed and is eclectic in nature drawing on an array of clinical modalities. This often includes a deeper look at how we create meaning in our lives including our belief system and spirituality. This is a rich, complex and rewarding process that can facilitate powerful change in our internal experience and within our relationships.
Modalities
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Mindfulness
Transpersonal Therapy
Internal Family Systems
The Gottman Method
Ego State Therapy
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Psychoanalysis
Attachment Theory
I believe all therapy is most effective when approached from a psychodynamic perspective.
Your experiences and relationships create your perspective and must be explored to expect meaningful, lasting change.
What is EMDR Therapy?
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing is an evidence-based treatment that is designed to alleviate distress related to traumatic memories and reduce the intensity and frequency of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The reprocessing stage of EMDR utilizes bi-lateral stimulation, typically eye movements, to reprocess emotionally distressing memories. Length of treatment varies by individual, trauma history and symptomology. Symptoms include (but are not limited to) high levels of anxiety, panic attacks, nightmares and re-experiencing past events and can present unexpectedly or be linked to specific triggers.
EMDR therapy can also provide powerful insight into key life events that have shaped core values that no longer serve you. Clients often experience significant shifts in perspective that release them from negative self-beliefs and/or fears that disrupt personal growth and positive experience. I use this modality in both short-term therapy to alleviate symptoms, in longer-term psychoanalysis as well as the treatment of complex trauma.
I am a Certified EMDR therapist.