Learning to manage symptoms related to anxiety such as irritability, racing thoughts, excessive worrying, and difficulty sleeping can help you feel like you have control again. Therapy is a safe place for developing a plan to help with a qualified professional trained in effective therapy techniques such as cognitive behavior, dialectical behavior, and motivational interviewing. 

Finding ways to cope both effectively and without compromising your overall health can be tricky but not impossible. Symptom management begins with finding the areas of your life that anxiety is present. Then finding ways to eliminate or manage the symptoms depending on your lifestyle and preferences. 

When things happen to us that compromise our safety, security, or wellbeing we can have a hard time moving through the feelings associated with the trauma. Sometimes it is chronic headaches, perfectionism, people-pleasing, poor boundaries, or even isolation that make us realize we need help. Sometimes we have found things in this world that are great at taking care of the negative feelings (alcohol, food, sex, shopping…) but long-term can cause health or other negative issues.  

Trauma work takes place mostly in the office setting unless you and the therapist decide telehealth is appropriate as well. Using a person-centered approach to treatment planning, you and the therapist find the best treatment approach to help achieve your goals. 

Finding yourself in the throes of alcoholism or addiction can be one of the hardest battles to win and you shouldn’t be expected to do it alone. We use cognitive-based approaches as well as motivational interviewing to help you figure out the best treatment approach. 

We also work with substance use within the family unit as this disease does not just affect the individual but instead everyone around them. 

If you are like most indiviudals you have more to-dos and less time in your day. We can work on finding margin in your days and helping you take back your hours that feel lost to chaos daily. Developing new coping skills and processing through life stressors are both effective in helping you identify how you wish to live and making the plan for it. Therapy is a safe place for developing and discuss this plan with a qualified professional trained in effective therapy techniques such as cognitive behavior, dialectical behavior, and motivational interviewing. 

It’s hard to be healthy when working in the helping profession. These demanding roles require special attention to work-life balance. The headaches, the restless nights, and the racing thoughts all feel like a rite of passage until you find yourself hating your job or you just don’t have any desire to care any longer. Sometimes we find things in this world that are great at taking care of negative feelings (alcohol, food, sex, shopping…) but long-term can cause health or other negative issues.  You didn’t go to school to burn out within 5 years so let’s get things back on track.