Specialties
Anxiety
Nearly everyone experiences anxiety at some point in their lives before or after a stressful event. When anxiety becomes persistent, unshakeable, or unbearable, treatment will help. The intensity and nature of anxiety may change over the course of your life. Anxiety can show up as a sense of dread, apprehension and worry, panic attacks, physical manifestations such as muscle tension, digestive disorders, headaches, or other symptoms. Sometimes anxiety is “free floating,” which means that it’s unclear what is causing the current state of discomfort. Therapy helps clarify how past situations may cause anxiety in the present even though there doesn’t seem to be a connection. Working through these associations and learning coping skills will help you gain a greater sense of control so that anxiety doesn’t interfere with pursuing your goals.
Read what the NIH has to say about anxiety here.
Depression
Sometimes it’s hard to recognize that you are depressed. If depression has been chronic it can feel like it’s “just you.”—this is your personality and who you are. Or you may notice that you are not feeling like the same person you used to be. You feel sad or numb, irritable and tired, you don’t feel like socializing, everything is bleak, there is no pleasure or meaning in life, daily rhythms of sleep and eating are disturbed, you can’t work or concentrate, you have no interest in sex, you cannot see a way out, or you imagine you would be better off dead. You might experience some or all of these symptoms and you’ve tried everything to feel better. Or you don’t have the motivation to make changes. Despite how daunting depression can be, it is highly treatable with psychotherapy and medication.
Read what the NIH has to say about depression here.
Parenting
We want to be the best parents to our children. And our parents loved us and wanted to be the best parents to us. However, because of their own trauma they may not have provided us with what we needed. Our childhood experiences have a way of infusing themselves into our present relationships with our kids, even if we consciously try not to let them. Most parents benefit from learning parenting skills and understanding how patterns with their children may be influenced by their own experiences as children. This work of discovery can free parents up to have more joyful and growth-promoting parenting relationships.
In addition to the normal challenges of parenthood, some parents face particularly difficult situations such as gender issues, chronic medical or mental illness, disability, or addiction in their child.
Read more about parenting from The Child Mind Institute here.
Other Areas of Practice
Abortion, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Menopause
College Mental Health
Gender Identity
Grief and Loss
Family Conflict
LGBTQIA+
Life Transitions and Adjustments
Medical Professional Stress
Medication Management
Relationship Issues
Trauma
