I have strong skills and years of experience treating the following mental health issues. If you or someone you know may be experiencing issues that fall under these categories, therapy can help.
Adjustment Disorder
Counseling or therapy can be helpful when a person is having special difficulty adjusting to one or more highly stressful circumstances such as divorce or death of a loved one.
Anger Management
Anger management describes a host of conditions from authority problems to spouse abuse, often exacerbated by drug or alcohol abuse or circumstances reminiscent of early childhood experiences.
Anxiety
Anxiety is an inevitable part of everyday life. If you didn’t feel any anxiety in response to everyday challenges involving loss or failure, something would be wrong with you. But, when anxiety becomes more intense and lasts a long time (for months after a stressful situation has passed) or leads to phobias that interfere with your life and daily functioning it is time to seek the help of a licensed therapist.
Codependency
Spouses or significant others of those dependent on drugs or alcohol may themselves be dependent upon the addict remaining addicted. This usually is an unconscious motivation that becomes apparent in a counseling context.
Crisis Counseling
Crisis counseling is psychotherapeutic intervention that begins while a client is still in the midst of a recent or ongoing emotional upheaval or critical difficulty.
Depression
There are many forms of depression. Major depression can cause disruption of social and occupational activities, sadness, hopelessness, loss of interest or pleasure, loss of appetite, insomnia or hypersomnia, suicidal ideation and other issues. Dysthymia is a less severe form of depression with less acute onset but with chronic symptoms. Other forms of depression include adjustment disorder with depressed mood and postpartum depression.
Divorce
Divorce can cause a significant change in lifestyle, emotional instability, stress, financial problems and issues related to family organization. Divorce is one of the most common triggers for seeking professional help.
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
EAPs are workforce programs designed to assist troubled employees find licensed therapists in order to reduce the chances of absenteeism, job loss and reduced efficiency.
Geriatrics
Aging can present challenges for aging people and their families. Older adults may have great difficulty transitioning to retirement, facing their mortality, dealing with medical conditions, adjusting to the deaths of partners and friends and finding enjoyable, meaningful activities.
Grief and Loss
Grief is a reaction to any form of loss. It can encompass a range of feelings from deep sadness to anger, and the process of adapting to a significant loss can vary dramatically from one person to another, depending on his or her background, beliefs, relationship to what was lost and other factors.
Interpersonal and Relationship Issues
These issues are some of the main reasons people seek therapy. Relationship therapy is the process of counseling the parties of a relationship to help them recognize and better manage or reconcile troublesome differences and repeating patterns of distress.
Marriage Counseling & Couples Therapy
Marriage counseling, or couples therapy, is a type of psychotherapy. Marriage counseling helps couples of all types recognize and resolve conflicts and improve relationships. Through the marriage counseling process couples can make thoughtful decisions about rebuilding their relationship or going their separate ways.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD is a term describing a cluster of symptoms that occur after trauma such as that experienced through combat, rape or assault. People suffering from PTSD often complain of emotional numbing and of re-experiencing the traumatic circumstances through dreams, nightmares, flashbacks and/or startled reactions.
Sexual Abuse Survivors
Counseling for those who have experienced sexual abuse comprises trauma specific counseling, a focused type of therapy that concentrates on the abuse that occurred and the effects it has on life after the abuse. Treatment methods can vary from talking through thoughts, feelings and behaviors; establishing coping mechanisms; becoming educated about symptoms and the dynamics of sexual assault; journaling and relaxation techniques.
Stress Management
Stress is a biological, emotional, cognitive and behavioral response to upsetting or very demanding circumstances. If left untreated, it can have deleterious effects on happiness, health and social and occupational functioning. Counseling can help you become aware of stressors and emotional and physical reactions, recognize ways to change, reduce the intensity of emotional reactions to stress and learn to moderate your physical reactions to stress.
Women’s Issues
Women’s issues cover a wide range of topics that relate to the historical scrutiny of women in a cultural framework. While times have changed, women still struggle with the social, cultural and political forces that define their gender. Women can also struggle with life transitions, including starting a family, children’s lifecycle events and menopause. Counseling can help women adjust to transition, manage anxiety or depression, let go of problems and establish new thought patterns.
Workplace Issues and Job Stress
Pronounced stress at work can cause mental health issues including anxiety, depression and irritability, which can impact marital, family and social relationships. Job stress can also have physical manifestations, including raised blood pressure, sleeping problems, stiffness, muscle tension and headaches. Workplace stress can also lead to substance abuse. Counseling can help you deal with job-related stress by identifying ways to reduce it such as problem-solving, planning before stressful situations, learning from mistakes and focusing on positive things.