Depression Counseling to include mood related problems

Depression is a very real thing. Anyone who has experienced an episode or season of life of depression understands the reality of how it affects their life, loss of motivation, loss of control, and loss of hope to name just a few. I am trained and experienced in a variety of ways to treat depression and other related issues and symptoms. I use dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and mindfulness to help you survive those most difficult times, and develop practical and effective coping skills, as well as increasing your self-awareness to have a life worth living. I am also about to use motivational interviewing to help you explore and figure out what goals you want to work towards and to keep working towards them.

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Anxiety Counseling to help with Worry, Panic Attack, and Fear

 Life is filled with a lot of triggers for anxiety, worry and fear. These can be crippling to those who have experienced it, which can lead to panic attacks, loss of self-confidence, self-esteem problems lots of physical symptoms which you can feel, they may feel like a heart attack, stomach aches, head aches, muscle tension and more. Mentally anxiety is exhausting, with a loss of restful sleep or insomnia, the brain won’t stop thinking, easily irritated and annoyed with others and circumstance and many other life interrupting symptoms. I can help. I treat anxiety, panic, worry, and fear based symptoms with validating you and the struggles anxiety brings. I work to help you calm your mind and body using mindfulness, listening to you talk through the things that trigger anxiety, and putting you in complete control using Solution Focused Brief Therapy. I love teaching my clients relaxation skills, and helping them to experience the sensation of calmness and peace.

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Anger Problems, Co-dependency, and Self-Esteem Counseling

Anger serves a purpose, it is a protective coping mechanism that sometimes becomes automatic. The problem as you know, is when anger interferes with your relationships, work or job, and ability to cope with general frustrations that you see don’t bother others as much. The anger comes from somewhere. The key here is that through the therapy process we explore how anger has helped you in the past, and through cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing, what other emotions are fueling the anger. I have been very effective at helping clients gain more control over their anger and find a great sense of self-awareness, self-control, to leading a more fulfilling and satisfying life. Both men and women experience problems with anger. Anger, especially for men, can be a symptoms of depression brewing under the surface.

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Trauma Counseling and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Counseling

Trauma is a very real thing. The symptoms are fairly easy to identify, however sometimes the trauma that people experience can get buried and stay buried for a very long time. It can stay buried so well, many people forget about the traumatic event. The problem is that eventually something triggers that trauma. It can take some time and work to understand what is being triggered. I can help. I treat the trauma through some cognitive behavioral therapy, like Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and Parts therapy. I am now offering Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing otherwise called EMDR. I love to help you work through those things that are triggering you and help you have a more satisfying life.

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