Treatment Services
Trauma and PTSD
A negative event can sometimes have a great deal of power in a person’s life. If an event was powerful enough, you might experience frightening memories and a constant sense of danger. Or you might feel disconnected and numb after a painful event. When these effects start making it hard to function, it’s important to determine the need for trauma therapy.
Any type of negative event can become traumatic, from car crashes to assault to war trauma. Trauma can also be caused by long-term stress from a dangerous or stressful situation, such as living with an abusive person or in a dangerous area. You might assume that some events can’t be traumatic because they are not “bad enough”. But what is important is your reaction to the event, not how bad the event was. We’ve treated PTSD for people who had overly demanding jobs, were stuck in loveless marriages, and who were bullied in school. Just because it’s not a life or death situation doesn’t mean it can’t be traumatic. If you think you’re struggling with a trauma, we’d love to help.
Depression
Depression is more than just feeling sad; it’s a complex mental health condition that can significantly impact every aspect of your life. From affecting your mood and energy levels to disrupting your sleep and appetite patterns, depression can make even simple daily tasks feel overwhelming. You might experience persistent feelings of sadness or emptiness, loss of interest in activities, changes in appetite or weight, sleep disturbances, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and thoughts of worthlessness or guilt.
We understand the challenges that depression presents, and we’re here to help. Our compassionate team of professionals provides personalized support and evidence-based treatments to help you navigate through your depression, develop coping strategies, and work towards a brighter and more fulfilling future. You don’t have to face depression alone – we’re here to support you every step of the way.
Stress and Anxiety
In today’s fast-paced world, stress is all too common, but it doesn’t have to control your life. Whether it’s work-related stress, financial stress, relationship issues, self-care, work-life balance, or just everyday life getting to you, stress management counseling can help you learn effective strategies to manage and reduce your stress levels.
Similarly, anxiety counseling helps explore and address your worries, fears, and uncertainties. Through anxiety treatment, you will work collaboratively with a therapist to identify triggers, understand underlying patterns of anxiety, and develop effective coping strategies. Whether you’re dealing with generalized anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, or phobias, one of our therapists can provide tools and techniques to help you manage your symptoms and control of your stress and/or anxiety.
Anger Management
An excess of stress can often turn into anger at your spouse, your kids, yourself, and the world around you. You might find yourself snapping at people, yelling at your family, or even breaking things when things don’t go your way. Anger can sometimes be difficult to address on your own, especially if there is no time at all between an event and the resulting explosion. We help people learn ways to stay calm, think more clearly, and “lengthen their fuse”, so that the explosion takes much longer, if it happens at all. For those who never explode, but just stay at a simmering level of frustration, we help to lower the frustration until your default state is much more calm.
We help people with their anger by teaching them calming techniques that actually work, helping them reduce the stress in their lives, and when necessary, working on the root problems that cause anger to be your most likely response. Once anger is treated, it is often necessary to work on the relationships that have been damaged as a result of hurtful words or frightening behaviors, and we are glad to help you heal those relationships.
Grief
Grief is a natural and complex emotional response to loss, encompassing a range of feelings such as sadness, anger, guilt, and even denial. It can manifest in various ways, including physical symptoms like fatigue, headaches, or changes in appetite, as well as emotional symptoms like sadness, numbness, or irritability. People experience grief differently, and the reasons for grieving can vary widely, from the death of a loved one to the end of a relationship or loss of a job. Our counselors provide a space for clients to express their emotions, explore their grief journey, and develop coping strategies to adjust to life after loss.