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ANXIETY
Anxiety shows up in our lives in many different forms. Sometimes it can feel like you may worry about everything, all the time. Other times you may be worried about something specific, or you may feel most fearful in social situations. Sometimes the worrying or fear gets so bad, you may start to feel out of control. No matter what form anxiety shows up for you, typically it is an experience that is exhausting and frustrating, and can feel like it prevents you from being the best version of yourself.
Anxiety doesn’t always have to feel like a bad thing. In therapy, we work together to weave through difficult thoughts, enhance your skills and provide tools to allow you to find more peace and calm, and help you create a more meaningful and balanced life.
For additional support in relieving anxiety through relaxation:
20 Minute Guided Meditation for Reducing Anxiety and Stress: Clear the Clutter by The Mindful Movement
”This is a guided meditation to take you on a journey of relaxation. You will clear the clutter of your mind to calm you. It will reduce your stress level, as well as improve your overall health and well being when practiced regularly.”
Triangle Breathing
”A short and simple 30 second breathing exercise, a mini mindfulness session or calming brain break. Accessible for all - from kindergarten to adults.”
Breathing Exercises for Stress Relief
”Enjoy deep relaxation and increase lung capacity with this ten minute version of the 4-7-8 breathing technique. The breaths gradually slow and extend to an ideal calming pace.”
DEPRESSION
Do you find yourself losing interest in things you once cared about? Do you struggle to find motivation, even for the most basic of tasks? Do you feel down, sad, tearful, and/or frustrated that you’re just not feeling better? This may mean you need some additional support to help identify what may be impacting your mood, or keeping you stuck.
In therapy, we focus on recognizing and shifting the critical and negative messages that may be impacting your wellbeing, and work to create a new, and more helpful perspective. I use multiple techniques to help get you to feeling more motivated, grounded, and back on track.
For more information and support related to depression, mood disorders, and coping with mental illness:
National Alliance on Mental Illness
”Millions of people in the U.S. are affected by mental illness. It’s important to measure how common it is, so we can understand its impact — and so we can show that no one is alone.”
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
”DBSA in-person and online support groups give people living with depression and bipolar disorder a safe, welcoming place to share experiences, discuss coping skills, and offer each other hope.”
American Psychological Association: Depression
”Everyone experiences sadness at times. But depression is something more. Depression is extreme sadness or despair that lasts more than days. It interferes with the activities of daily life and can cause physical symptoms such as pain, weight loss or gain, sleeping pattern disruptions, or lack of energy.”
TRAUMA
Do you struggle with flashbacks from the past or feel like you are reliving memories? Do you have thoughts that feel intrusive? Do you struggle with nightmares? Is it hard to sit with your own body sometimes? These are just some of the impacts of trauma. It’s important to know that trauma is a common experience, and that you are not broken or messed up because something bad may have happened to you. The reasons you may struggle with this issue is not your fault, and a therapist can often support you in overcoming difficult memories, which can allow you to feel free from intrusive and negative thoughts and patterns. Trauma therapy is an effective way to re-work traumatic memories, clear out emotional pain, and provide the tools to move forward.
I specialize in helping my clients heal from trauma, and offer Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) as just a few of the evidenced based (research supported) ways to promote recovery and reduce trauma related symptoms. I also utilize action-based Psychodramatic interventions to help heal past wounds and build internal resources to allow clients to move forward with peace of mind and relief from traumatic pain. I am also trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), which utilizes eye movement therapy to reprogram the way in which distressing memories and images are stored in the brain so that they no longer trigger negative emotional or physical reactions.
For more information related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and trauma:
National Center for PTSD
”PTSD is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening or traumatic event. If symptoms last more than a few months, it may be PTSD. The good news is that there are effective treatments.”
Information on Accelerated Resolution Therapy
”Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is a unique approach to psychotherapy. ART is unique because the ART Therapist guides the client to replace the negative images in the mind that cause the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress with positive images of the client’s choosing.”
Information on Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
“"Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) helps people recover from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by having patients understand how they have made sense of their trauma.”
GRIEF AND LOSS
Grief is both natural and intense, and coping with grief can be an emotionally exhaustive process. There are so many ways to cope with grief, therapy provides a safe space to process emotions, develop coping strategies, and find ways to build a life around the loss. For many people who have experienced significant loss, processing grief helps to relieve pain and start a healing process. Grief doesn’t just come up with the death of a loved one, grief can show up after relationship loss, job loss and other life changes such as moving, loss of an important role, or dealing with chronic illness or a medical event. In therapy, we work together to explore emotions, allow space for you to share about your loved one, and learn to build compassion and gentleness for yourself without getting overwhelmed.
For more information and resources on grief and loss:
GriefShare Support Groups
“GriefShare offers online and in-person support groups for those moving through the grief process.”
The Life Center
“Empowering healing and Nurturing Growth: A local Tampa resource also offering support groups in our area.”
American Psychological Association: Grief
“Offering education, information and resources for those experiencing a significant loss.”
