01 / what i help withMental Health Challenges I Work With
You may not have the exact words for what you have been experiencing lately, but you do not need to. You know exactly how your life has been going, and you know the thoughts and feelings that bombard you at two in the morning. If you are looking for a therapist to see exactly what you are going through, help you name it, and then help you through it, I would be glad to hear from you.
Below, the conditions I work with most are grouped by how they tend to feel from the inside. Read through the groups, and if one of them sounds like your last few months, the page under each name tells you more.
02 / where to startLet’s narrow down what you may be experiencing
If any of these sound like the week, month, or year you have been having, the page under each name can tell you more. I work with every one of these in my practice.
Trauma, and what it comes with
A single event you cannot shake, or years of harm that felt normal while it was happening. Trauma comes in shock and developmental forms, and each is welcome here.
Anxiety and panic
Your body reacts before you can figure out why, with a racing heart, a tight chest, and a mind that jumps to the worst outcome. You freeze up, and you replay the small moments for hours afterward.
Mood
Your moods stop feeling predictable. One moment you are happy, the next you are pissed off. Or nothing feels good anymore, and it seems as if no one around you cares.
Personality & Obsessions
What you see in the mirror, how you feel about the people close to you, and what you know to be true stop lining up. You can know a fact about yourself or a friendship and still have the feeling arrive so strongly that you cannot trust the fact.
Executive functioning and performance
You have been told you are smart and capable but inconsistent, or lazy, or that you must not want it badly enough. Or, you know you can perform well on your own or in practice, but in the game you lose the ability to demonstrate what you know.
Not sure any of these fit? Ask me on a free consultation, since working out where you fit is exactly what the fifteen minutes are for.
03 / How I WorkFour approaches, matched to what you bring
For memories that still hit as though they happened last week, whether from a single shock or from years of it. A trauma treatment with decades of research behind it. In a session, you hold a memory in mind while following side-to-side eye movements or taps, and over time the memory can start to feel like the past.
Practical skills for handling strong emotions, riding out a crisis without making it worse, and keeping your relationships steadier. You learn the skills in four sets, staying present, getting through a crisis, working with strong emotions, and asking for what you need, and you practice them between sessions.
For the parts of you that pull in opposite directions, and for the moments you feel detached from your body or your surroundings, which is called dissociation. We get to know each part one at a time, so the part that shuts down and the part that panics can start to work together.
For the patterns you built early to get through childhood, which still shape how you connect with the people closest to you. The work stays in the present, with how those early patterns show up in your relationships and your body today.
04 / if none of them fitArriving here without an exact name for what you are going through is a complete normal place to be, and it is exactly what a first call is for. Fifteen minutes, no charge, no notes taken, and no need to book anything afterward. Tell me what the last few months have been like and I can tell you whether I can help you with it, or point you toward a better fit.