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ANXIETY & DEPRESSION

 

Using a customized cocktail of modalities, tools and skills, clients who have worked with me have found relief from chronic symptoms of anxiety & depression, which can occur on their own or together. 

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Both often make a person want to isolate and avoid.  While this may be soothing in the short-term, isolation and avoidance tend to make mood issues more of a challenge in the long-run.

 

First, we will assess the type and severity of your issue.  Concurrently, we attempt to explore origins and triggers, and move into ways to reduce distress.  Skills-building around mood regulation creates new neuropathways over time, literally changing the way your brain-body functions.

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Please check out my FREE guided meditations and talks that may help with anxiety and depression.

       

• Anxiety can be thought of as a protective mechanism which has become overprotective. The body and brain react to stimuli that might be unsafe as actually, urgently being unsafe. 

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We can learn to retrain the brain, regulate the nervous system and calm the body using:

• Somatic Practices (breathing, body scans, vagus nerve, aromatherapy, guided meditation etc)

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT (tracking, reframing fear-based thoughts, reassuring safetyetc)

• Dialectic Behavioral Therapy DBT (distress tolerance, emotional regulation, checking the factetc)

• Exposure Therapy (subjective units of distress (SUD) exposure ladder )​

• Depression typically occurs organically (internal: genetic predisposition) and/or situationally (external:caused by circumstances). 

• Many complicated neurochemicals are involved in the development and severity of depressive symptoms. 

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We can alleviate some of these symptoms and the way they effect our life choices using:

• Behavioral Activation 

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT (reframing negativity, cognitive distortions, maladaptive thought patterns)

•  Dialectic Behavioral Therapy DBT (distress tolerance, checking the facts, wise mind etc)

•  Neurochemical Boosting Behaviors (activities that boost serotonin, dopamine, endorphins, oxytocin)

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Please note that I am not currently taking clients with active suicidal ideation or recent psychiatric hospitalizations (both in or outpatient IOP/PCPs). This is due to my clinical opinion that if you need a higher level of care or are prone to being in crisis, remote psychotherapy may not be ideal. However, I can meet with you temporarily to assess what level of care you may need and help refer you to appropriate services.​

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