Depression
Depression is a prevalent condition that can be triggered by traumatic events or appear for seemingly no reason, often involving a combination of biological and socio-emotional factors. It can create feelings like loneliness, fear, guilt, and worthlessness.
Unfortunately, many people living with depression never seek treatment. Depression is a widespread disorder, only exceeded by alcoholism and phobias. One in Five Americans report at least one depressive symptom in a given month.
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a general treatment approach to help individuals like you to overcome Depressive Disorders. This includes Major Depressive Disorder, Persistent Depressive Disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder, and Post-partum Depression.
Anxiety
You can better understand anxiety's nature by looking at what it is and what it is not. Anxiety can be distinguished from fear in several ways. When you are afraid, your fear is usually directed toward some concrete external object or situation. Examples include failing an exam, being unable to pay your bills, or fearing not meeting a deadline. Anxiety, on the other hand, is not specified, and the focus is more internal than external. It seems to respond to a vague, distant, or unrecognized danger. My approach to Anxiety is to treat it on all three levels:
Reduce physicological reactivity
Eliminate Avoidance Behavior
Change subjective interpretations (or self-talk), which perpetuate a state of apprehension and worry.
Trauma
One morning, you wake up to the sun shining or a drizzle falling around you, feeling a sense of peace, love, and responsibility. In a matter of minutes, hours, or days, life changes for you. Nothing is the same or feels the same.
Certain basic assumptions guide your behavior before the traumatic event or events in your life. You probably believed that the world was kind, that there was meaning to your life, and that things made sense overall. You thought you were excellent and worthy of having good things happen to you.
After a traumatic experience, you may feel alone and vulnerable, and your world may no longer feel safe and secure. The meaning of life that was previously present is gone. Life no longer feels fair, and you may be unable to make sense of anything.
The first step in trauma treatment is to recognize trauma. The traumatic event can impact your life, feelings, thoughts, relationships, behavior, attitudes, dreams, and more. Treatment can assist you in finding a new direction and purpose in life. Give us a chance to start the journey with you to healing and learning new coping strategies and healthy life discoveries.
It starts with your thoughts.
Don’t Speak negatively about yourself; your body does not know the difference.
Words are energy ; change the way you think & speak about yourself and your change your life.