Individual therapy differs from group or alternative therapy methods in the way that you are the sole focus of a single therapist who helps you develop and achieve your goals for therapy.

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If you’ve been feeling hopeless or lost lately or have been struggling with a problem in your life that feels insurmountable, individual therapy could help you improve your everyday life. Individual therapy helps you win against whatever you’re battling by putting an expert in your corner by means of a professional therapist.

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So if any of these sound like you…

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• You worry about the same problem over and over

• You don’t know who you could ever trust knowing about your secret struggle

• You wish there was somebody who could tell you why you feel this way

• You’re interested in therapy, but you don’t want to give up total control

• Other areas of your life are being negatively impacted by your struggle

• You need somebody to listen to you and your feelings for once

• You’re interested in therapy, but not sure how it could fit into your life

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…then individual therapy could be right for you.

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from different treatment approaches.

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How does EMDR work?

 

EMDR therapy is an integrative psychotherapy and uses a technique called bilateral stimulation to repeatedly activate opposite sides of the brain. Therapists often use eye movements to facilitate the bilateral stimulation. These eye movements mimic the period of sleep referred to as rapid eye movement or REM sleep, and this portion of sleep is frequently considered to be the time when the mind processes the recent events in the person’s life.

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EMDR seems to help the brain reprocess the trapped memories is such a way that normal information processing is resumed. Therapists often use EMDR to help clients uncover and process beliefs that developed as the result of relational traumas, or childhood abuse and/or neglect. For a more detailed explanation please visit EMDR Institute, Inc.

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EMDR had been originally established as helpful for PTSD, although it’s been proven useful for treatment in the following conditions:

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• Panic Attacks  

• Complicated Grief

• Dissociative Orders

• Disturbing Memories

• Phobias

• Pain Disorders

• Performance Anxiety

• Addictions

• Stress Reduction

• Sexual and/or Physical Abuse

• Body Dysmorphic Disorders

• Personality Disorders

More often than not, drug addictions start with experimental use of a drug in social situations. And for some people, the drug use becomes more frequent. As time passes, a person may feel the need to use more of a drug to get their desired high, and soon a person may need the drug to simply feel “good.”

 

Drug addiction symptoms and behaviors include, among others:

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• Feeling the need to use the drug regularly, which can be daily or multiple times a day

• Having intense urges for the drug

• Over time, needing more of the drug to get the same effect

• Making certain that you maintain a supply of the drug

• Not meeting obligations and work responsibilities

• Doing things you wouldn’t normally do to get the drug, such as stealing

• Focusing more and more time and energy on getting and using the drug

• Experiencing withdrawal symptoms when not using the drug

• Failed attempts to quit using the drug

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If you can relate to any of the above symptoms or behaviors, it may be time to consider addiction counseling.

Do you feel like your relationship is at a standstill?

 

Are you and your partner stuck in the same argument loop every night?

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Do you feel like the you and your partner are drifting away?

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All things can be improved, changed and bettered, with just a little support, no matter how big or small. With couples therapy, you’ll learn how to communicate your feelings and needs, and get what you want out of your relationship.

Some issues that bring couples to therapy are:

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• Addiction/Partner Addiction Support

• Balance (Work/Life/Family)

• Blended Families

• Chronic Illness

• Divorce

• Extended Family

• Infidelity/Cheating

• Intimacy

• Mental Illness

• Pre-Marital/Readiness

• Pornography

• Sex

 

I help people develop the necessary skills needed to maintain sustaining love.

Our family affects who we are and who we become, both for the better and for worse. We learn our vocabulary, our habits, our customs and rituals, and how to view and observe the world around us.

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Anyone seeking healthier, closer family relationships can benefit from family therapy.

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Common reasons for seeking family therapy include:

• Divorce

• Parent-child conflict

• Problems between siblings

• Domestic violence

• The unexpected or traumatic loss of a family member

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Family therapy is necessary to address family issues and heal a family’s wounds. If any of the above scenarios resonate with your family, consider seeking family therapy. Family therapy can be beneficial on many different levels.

Reiki is a natural form of healing which focuses on the energy of the body, mind, and spirit.

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During our lifetime we have positive and negative experiences. Some of those experiences, especially the negative ones, tend to accumulate in our aura as pockets of energy. This buildup of energy may also affect our Chakras, the energy centers of our body. They affect our overall health and well being.

Reiki helps to clear away these pockets of energy making room for good health and vitality.This type of holistic healing has proven psychical, mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits.

 

The session consists of the Reiki healer placing their hands gently on or slightly above the clients body. This will begin the flow of energy most commonly felt as warmth or heat. The recipient actually pulls the Reiki energy from the universe through the healer and into themselves.

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The Reiki energy is intelligent. It knows where to go and what to do. Reiki energy can never do harm; all adjustments and changes it makes to the energy body will be in the interest of the client’s highest good. ​

Now accepting applicants for clinical supervision groups.

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Looking for  supervisees who are interested in the area of liberation psychology, EMDR, and anti- racism work. Interested in supervisee’s willing to bring their own gifts and knowledge to the space.