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Life Transitions – Does everything keep changing? Transitions can
be positive (or at least tolerable) experiences if the anxiety involved can
be understood and managed.
Relationships/Communication – What are the realities of a 'good'
relationship? How can you better understand and appreciate your
communication style and how it impacts others?
Depression – Having a hard time getting out of bed, smiling, and
completing tasks? Feeling irritable? Thinking about ending it all?
Action fights depression and starting therapy can be your first step.
Anxiety/Phobias – Whether general, specific, or socially related,
therapy can provide a safe environment to incrementally increase
exposure to the things that cause discomfort.
Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Parenting – Experience the numerous
changes in your body, your mind, and your family structure with
support. Define who you want to be as a mother and an individual.
Acknowledge and treat postpartum mood disorders.
Grief and Loss – Because loss is seldom graceful or timely, having a
place to experience grief in your own way is essential. Therapy can
provide a space to begin the healing process.
Self-Esteem/Empowerment – Rediscovering the core of what
defines you as a person. Expressing that image to the world with an
increased sense of pride.
Emotional Expression – Getting in touch with the emotions hiding
behind your thoughts and behaviors. Feeling okay about feelings.
Women’s Issues – What does it mean to be a woman today?
Challenges, victories, and areas of confusion.
Codependency/Sex and Love Addiction – Rebuild your sense of
yourself from the inside out. Redefine your relationships with love,
sex, substances, and people.
Self-Harming Behaviors – Learn skills to understand and control self-
harming behaviors through distress tolerance, focusing, increasing
interpersonal effectiveness, and regulating emotions.
be positive (or at least tolerable) experiences if the anxiety involved can
be understood and managed.
Relationships/Communication – What are the realities of a 'good'
relationship? How can you better understand and appreciate your
communication style and how it impacts others?
Depression – Having a hard time getting out of bed, smiling, and
completing tasks? Feeling irritable? Thinking about ending it all?
Action fights depression and starting therapy can be your first step.
Anxiety/Phobias – Whether general, specific, or socially related,
therapy can provide a safe environment to incrementally increase
exposure to the things that cause discomfort.
Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Parenting – Experience the numerous
changes in your body, your mind, and your family structure with
support. Define who you want to be as a mother and an individual.
Acknowledge and treat postpartum mood disorders.
Grief and Loss – Because loss is seldom graceful or timely, having a
place to experience grief in your own way is essential. Therapy can
provide a space to begin the healing process.
Self-Esteem/Empowerment – Rediscovering the core of what
defines you as a person. Expressing that image to the world with an
increased sense of pride.
Emotional Expression – Getting in touch with the emotions hiding
behind your thoughts and behaviors. Feeling okay about feelings.
Women’s Issues – What does it mean to be a woman today?
Challenges, victories, and areas of confusion.
Codependency/Sex and Love Addiction – Rebuild your sense of
yourself from the inside out. Redefine your relationships with love,
sex, substances, and people.
Self-Harming Behaviors – Learn skills to understand and control self-
harming behaviors through distress tolerance, focusing, increasing
interpersonal effectiveness, and regulating emotions.
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