specialty areas

Specialties include those with which our therapists have significant training and/or experience. We are always seeking to provide the best care for our clients through continuing education on specific areas presented in therapy or which hold special interest for our providers. This list reflects the scope of our practice to date. All definitions are reflective of the current DSM-V models.

Anxiety

Excessive nervousness or worry that can hinder normal life functioning, anxiety disorders are one of the most common.

relationship issues

Any difficulty in relating to self or others, including but not limited to significant others (sexual/romantic, familial, professional, etc.), role strain, relationship transitions, and relational patterns of behavior or thinking.

addiction

Difficulty controlling one’s use of a substance or process despite harmful consequence or desire to reduce/stop the behavior or thinking pattern.

Depression

Can vary from mild to severe, and is characterized by overwhelming feelings of sadness and/or difficulty “showing up for life.”

life transitions

Changing is always a challenge, whether it’s to do with aging, a break-up, or becoming someone or something new.

sexUal Issues

These can range from sexual anorexia or dysfunction to abuse, to simply needing further understanding of one’s sexual self, partners and sex life. Sex positivity is the root of our therapeutic work around sex.

Sex, gender, LGBTQA, allies

Sex and Gender intersect for us all, and some find that more challenging than others, especially where identity is concerned.

Women’s issues

Women’s issues encompass all that might effect a female-identified person throughout their lifetime, including health, sex, identity, and others.

men’s issues

Masculine identity is one of the many issues that effect male-identified persons throughout their lifetime, including health, relationships and others.

spirituality

Spirituality refers to any practice or experience of self and other which creates connection, including religious practice.

stress

Stress usually presents as both internal and external, with both psychological and physiological responses, which can vary.

trauma, PTSD

Trauma comes in many forms, and can be a healthy growing experience. When we get stuck because of overwhelming pain or difficulty, Post Traumatic Stress can prevent us from moving forward.

dissociative disorders

Dissociative disorders range from “checking out” for a few minutes without desire, to psychic breaks and dissociative identities.

mood disorders

Typically, these refer to anything that results in a prolonged emotional difficulty, on the spectrum of bipolar disorders and depression.

personality disorders

These are much more common than most people believe, and include thinking/perceiving problems resulting in long-term difficulty. These can be episodic or prolonged.

thinking disorders

In most cases, these are more accurately described as Thinking Errors, or ways of thinking that may be inaccurate and commonly endorsed by society and/or the self. More serious thinking disorders refer to memory, imagination, problem solving and representation.