Everyone experiences occasional bouts of anxiety and nervousness. However, sometimes this goes into overdrive and results in you feeling a heightened anticipation of danger, dread, and uneasiness. Therapy helps you to tackle more than just the symptoms of anxiety. You will gain an understanding of what anxiety is, keep worrying from becoming overwhelming, learn how to identify triggers, and develop coping strategies to ease anxious thoughts / feelings. The process allows for you to transform your anxiety with healthy problem-solving skills and provide an increased sense of control. If you’re struggling with phobias or panic attacks, therapy can also help with that too!

Are you thinking about shifting careers, pursuing a new passion, or exploring an opportunity for advancement? Working with a therapist can help you to process career uncertainties including career changes, returning to school, plans after graduating, unemployment challenges, and more. Given that there’s a lot to consider and preparations to make, a therapist will provide you with support to feel confident as you embark on your new path to success.

There are so many factors that contribute to communication challenges such as childhood stressors, cultural barriers, inaccurate assumptions, along with cognitive and/or emotional differences between people. Therapy can help you learn more about your communication style and provide you with strategies to improve the overall quality of how you communicate with others. Additionally, communication skill building is great for conflict resolution and establishing personal boundaries within your relationships.

Depression goes beyond the occasional lows in life. It causes a persistent feeling of sadness, loss of interest, hopelessness, and can even interfere with daily functioning and your relationships. It a nutshell, depression not only impacts how we feel, but also how we act. Depression has a variety of causes, but therapy can help you to pinpoint contributing factors and find ways to either adapt, change, or accept those circumstances. You’ll also learn to reframe unhealthy thinking patterns, develop coping skills, and build a positive support network.

Therapy for grief is designed to help you process and cope with a loss - whether that loss is a loved one, pet, or friend. Together, we will explore emotions related to grief including sadness, anger, shock, and emptiness. Facing these emotions will allow for you to work through the pain of grief and adjust to life while facing the reality of the loss.

We have all experienced life transitions and some are undoubtedly much harder to deal with than others. Common impactful life transitions include: divorce/breakups, job loss, marriage, moving, and health problems. Transitions can be prompted by distressing situations, exciting events, or even significant milestones. Therapy will help you set reasonable expectations, check your self-talk, set goals related to your transition, and practice self-compassion.