Traumatic experiences leave us with interfering, disturbing, and/or debilitating beliefs and responses. These thoughts and responses may present themselves occasionally, or pervasively; their interference may be minor, or severe. The traumatic experience could have happened once, over many years, or over the course of one’s lifetime. Trauma is individually and subjectively defined; what might be traumatic to you might not be traumatic to someone else. Regardless of the cause or level of trauma, through treatment, you will be able to safely identify and face your trauma, understand your own traumatic responses (& trauma in general), and ultimately keep your traumatic past from interfering in your present and future life.

We specialize in treating attachment trauma, sexual trauma, religious/spiritual trauma, and emotional/physical/verbal/sexual abuse. We utilize both “bottom up” and “top down” approaches in trauma treatment, adjusting which trauma therapy model we use, based on your presentation and needs. We also have therapists trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), which you can learn more about here.

Body image can be simply defined as how we see our bodies. Given that our bodies are inextricably linked to our day to day lives, negative body image negatively influences our day to day lives. This can lead to low self-esteem, depression, and difficulty with relationships. Our team is here to help you shift from a negative self image to a neutral, and ultimately positive body image. These shifts allows us to live happier and more fulfilling lives.

While Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) often feels like it keeps us safe and/or in control, our obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors ultimately add to our distress and leave us feeling more dysregulated and unsafe than before the obsessions and compulsions existed in the first place. As such, OCD can be discouraging, exhausting, and debilitating. That said, there is a lot of hope for recovery from OCD. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure response prevention (ERP) therapy are the gold standard talk-therapy interventions for treatment of OCD, both of which our clinicians have extensive training. If you seek treatment, you can find yourself with symptoms relief both as it relates to thoughts, and behaviors.

Substance and alcohol abuse recovery often is viewed as simple because of the idea that one "just doesn't pick up a drink/drug". In our experience, simply abstaining from use can feel worse and more empty than using alcohol/drugs. Because of this, not only do we help you to refrain from drinking and using, but we help you to no longer have the need to drink/use by addressing the underlying stressors. Substance and alcohol abuse, like many other addictions, are often maladaptive coping skills for underlying psychological symptoms; that is what we would address together, in addition to working on changing the behavior.