Struggling with any of these? You’re not alone.
Therapy approaches that are trauma-informed, person-centered, and empowering.
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Symptoms may include but are not limited to:
Feeling restless or tense; excessive worry; having a sense of impending danger, panic or doom; having an increased heart rate, sweating, feeling weak or tired, trouble concentrating; having trouble sleeping; avoiding things that evoke anxiety; body tension;
What the treatment of Anxiety looks like:
Exploring the underlying reasoning for the anxiety - look inward together in a safe space; learn to implement coping skills to better manage the symptoms; Use the Internal Family Systems approach to better understand and the aspects of you that are hurting.
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What are interpersonal relationships?
Various types of relationships include those with your partner, family, friends, colleagues, and others who form your social circle.
Signs that these relationships are strained:
Communication is strained; Feeling misunderstood more often than not; Spending less time together; Resentment is the outcome of conflict, not resolution; Co-dependency tendencies contribute to unhealthy patterns
What addressing interpersonal relationship challenges looks like:
Identify the feelings that are brought up internally within these relationships; Exploring your attachment style in relationships; Identify challenging patterns within the relationship, and more.
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When trauma occurs early on in our lives it can impact our adult life. Signs that it has caused a disruption may be anxiety, hypervigilance, challenges in relationships, and more.
Treating trauma:
Internal Family Systems is an approach used to help understand the emotions and feelings around trauma by understanding and witnessing the wounded parts of ourselves. Additionally, healing is done not only in the mind, but the body as well.
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Symptoms may include but are not limited to:
Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" feelings; Trouble concentrating, remembering details, and making decisions; Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, and helplessness; Pessimism and hopelessness; Changes in sleep; Irritability; Restlessness; Loss of interest in things once pleasurable, including sex; Overeating or appetite loss; Suicidal thoughts; Lose pleasure in life
What the treatment of depression looks like:
Exploring the underlying reasoning for the depression - look inward together in a safe space; learn to implement coping skills to better manage the symptoms; Use the Internal Family Systems approach to better understand and the aspects of you that are hurting.
“Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.”
— Peter A. Levine