Treatment Areas
Coping
When faced with a life-changing diagnosis, it is more important than ever to care for our bodies. What makes that difficult is a sense that our bodies have betrayed us with the news of an uncertain recovery. Adjusting to the consequences of a cancer diagnosis, brain injury, stroke, or the onset of degenerative illness can be overwhelming for patients and their families.
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Often, the treatments carry challenges as well. Surgery, illness or injury may have permanently altered your body. Treatments such as chemotherapy and immunosuppressants can significantly impact your quality of life. You may benefit from guidance in managing chronic illness in yourself or a loved one, or minimizing side-effects of treatment.
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Therapy can be helpful in managing the encompassing impact of your diagnosis. We can take steps to preserve and strengthen cognitive functioning and promote resilience wherever you are in your journey.
Relationships
Our support systems are the foundation of our wellbeing. When symptoms get in the way of our ability to connect with loved ones, we can feel frustrated and alone. You could be looking for a way to manage conflict in immediate or extended family, or contemplating important life decisions such as whether to stay or leave your current relationship. Symptoms may have isolated you, or challenged your ability to be the partner or parent you want to be.
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One of the most important relationships in your life is the one you have with yourself. By gaining insight to exactly how your body responds to stress, you can learn personalized strategies to manage that unique response, and take an important step in cultivating resilience. You can approach the challenges in your life with flexibility and clarity, and trust in yourself to navigate them skillfully.
Stress
Stress can amplify a range of disabling conditions. The nervous system designed to protect us can become over-responsive and actually do more harm than good. Often, my patients say they are relaxed, and are surprised to see just how much residual tension is still at work in their bodies.
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With with so few opportunities to recover, we need to learn how best to use the time we have to manage the countless sources of stress in our lives. Not all relaxation techniques are created equally; the deep breathing that works for one person, may cause a increased anxiety in someone else.
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With a clear picture of how stress affects your body, you can know with certainty the most effective strategies for promoting recovery. This approach is ideal for treating post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks, migraine, insomnia, hypertension, generalized anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and specific phobias.
Infertility
Being faced with uncertainty over how to build the family you hoped for requires specialized care. I can help you manage the ongoing stresses of trying to conceive, find healing in the heartbreak of miscarriage, navigate the hormonal challenges of IVF/ART, or provide supportive care to manage medical factors impacting your ability to achieve and maintain a pregnancy.
Pregnancy
Each phase of pregnancy brings its own physical and emotional challenges. Therapeutic support can help you manage your unique needs through each trimester, prepare for labor, and enter into your post-partum time optimally. Ongoing support is available to process your delivery, promote healing, and ensure you start your"fourth trimester" from a strong foundation.
Grief and Loss
Grief and loss can come in unexpected ways. The decline of your health, or the loss of a loved one, may be prolonged or sudden. Anticipating such a loss can be equally painful. Therapy can help you make sense of the complex emotions around these issues.