Therapy Services

Challenges with Daily Living

When adverse life experiences happen to you, the ability to take care of yourself in daily life can become demanding. It might be difficult to hold down a job or even take a shower and brush your teeth. Much of your day can either feel like it will never end, or you discover you have zoned out and have no idea what you even did. Various medical problems may develop including chronic pain, fatigue, autoimmune, cardio vascular, and many others that add to the burden of getting through the day. The idea of therapy might just feel like “one more thing” you have to do and have no energy to do it with. With a trauma informed therapist on your team, you can begin to heal in a way that you may not expect possible right now. Counseling could lead to improved health, a lightening of weight off your shoulders, and clarity of mind.

Emotional Dysregulation

Having difficulty managing your emotions, as well as the behaviors and thoughts around those emotions is at times overwhelming. You think you are feeling one way and the next moment a switch is flipped and you have no idea what just happened and why you suddenly react or feel differently. This induces at times feelings of guilt or shame, depending on how you responded in that moment. Other times you cannot feel anything. You describe this as being numb or experiencing nothing at all. Finding a professional that can aid you in understanding what is happening in your body, and help you learn ways to identify and move through these experiences, can go a long way to feeling more stable and connected to the world around you.

Relationship Struggles

Wondering why you both desire to be in relationship with others, but at the same time feel safer alone and relying only on yourself? Maybe you have a pattern of not keeping friends for the long term, struggle to get along with co-workers, or even get into conflicts with total strangers. You might feel like no one understands you, that people do not know the “real you”, and if they did, they would not want to be around you anymore. At times you feel like you are working so hard to keep these relationships going, and no matter what you do, say, or how you act, you feel like you just cannot “do it right.” Each time you think you “failed” it makes it that much harder to try again. Understanding where these beliefs come from, and learning why you react as you do, is something that can be accomplished with the right support. This can lead to improved connections, feeling relaxed, and finding enjoyment with others.