Offering a wide range of clinical treatment in both individual and group therapy, neurorehabilitation, rehabilitation, vocational and career rehabilitation, mental health, trauma therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, and readjustment and deployment stress therapy for military-related issues.
Providing comprehensive psychoeducational; functional behavioral; neurovocational; vocational and career evaluation for adults.
Training for companies or schools in need of education or consultation, with regards psychological trauma, behavioral health, sports-related concussion, or traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), crisis intervention, critical incident stress management (CISM), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, anxiety, etc.
Stress can be brief, situational and a positive force motivating performance, but if experienced over an extended period it can become chronic stress, which negatively impacts health and well-being
Adapted from the American psychological Association
Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape, or natural disaster. Immediately after the event, shock and denial are typical. Longer term reactions include unpredictable emotions, flashbacks, strained relationships, and even physical symptoms like headaches or nausea. While these feelings are normal, some people have difficulty moving on with their lives. Psychologists can help them find constructive ways of managing their emotions.
Adapted from theRecovering emotionally from disaster
Everyone experiences sadness at times. But depression is something more. Depression is extreme sadness or despair that lasts more than days. It interferes with the activities of daily life and can cause physical symptoms such as pain, weight loss or gain, sleeping pattern disruptions, or lack of energy. People with depression may also experience an inability to concentrate, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt, and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide. Depression is the most common mental disorder. Fortunately, depression is treatable. A combination of therapy and antidepressant medication can help ensure recovery.
Adapted from the Encyclopedia of Psychology
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness in which common emotions become intensely and often unpredictably magnified. Individuals with bipolar disorder can quickly swing from extremes of happiness, energy, and clarity to sadness, fatigue, and confusion. These shifts can be so devastating that individuals may consider suicide. All people with bipolar disorder have manic episodes—abnormally elevated or irritable moods that last at least a week and impair functioning. But not all become depressed.
Adapted from the Encyclopedia of Psychology
Anxiety is an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes like increased blood pressure. People with anxiety disorders usually have recurring intrusive thoughts or concerns. They may avoid certain situations out of worry. They may also have physical symptoms such as sweating, trembling, dizziness, or a rapid heartbeat. Anxiety is not the same as fear, but they are often used interchangeably. Anxiety is considered a future-oriented, long-acting response broadly focused on a diffuse threat, whereas fear is an appropriate, present-oriented, and short-lived response to a clearly identifiable and specific threat.
Adapted from the Encyclopedia of Psychology
An estimated 15% to 20% of people over age 65 meet the criteria for mild cognitive impairment—the changes that exist between normal aging and dementia.
Adapted from the American psychological Association
Substance use disorder encompasses varying degrees of excessive use of a substance, including alcohol; tobacco; opioids; caffeine; cannabis; hallucinogens; inhalants; sedative, hypnotics, or anxiolytics; stimulants (e.g., amphetamine, cocaine); and more. Various mental health conditions, such as depression, may co-occur along with substance use disorder.
Adapted from the American psychological Association
Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. The study of personality focuses on two broad areas: One is understanding individual differences in particular personality characteristics, such as sociability or irritability. The other is understanding how the various parts of a person come together as a whole
Adapted from the Encyclopedia of Psychology
Workers in helping professions (police officer, firefighter, paramedic, military, and any frontline member’s) often care for people who are in crisis and must deal with the secondary trauma resulting from addressing those situations. Their work can put their own mental health at risk.
