What we Treat
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCD takes on many forms and is much more than the typical contamination OCD that the media portrays. Although the content of anxious thoughts in OCD can vary widely, the features of OCD tend to be similar across presentations: preoccupation with anxious thoughts, avoidant “strategies” for dealing with anxiety, and difficulty tolerating uncertainty
Generalized Anxiety
Anxiety is at an extremely high rate since dealing with all the challenges of the pandemic. Anxiety can show up in many ways, through frequent worry, catastrophic thinking, physical tension, sleep difficulties, or feeling “on edge.” Sometimes anxiety can ramp up to the degree that it affects our day to day life, work, or relationships.
Social Anxiety
Those struggling with social anxiety often crave positive social interactions and feel greatly limited by fear of negative judgements passed by others. This fear can lead to avoidance of social or performance situations. Similar to other anxiety disorders, the gold standard treatment for Social Anxiety is exposure-based therapy. In treatment, you will work with a therapist to identify and challenge negative patterns of thinking while reducing and eliminating social avoidance in your life.
Health Anxiety
Life Transitions
Health anxiety includes anxiety about your own or a loved one’s health, including current or potential illnesses and/or physiological symptoms you’re experiencing. This type of anxiety can quickly take a toll on your life, causing you to spend a significant amount of time thinking about health, googling, going to the doctor, monitoring symptoms, or avoiding situations for fear of exposure or contamination, among other behaviors.
Change is often difficult, whether it be a wanted or unwanted change. We often benefit from extra support to transitions in our lives, such as marriage, moves, having children, loss of a loved one, and becoming an adult, to name a few. Questions about our identity, lifestyle changes, and coping with stress are typical issues that present during life transitions. CBT and ACT focusing on increasing adaptability, empowering you to live aligned with your values, and accepting what is not different in your life can help you through a transition.
Depression
Low mood, feeling “blue” or “not yourself,” low motivation, or not experiencing a zest for life can all be hallmarks of depression. Mood difficulties present in a wide range, from simply feeling “off” to finding it next to impossible to get out of bed. It can be helpful to address mood issues sooner rather than later, as they can cause problems that tend to compound over time. CBT is an effective and leading treatment approach to improve mood and daily functioning.