Whether you are making changes within yourself or adjusting to changes around you - having specialized support can be essential. My first step is to build nurturing relationship with you based on acceptance and support.- getting to know your unique strengths and lending compassion for your pain. With this strong foundation we can explore alternatives so that you can find a better balance in life. We will work both on adjusting your individual emotional and behavioral patterns while also exploring how to make changes in your daily life that can bring relief.
Personal Challenges:
Persistent Sadness
Constant Worry
Challenges with relationships
Stress Overload – lack of sleep, irritability, inability to focus
Challenges in Supporting Others:
Caring for a loved-one with medical illness or disability, or who is aging
Living with a partner/spouse, or parent who struggles with mental illness
Parenting a child with behavior challenges
Struggling with stressors specific to helping professions (aka: burnout, vicarious trauma)
Challenges Adjusting to Life's Changes:
Life Cycle Transitions: birth of a child, marriage, child leaving home, retirement, aging
Managing Work - Family Balance
Loss of employment within the family
Changes in family composition, marriage, divorce, blending families