Therapeutic Issues
Anger
Anger presents itself in many different ways. Underneath the anger often lies sadness, shame, fear, or guilt. Anger can affect our relationships in significant ways.
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Addiction (Substance) Test
Substance addiction may include over-use of the following substances: alcohol, amphetamines, caffeine, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, nicotine, opioids, phencyclidine, sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, or polysubstances.
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Aging
With each season of life, there are gains and losses. Perhaps this year or in this life stage, you are wrestling with how to make sense of and cope...
Anxiety
Anxiety can be triggered by major life stressors or by subtle experiences. It can be unpleasant, scary, and impairing to live with anxiety. Often, before we cognitively understand our...
Child Abuse
Child abuse can occur through physical, sexual, emotional, or neglectful mistreatment of a child. Abuse can be outright harm done to a child or the threat of harm to...
Crisis
Crisis can present itself in an emergency situation or when we know monumental change is on the horizon. With many unknowns, crises can leave us feeling helpless, hopeless, and...
Depression
Depression is all too familiar to many of us. It steals joy, pleasure, and hope from us and those we love. Depression lies and convinces us that it has...
Divorce
Divorce, whether past or present, leaves us feeling deeply impacted. Depending on our values, divorce can generate intense thoughts and feelings about ourselves and others. Feelings range from loneliness...
Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is abusive behavior by one or both partners in a relationship. Domestic violence can include physical harm, threats thereof, or use of intimidation, among many other forms...
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are illnesses that can unexpectedly consume our lives. The cause of eating disorders and disordered eating is typically much more deeply-rooted than a person’s relationship with food,...
Grief/ Bereavement
Grief and bereavement can cause an onslaught of confusing emotions, including anger, confusion, fear, hopelessness, denial, pain, and intense sadness. After suffering loss, we not only have powerful emotions,...
Marital Discord
Throughout the course of marriage, we experience varying degrees of intimacy and satisfaction. Oftentimes, we have difficulty recognizing our relational strengths and changing unhelpful patterns. Another perspective can offer...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder stems from anxiety. Thoughts and actions intrude on our lives, forcing us to focus on them in the hope that they will go away. We can be...
Panic Attacks
Panic Attacks are caused by anxiety, but they can also be the cause of anxiety when we fear experiencing the misery of a panic attack again. Often, we face...
Parenting
With each stage of parenting, we are faced with new and different challenges. Oftentimes, we have questions but feel like we should know what to do and alone in...
Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders can disrupt relationships with others and our view of ourselves. They can affect the way we see the world and leave us feeling confused, afraid, or distressed...
Phobias
Phobias can be related to past experiences or can seem totally random. They are rooted in anxiety and can be quite troubling, inconvenient, and controlling over our daily lives.
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Physical Disabilities
Physical disabilities not only cause us to have different challenges in life, but also affect the way we interact with the world and how it interacts with us. We...
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
After experiencing an intense threat to someone else or ourselves, we can experience Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Although, we often feel that we should not be so affected, PTSD can...
Pre-marital
In relationships, we can have questions or issues that we would like to address before making further commitment such as engagement or marriage. Oftentimes, we feel strong disagreement about...
Racial/ Ethnic Identity
Our racial or ethnic identity drastically affects our experience of the world and how we interact with others. We can feel included, isolated, empowered, and oppressed in different situations....
Refugee
As a refugee, living in a new place can feel frightening, isolating, and frustrating. Oftentimes, we can find help in talking with someone about our experience and seeking help...
Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse deeply affects our view of ourselves, allowing shame to be one of our most familiar experiences. It can leave us feeling as if parts of ourselves have...
Sexual Addiction
Sexual addiction can take unforeseen control over our lives. Stemming from the desire to cope, we find ourselves in a cycle of shame and the desire to numb the...
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexual dysfunction affects many of our relationships, bringing conflict, frustration, and shame into our lives. We desperately want answers to our questions, while the thought of including someone else...
Sexual Identity
Our sexual identity is an integral part of who we are. Exploring and understanding our sexual identity is an important process. However, it can also be confusing, bringing about...
Singleness
Singleness is a common experience but can invite us to feel intense loneliness or that we are missing out on a crucial part of our life. Many thoughts, questions,...
Sleep Disorders
Sleep disorders rob us of rest for our minds, bodies, emotions, and souls. Whether we suffer from not being able to sleep enough, or the inability to stay awake,...
Spirituality
Spirituality gives us meaning, connectedness, direction, and values by which we live. Questions, doubts, and the inability to fully comprehend our own spirituality is a common experience but can...
Stress
Stress is one thing many of us would remove from life if given the opportunity. Like a weight we cannot shake, stress causes us to feel bogged down, less...
Veteran
As veterans, we have many experiences that the common person will never have. Things we have seen, heard, or been a part of interrupt our daily lives. We re-experience...
And more…
There are many issues we face that are not listed above. If none of the listed therapeutic issues resonate with you, know that you are not alone and our...