Workplace trauma and harassment
Violence and harassment in the workplace are pervasive, and affect the health and productivity of both victims and their coworkers. Severe stress can precipitate other trauma. The high degree of emotion generated by these events – we call it Critical Incident Stress – can last for a lengthy period of time, if not treated. It occurs when you leave the incident, but the incident doesn’t leave you. It stays with you. Any time another critical incident occurs, even if it is not at your workplace, it brings back the memories of prior events.
Once an event has occurred there must be critical incident response. If acute stress is not treated quickly, post traumatic stress disorder can develop, and this is much harder to treat and much more costly. One of the key tools is Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, which has been proven to reduce the negative impact of trauma and help you overcome the lasting affects of dealing with trauma in the workplace.
Empowerment and self-esteem challenges
Self-esteem is your overall opinion of yourself — how you feel about your abilities and limitations. When you have healthy self-esteem, you feel good about yourself and see yourself as deserving the respect of others. When you have low self-esteem, you put little value on your opinions and ideas. This can lead to imposter syndrome and it can impact your performance in the workplace, relationships, communication, and self value. You might constantly worry that you aren't good enough. Low self confidence can feel disempowering. Our goal is to help you work through those challenges and help you love yourself wholly.
sexual harassment/ Sexual assault
Often, sexual harassment at work occurs not because companies don’t have policies that make it unlawful, but because these policies are not always enforced and/or there’s a lack of training to educate employees. The most effective way to curb sexual harassment in the workplace is to empower employees and make them aware that sexual harassment is illegal under state and federal law. Some companies are taking on this task. Some are not. Clearly, having a “policy” in place is not enough. These high profile cases will hopefully reveal to employers the importance of eliminating sexual harassment from their workplaces. We know that facing sexual harassment, especially in high profile situations (media), can have a traumatic toll on a victim. We work in complete discretion to help you navigate the public impacts and the personal impacts of this experience.
Trauma from Physical/Sexual assault or Abuse
Coping with abuse, whether in the past or more recently, can give you an unsettled feeling deep down in your core. Maybe you can’t stop replaying your painful memories. Perhaps you feel overwhelmed by feelings of fear, anger, anxiety, depression, or guilt. Wherever you are in your journey, trauma therapy can transform your shame into empowerment and healing.
Our trauma counselling services are designed to help those who have experienced physical/sexual abuse or physical/sexual assault. You know how difficult it is to cope, but you can thrive again. We’re here to make that happen.
Traumatic Grief and Loss
Loss—whether sudden or gradual—can leave you feeling powerless and angry. Whether you’ve lost a loved one or a job, witnessed a tragic event, survived a car accident, sustained a sports injury, or otherwise, it’s easy to feel not only caught off guard but also confused, unsettled, and fearful. No matter how subtle or severe your loss, the grieving process can sometimes hit harder than you ever expected, shifting your perception on everything around you.
Therapy can help you process your intense emotions and overcome obstacles in the way of your grieving progression.
Grief support for parents
The loss of a child have severe and long-lasting effects on anyone, but especially a parents. This unique experience of life already has so many complications—mental, physical, and social—so a shift in this already delicate balance can be distressing.
Therapy can help mitigate the pain, hopelessness, and despair that comes with such a tremendous loss. Finding meaning and rebuilding a new normal can take time, but it’s possible and we are here to support you.
Caregiver fatigue and support
Taking care of a loved one who has chronic illness or age related conditions makes demands on your time, energy and emotions — demands that, can easily seem overwhelming.
Caregiving can tax your patience and foster fatigue, frustration and guilt, becoming a grueling grind that takes a heavy toll on the caregiver's body and mind. Along with the heavy workload and emotional demands of family caregiving, these issues also can contribute to burnout.
• Conflicting demands as you try to balance the needs of the care recipient, coworkers and employers, family members, and yourself.
• Lack of control over money and resources and a lack of the skills needed to effectively manage a loved one's care.
• Lack of privacy because caregiving may leave you with little time to be alone.
• Role confusion, difficulty separating your roles as caregiver and as the parent, sibling or spouse of the care recipient.
• Unreasonable demands placed upon a caregiver by other family members or the person being cared for.
• Unrealistic expectations about the effect caregiving efforts will have on loved ones with progressive diseases.
We are here to support you in navigating this challenge in life.
Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Panic attacks and anxiety are hard to manage without help and can even get worse without treatment. Fortunately, both do respond well to psychotherapy.
In therapy, we will work to understand what your triggers are and how you can better manage them. You can learn coping skills to control your anxiety and avoid future panic attacks. Our team will work with you to understand what is happening in your body before and during a panic attack and during anxiety. It’s important to remember that panic attacks are your body’s way of protecting you from a perceived threat. In time, you can learn how to manage your responses and start living more comfortably.
Therapy for Life Transitions and Adjustment Disorders
Adjusting to change is a necessity—but that doesn’t make it easy, no matter how old you are.
Starting school, moving to a new state or city, or even shifting from a busy day-to-day life to retirement can cause stress and sometimes unexpected emotional ups and downs. This is normal, and it’s okay. However, learning to work through the elongated emotions related to different forms of adjustments is essential. If unaddressed, they can eventually manifest into more serious symptoms such as depression and anxiety.
Any transition in life can bring the unexpected, but that doesn’t mean that you’re stuck in a place where you will continue to be unsatisfied. You can discover the best of your new situation, and we are here to help you along this journey.
Infertility Challenges
Having a baby seems like such a sweet, simple dream, but for those struggling to conceive, it can be a stress that weighs heavily on every minute of day. The emotional rollercoaster of infertility treatments can be hard to bear, especially when this private journey is unknown to so many of the people around you.
Developing strong communications between partners and everyone involved can enhance your ability to cope with the ups and downs. Reinforcing confidence and mutual support along every step of the way is essential. Having a baby is a big deal. The process of trying to get there is too. It doesn’t have to be a secret. Our trusted, professional team is here to help.
Alternative Relationships Counseling
When your relationship has hurdles that are unique—whether you are coping with a long-distance relationship, navigating polyamory, developing healthy ways to have an open relationship, or otherwise—moving forward together can be difficult. But difficulties can be overcome.
There is no single style of relationship that works for everyone, and what works for you can be completely of your own definition. That’s not only okay. That’s spectacular. And we’re here to get you there.
LGBTQ+ & Affirming counseling
Whether you are struggling to navigate your identity and issues related to coming out, or need support in managing anxiety, depression, relationship, career, or other concerns, rest assured that we provide a safe space for you to find support and healing. We believe that having a therapist who understands and affirms the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community is so important in your healing journey.Struggling with your sense of self can feel like the most painful of insecurities. Feeling conflicted about your sexuality or gender, or how others will respond to you can feel overwhelming. It’s natural. But you can get through this.
Finding yourself and comfortably being yourself can be a challenge, but that’s why we’re here to partner with you, enabling your strength, confidence, and individuality to shine through.
Sex, intimacy, & Kink aware Therapy
Sex therapy means different things to different people, but the foundation of these conversations is always a matter of empowering you to be comfortable and confident in whatever you choose to do. Taking a sex positive approach to discussing sexuality, sexual expression, kink, and intimacy, we are here to support you along your journey.
Maybe you’re hoping to develop a healthy level of communication about sex with your partner. Perhaps you’re dealing with performance anxiety or interested in regaining your confidence after a past sexual trauma. From sexual exploration to becoming comfortable with kink and intimacy, our non-judgmental and professional sex therapy experts are here for you in whatever capacity you need.
Women’s Issues
Every stage of life presents new challenges for women—physically, emotionally, and mentally—and balancing everything we set out to do is sometimes overwhelming to say the least. We strive to understand every individual, where they are in their life, where they struggle, and where they know they can be stronger.
Our Heal the Hurt team works with women focused on a wide variety of issues, including:
Post-partum anxieties and depression
Support for new mothers,
Parenting and attachment
Adjusting to being a caretaker
Learning what is developmentally appropriate for different aged babies and children
Disciplining young children
Body changes
Self-esteem
Getting older
And more
Everyone can benefit from a respectful ear and trusted advisor, especially in harder moments. Whatever you’re going through, wherever you are, we are here for you.
General Challenges
Struggling with your sense of self can lead to depression, anxiety, and even physical health problems. Whether you feel conflicted about your religion, race, sexuality, gender, or ethnicity, therapy offers a judgment-free environment to safely explore your identity.
Depression can leave you feeling unmotivated, sad, and unable to pull yourself out. Anxiety makes you expect the worst, all the time. Depression and anxiety are not signs of weakness—they are treatable illnesses.
Therapy can help you work through the roots of anxiety and depression and reframe negative thinking. Therapy can also help you cope with external changes as you identify your inner strength.
List of Accepted Insurances:
Optum
Cigna Insurance
TriWest CCN
Oscar Health
United Health Care
United Behavioral Health
UMR
HMC HealthWorks
Uprise Health
TriCare
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First Health
Empathia/LifeMatters