Mild to moderate mental health concerns
We offer individual, couples, and family therapy services to clients who are over the age of 18. Our treatment approach is tailored to the unique needs of each person. We integrate insight-oriented and skills-based psychotherapy models that may include relational psychodynamic psychotherapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).
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Anxiety can have different roots, triggers, and forms. It can be mildly uncomfortable, or seriously debilitating. Some of the symptoms include increased heart rate, restlessness, shortness of breath, racing thoughts, difficulty concentrating, irritability, difficulty controlling feelings of worry, headaches, stomachaches, and difficulties with sleep. Together, we can understand and work through the roots of your anxiety, and help you learn the tools to be more present, feel more grounded, and experience more fulfillment in your life.
Panic attacks can be triggered by severe anxiety. They can make you feel helpless and emotionally paralyzed. In a safe and supportive environment, we can explore and understand the triggers to your panic attacks, help you learn ways to ground yourself in what you can control, and learn tools to manage the intensity of the anxiety that feels uncontrollable.
There are different types of depression that range from mild to severe, and from situational to clinical. Individuals from different cultures may experience depression very differently. Some of the most common symptoms of depression in the western culture include feelings of sadness, poor self-esteem, decreased desire to participate in daily routine, increased or decreased appetite and sleep, isolation, self-defeating thoughts, hopelessness, and thoughts of self-harm. These symptoms may also vary on an individual basis. If you are experiencing thoughts of self-harm or death, please contact the Access and Crisis Line (888-274-7240) or 911 for immediate help.
Childbirth comes with a range of emotions. From excitement to fear, having a baby might bring up some unexpected challenges. Some women may experience postpartum depression, anxiety, and in rare cases, psychosis. Postpartum difficulties can make you feel alone, overwhelmed, and can even lead to a sense of hopelessness. In a safe therapeutic environment, we can work together to connect you with a support system, or help you examine how to engage your current support system more effectively. We can discuss the possible need for a medication evaluation, learn the tools to manage postpartum mental health symptoms, and explore other factors that might be helpful in easing your adjustment to motherhood.
Family can be our biggest source of support, and it can also be our biggest source of stress. In a safe therapeutic environment, you can gain a deeper understanding of the factors that contribute to the family conflict, and learn the necessary tools to manage it effectively.
Bipolar disorders can include manic or hypomanic episodes, with or without the presence of a depressive episode. Symptoms of mania/ hypomania include decreased need for sleep, flight of ideas or racing thoughts, pressured speech or being more talkative than usual, distractibility, increase in goal-directed activity, and excessive engagement in activities with high risk of painful consequences. A manic episode is more severe than a hypomanic episode, and may include psychotic symptoms or require hospitalization. Therapy can help you understand your experience, get connected with a psychiatrist, learn tools to manage your symptoms and triggers, and process what this diagnosis might mean to you.
Trauma may include one incident (such as surviving an assault or a natural disaster) or a prolonged experience (such as childhood abuse or domestic violence). Traumatic events can be difficult for many people to cope with alone. In a safe and supportive environment, we can explore and work through your painful experiences, as well as build the tools necessary to live a fulfilling life.
Loss can have many forms and many meanings. It may include a loss of a person, relationship, job, identity, safety, etc. Loss is often painful. There is no one way that human beings experience grief. It may come and go in waves, and may be accompanied with a sense of guilt, anger, and even with a sense of relief. We understand the courage that it takes to seek support when all that your mind is telling you to do is hide and push away the pain. In a supportive therapeutic environment, we can process your grief together, help you connect with meaning, and help you find healing.
Relationships can include romantic partners, family members, friends, and others. We offer family, couples and individual therapy services to help you work through relationship difficulties.
Not every aggressive act is an act of bullying. In order for a behavior to be classified as bullying, it must be repetitive, and there must be a power deferential between the victim and the aggressor. Even though bullying behavior peaks in junior high school, it is found across all age groups, from young children to the elderly. Dr. Kholodova has conducted research on childhood aggression, and has treated adolescents and adults who have experienced peer victimization and bullying. Psychotherapy can help you process these experiences, address self-esteem concerns, and learn constructive ways to respond to bullying.
Life transitions may include marriage, divorce, childbirth, relocation, graduation, starting college, obtaining or losing a job, experiencing a painful loss, learning about a difficult diagnosis, and others. Some of these changes can be exciting, as well as anxiety-provoking, and painful. Processing them in therapy could help you grieve the loss of the life that you had before this transition, learn the tools to manage your anxiety about this change, and learn the skills to successfully adjust to this new chapter in your life.
Job performance and academic difficulties could be affected by numerous factors, such as feeling anxious or experiencing other mental health concerns, experiencing interpersonal difficulties, having trouble advocating for yourself, and adjusting to a life transition. Therapy could help you work through your struggles, and learn the tools to address these difficulties in an effective way.
We understand the courage that it takes to seek support. If you are a survivor of domestic violence, we can help you process your trauma, discuss safety, and explore strategies for creating safe and fulfilling relationships. If you are having trouble managing your anger, we can help you explore the roots of your anger, learn the tools to address your feelings in a constructive way, and develop effective communication strategies to build fulfilling relationships.
The circumstances that lead a person to move to another country could be very different for different individuals. In a safe and supportive environment, we can process possible immigration trauma, work through the stress of immigration, and discuss the issues of adjustment to the life in the United Sates. Several of our clinicians have experienced immigration firsthand, and have worked with clients who have moved here from Western and Eastern Europe, as well as from Latin America, and the Middle East.
