Individual Counseling for women and girls experiencing:
Anxiety and Depression
We all experience anxious feelings and low moods sometimes. When these feelings and moods become overwhelming they may start to negatively impact our personal lives, employment, and social lives. During your counseling session, you will learn techniques to work through these feelings to increase your motivation, lower anxiety, and improve your overall functioning.
Trauma and Distress
When lasting effects of negative events cause difficulty in daily functioning, it can cause distress, confusion, fear, and anger. Some trauma symptoms include re-experiencing the traumatic event, sleep disturbance and nightmares, intrusive thoughts, memory problems, fear, etc. Fortunately, there are tools that can be utilized to help you through the healing process.
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Life Transitions
Life transitions are wonderful, but they can also be difficult. Whether it is adjusting to new responsibilities related to moving from high school to college, becoming a new parent, changing jobs, etc, there are often accompanying discomfort and feelings of doubt, guilt, and general stress. We will learn to reclaim your balance and learn new skills for coping.
MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS
Asylum cases
Providing detailed assessments of how PTSD, depression, or other mental health conditions, result from client's persecution.
Extreme hardship cases
Detailing how separation can trigger extreme psychological distress and hardship.
VAWA cases
Providing details on psychological symptoms that are often present in victims of domestic violence, regardless of gender.