Learn how to move forward. Move past your fear. Move past your grief. Learn how to take control and stop making the same mistakes.
If your anxiety, grief, or depression is holding you back, counseling can help you make lasting change. I am a therapist who works with adults and older adolescents who are struggling with social anxiety, phobias, panic, general anxiety, and grief or loss in all of areas of their life.
I have a particular focus on working with women during the perinatal period struggling with maternal mental health, reproductive challenges, loss, and postpartum anxiety or depression.
I also work with individuals dealing with a variety of stressors including young adulthood, relationships, and other life transitions and changing life circumstances.
My approach is collaborative, goal-oriented, compassionate, and non-judgmental. Together we will work on the motivation to make change in your life and take active steps to reclaim the life you imagine.
Postpartum Depression Counseling in Fairfield, CT
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) are a group of conditions related to childbirth marked with feelings of sadness, loneliness, anxiety, sleep difficulty and appetite disturbance. Some also experience difficulty bonding with their baby or with their ability to take care of themselves or their family. Commonly referred to as postpartum depression, PMADs include a variety of perinatal challenges including postpartum anxiety and other maternal mental health issues. Postpartum depression can affect both mothers and fathers and can significantly impact the family.
Postpartum depression is very treatable. You can feel better. Postpartum depression counseling can give you the coping tools to feel relief and find confidence in yourself. Therapy is effective in dealing with feelings of loss of self and the transition to motherhood.
Grief Counseling in Fairfield, CT
Learning to live without a loved one is a difficult transition. Grief is a natural response to loss. Everyone experiences loss and people have natural ways of coping or adapting to loss in their own way. However, in many cases, grief can become an unhealthy healing process. With grief counseling, you can learn to adapt and find relief from the painful emotions of loss.
Grief counseling can help you find peace and learn to move forward. As a grief counselor trained in Complicated Grief Therapy, we can work on the overwhelming feelings of loss that stand in the way of living the life you want. It may feel impossible now, but you can move forward and find peace. You can continue to love the person you lost in a new way. Grief counseling can help you move forward while still honoring the memory of your loved one. Grief counseling can help you find peace in your life and understand the overwhelming emotions that you experience.
Anxiety Therapist in Fairfield, CT
Anxiety is one of the most common mental health issues that people face today. Anxiety affects 40 million adults in the United States and women are twice as likely to be affected as men. Common symptoms of anxiety can include avoiding social events and other situations to avoid feeling embarrassed, negatively judged or criticized. Anxiety can include feeling extremely distressed at the thought of being evaluated and a struggle with feelings of insecurity. It can include physical, somatic symptoms like sweating, increased heart rate, and muscle tension. Some people might worry excessively about a lot of different things while others might have a very specific worry, fear or phobia. If you struggle with anxiety, fear, panic, social anxiety, a specific phobia, or general worry, it can significantly impact your daily life.
Anxiety is treatable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an effective, evidence-based therapeutic approach that has been well researched. Counseling for anxiety can help you learn tangible skills that you can practice to overcome your feelings of anxiety, learn to feel more control over your emotions, and transform the way you feel to move forward without fear.
Currently offering in-person/office appointments in Fairfield, CT. Online Video Therapy (Teletherapy) appointments are available for individuals located in Connecticut and/or Florida. Call to learn more about Online Tele-therapy.
Connecticut license #001899, Florida registration #TPMC1927 https://flhealthsource.gov/telehealth/