Mood Disorders
Anxiety and Depression make every day life challenging. We’re here to help.
Anxiety
Prolonged anxiety that does not go away over time can be challenging. Panic, worry, and fears can make it difficult to participate fully in life.
There are several types of anxiety disorders, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Panic Disorder, and Social Phobia Disorder.
Treatment generally includes psychotherapy, medication, or both. We offer expertise in treating a range of anxiety disorders.
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety often includes an intense and pervasive sense of worry, fear, or doom. There are many types of anxiety, ranging from Generalized Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Separation Anxiety, Social Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and more.
Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety
Patients often feel physical symptoms, such as sweating, trembling, rapid fatigue or tiredness, difficulty breathing, fast heartbeat, and trouble concentrating. There is often a sense of impending panic, danger, or doom, and a general sense of worry, fear, nervousness, or restlessness.
Causes of Anxiety
Some anxiety is normal and expected in day to day life. However, if your anxiety is all-consuming, pervasive, excessive, or interferes with daily life, you deserve treatment.
How we Treat Anxiety
We teach meditation/ mindfulness strategies, breathing techniques, and coping skills. Modalities used include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Based Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and more.
Typical Outcomes
The goal is to decrease the frequency, duration, and intensity of your symptoms. We want patients to return back to baseline, so anxiety no longer impairs daily functioning. Patients generally respond well to treatment and can expect to feel better after incorporating learned strategies into their day-to-day lives.
Do I Have Anxiety?
If this sounds like you, then you many have anxiety.
Contact us to set up a free consultation to learn more about treating your symptoms.
Learn more about anxiety disorders here.
Depression
Depression can affect anyone, and is characterized by a pervasive low mood, accompanied by hopelessness, despair, emptiness, loss of interest or pleasure, and more.
When it does not subside, it requires specialized treatment. Experts recommend psychotherapy, medication, or both. We provide tailor made treatment plans to help you start feeling better again.
What is Depression?
Depression is more than just sadness, it is a medical disorder. Often categorized by a change in mood, emotions, and thinking patterns, patients may experience Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar I or II, Post Partum Depression, or Persistent Depressive Disorder.
Signs and Symptoms of Depression
Patients may experience a pervasive down, sad, empty, or low mood, accompanied by changes in sleep, appetite, energy levels, concentration, and self esteem. Some people also experience feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, frustration, irritability, guilt, or loss of interest or pleasure.
Causes of Depression
Depression is complicated, but could be related to genes, family history, brain chemistry, major life events, trauma history, medical illness, personality, or substance use.
How we Treat Depression
You are not alone. We will join with you to learn more about what you are experiencing, while building on modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
Typical Outcomes
Untreated depression can result in career and relationship issues, substance use, and even suicide. We hope to help patients decrease the frequency, duration, and intensity of their symptoms, so that depression no longer interferes with daily life.
What Kind of Depression do I Have?
There are many subtleties of depression symptoms. For further evaluation, Contact Us to set up a free consultation.
Learn more about depression here.
If you are having thoughts of hurting yourself or someone else, please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.