Group Therapy
MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION GROUP
This ia a non-religious group that welcomes all faiths.
Specialized Areas of Treatment
*PTSD AND OTHER TRAUMAS
Trauma can be directly or indirectly experienced as an adult or in childhood. Trauma can be caused by a single or multiple negative events having never been acknowledged or healed. It remains that unresolved trauma experienced as a child or adult, interrupts mental and emotional growth. Psychotherapy and mindfulness can help to reduce the symptoms.
*ANXIETY
Anxiety can create feelings of uneasiness, fear, stress, and tension in the body. Lack of concentration and attention can oftentimes be mistaken for symptoms of ADHD, however, anxiety may be the culprit. There are many reasons anxiety can surface, both good and bad, and psychotherapy and mindfulness are great treatment methods in reducing symptoms.
*depression
Depression and other mood disorders can deplete your energy, leave you feeling empty, hopeless, helpless, take away your interest in daily life activities, and more. Psychotherapy, and in some cases combined with medication, can help with treating the symptoms mentioned above allowing you to live a more fulfilling, and balance life.
*Grief and Bereavement
Grieving is a very natural process which occurs when experiencing or anticipating a loss. Depending on the severity of this loss a presentation of complex grief may prohibit you or a loved one from healing. Everyone has a unique and self-designated time in their healing journey. Psychotherapy helps clients process through the pain, moving into a healing pattern at their own pace.
*Addictions
Addiction can present itself through substance use, alcohol use, sex, gambling, food, shopping, and can manifest as a result of unresolved and unprocessed trauma, emotions, and more. Psychotherapy can assist in the reduction of symptoms leading to addictive behaviors, provide understanding around addiction as a "brain disease", offer motivation for change, and strength to recover.
*Chronic/Terminal Illness and Coping
MLC specializes in oncology and dialysis but welcomes any person given an acute, chronic, and/or terminal diagnosis to reach out for therapeutic supports and services. Coping alone can bring about mental stress. Processing the shock, disbelief, confusion, and pain of being told you have a health or life altering illness, can provide much relief and support.
Additional Areas of Treatment
Racial Trauma
Unfortunately, we live in a time whereas racial disparities, inequities, and divides still exist. Regarding racism, it can and has caused trauma, anxiety, depression, and upset in the lives of Blacks/African Americans for over 400 years. There are instances that lead to situational depression, more easily noticed by the increase in mental health symptoms caused by racial tensions. Dr. Joy DeGruy authors a book entitled, "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS)". It speaks to the many issues that trigger trauma in Blacks/African Americans that stem from generational patterns caused by the enslavement of their ancestors, confirming the epigenetic component in which trauma is transferred throughout generations. With this, psychotherapy can help to provide tools to cope, and manage the symptoms manifested by the stresses of everyday microaggressions, and more seriously, the unjust killings, that are faced by Black/African American people today. #BlackMentalHealthMatters
lgbtqiA+ Trauma
Disparities exist for individuals whose sexual orientation, gender, non-gender identifying role, and more, differ from mainstream society. Our LGBTQIA+ family has had to fight for the same rights that said heterosexuals receive, no questions asked. Many of the hate crimes and discrimination practices committed against this population has provoked in them symptoms of trauma, anxiety and fear. I have proudly used psychotherapy to help many LGBTQIA+ clients reduce such symptoms and will continue to stand in their support for equality. #DiversedMentalHealthMatters