Therapy with Lisa J. Rotella , Jacksonville Beach, FL can help you stabilize your mood, decrease anxiety, manage troubling thoughts and emotions, enhance your relationships, change dysfunctional patterns and start living the life you want.
People mean well. They really do. But sometimes the most well intentioned comment can leave us reeling. Anxiety can be all-encompassing. It affects our thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Anxiety is different for everyone. But someone with an anxiety disorder feels overwhelming intense emotions at times that interfere with their daily living.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever seen a demonstration or heard somebody describe the desensitization phase of a specific psychotherapy, you may have found it more than curious.
“A therapist asking you to follow a stimulus back and forth in front of a patient’s face? And that is supposed to help them get over traumatic events? – What kind of hocus-pocus is that?” you may ask.
It is called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, and it has a proven scientific basis.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered: “What is schizoaffective disorder?”
Many people know the word “schizophrenia,” though they may have mistaken views about what it is. Yet, only some people have ever heard of schizoaffective disorder, and even fewer know what it is and how it is different from schizophrenia.
Think for a moment: How do you feel when others judge you? Does it make you feel good? Does it boost your confidence? Would you let someone treat your best friend that way? Of course, you wouldn’t! It’s painful and downright mean.
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When depression therapy is tailored to you individually, it can empower you to manage and reduce symptoms. Psychotherapy – such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) – can teach you skills to combat depression and lead a much happier life.
Read MoreAnxiety affects more people than you may imagine. Some seventy percent of adults in the United States alone report feeling stress or anxiety on a daily basis. Most, though, don’t realize how damaging chronic stress can actually be. And many are unsure of what they can do to relieve their anxiety.
Read MoreSchizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that influences how a person thinks, feels, and acts. Understanding schizophrenia, its symptoms, and treatment is an important first step after the initial diagnosis.
Read MoreThe truth is, we all have something. At least that’s what I tell my patients. Not just because I want to normalize this for them, but because it’s true. Each of us falls somewhere on the spectrum of mental illness. It’s just the degree of dysfunction and impairment that our ‘something” occupies in our lives.
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