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Depression:
Have you experienced a decreased interest or pleasure in activities?
Have you experienced an increase or decrease in appetite and/or weight?
Have you experienced a change in sleep patterns?
Do you feel hopeless or worthless?
Are you experiencing thoughts of suicide?
Depression is a mood disorder that affects all age groups and racial groups. Acuity Psychotherapy Solutions, PLLC helps individuals regain control of their lives by helping them find appropriate ways to cope and change unhelpful thoughts that maintain depression.
Anxiety:
Are you fearful of the future?
Do you dislike uncertainty and need to be in control?
Do you have a difficult time relaxing or falling and staying asleep?
Do you frequently have shortness of breath or increased heart rate?
Do you feel shaky or experience other physical ailments, such headaches, stomach pain, or panic attacks?
Fear causes individuals to avoid real or perceived threats. Avoidance of feared situations creates and maintains anxiety. Acuity Psychotherapy Solutions, PLLC helps individuals face fears that cause anxiety and reframe thoughts associated with perceived threats. Individuals will also learn the needed relaxation skills to decrease panic attacks and other physical symptoms of anxiety during times of distress.
Bipolar:
Do you experience frequent or debilitating mood swings?
Have you experienced a decrease in sleep and increase in energy?
Do you have periods of depression and then episodes where you can complete multiple tasks?
Do you often feel irritable and or have impulsive behaviors?
Bipolar Disorder is marked by changes in mood and activity levels. Many individuals with this disorder find it difficult to maintain stability because of frequent changes in mood and behavior. Bipolar affects work performance, relationships, and can lead to legal complications. Acuity Psychotherapy Solutions, help individuals learn coping skills to regulate both mood and behavior for a more stable life.
Substance Use:
Do you use drugs or alcohol to regulate your emotions?
Are you using increased amounts of the substance to get the desired feeling?
Have you failed multiple attempts to cut back or quit?
Do you continue to use the substance despite negative consequences at home, work, or with the legal system?
Does your body experience a negative reaction when drugs or alcohol are not consumed?
Substance use can be both a physical and mental addiction. Individuals must learn ways break old habits and replace them with new healthy behaviors. Acuity Psychotherapy Solutions, PLLC helps individuals identify triggers and ways to avoid and/or cope with triggers. Individuals will learn the stages of change and will work towards recovery using harm reduction and mindfulness.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):
Have you experienced or witnessed a traumatic event?
Do you avoid situations or objects that remind you of the trauma?
Do you have frequent thoughts, memories, nightmares, or flashbacks of trauma?
Do you feel on edge, anxious, or hypervigilant during normal daily activity?
PTSD can arise from experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. Trauma can range from a war event to the death of a pet, and it depends on the individual’s perception and experience. Acuity Psychotherapy Solutions, PLLC helps the individual process, cope through present re-experiencing, and accept their trauma.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD):
Do you experience frequent, recurring, or obsessive thoughts that something bad will happen to you or a loved one?
Do you experience repetitive behaviors to help ease stress or anxiety associated with obsessive thoughts?
Do you feel something bad will happen if you do not complete specific tasks?
Do you realize your thoughts and behaviors are unreasonable but find it difficult to eliminate those thoughts and behaviors?
OCD can be debilitating as it may prevent individuals from functioning in daily activities. Individuals may spend a great deal of time obsessing and participating in ritualistic behaviors, leading to an increased risk of depression and anxiety. Acuity Psychotherapy Solutions, PLLC helps individuals understand and reframe thoughts associated with obsessions and learn anxiety techniques to help manage urges for compulsive behaviors.
Personality Disorders:
Do you have difficulty connecting to other people or find yourself too dependent on others?
Do you have frequent conflict at home, school, work, or other social environments?
Have you been called arrogant or told that you have no empathy?
There are ten personality disorders according to the Diagnostic Statistical Manual V. Personality disorders tend to affect intimate and social relationships and cause the individual with the disorder to have emotional distress. Many individuals with personality disorders are unaware of them, and this often leads to persistent conflict with others. Acuity Psychotherapy Solutions, PLLC helps individuals gain insight into actions, core beliefs, and defense mechanisms. Individuals will also learn improved communication and coping strategies.
Grief and Loss:
Have you experienced or anticipate the death of a family member, friend, or pet?
Are you finding it difficult to cope or function after a loss?
Have you experienced a subtle loss, such as a loss of independence, physical capacity, or change in roles, and find it hard to adjust?
Grief is a normal reaction to the loss of loved ones or other subtle losses, and there is no time limit for the grief response. Depending on an individual’s emotional history and current life stressors, the grief response can become complicated leading to mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, and substance use. Acuity Psychotherapy Solutions, PLLC helps individuals work through the stages of grief, cope with their losses, and return to functioning.