Specialties
A SAFE, EMPATHETIC, WARM, NON-JUDGMENTAL, SEX-POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT
Signs and Symptoms
TREATING THE SYMPTOMS AS WELL AS THE ISSUES
Relationship Issues
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​Are you often overwhelmed with emotion and anxiety?
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Maybe you don't trust easily, or at all?
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Do you struggle with feelings of jealousy?
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A desire to "check up" on your partner to the point you feel out of control?
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Starting arguments for no reason?
Dissociation/Memory Loss
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Do you have nightmares but are unable to remember what they were about, only how they made you feel?
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Is there a part of your past that you're unable to remember? Up to a certain age? A specific grade in school?
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Emotional flashbacks? Unlike actual memories, these are overwhelming emotions that feel disturbing yet familiar.
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Do you sometimes feel as though you're watching yourself and not inside your own body?
Low Self-Esteem
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Do you believe you are fundamentally worthless?
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Do you feel broken beyond repair?
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Have you questioned whether or not you really deserve to be loved?
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Want to set goals but don't even bother because you "just know" you'll fail?
Avoidance Behaviors
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Addiction to alcohol or substances?
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Maladaptive self-soothing; overindulging in exercise, pornography, work, or masturbation?
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Self-harm? This could include cutting, pulling out hair, burning, or other forms of causing pain to your body.
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Challenging relationship with food? Eating too much? Not enough? (Note: I do not treat eating disorders as a stand-alone issue)