Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy proven to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
Below: the EMDRIA webpage with more information.
Telehealth defined by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
“The use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration.”
Telehealth has been shown to be helpful in treating anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder.
Documents to begin therapy are in the Paperwork tab.
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Below: the American Counseling Association's Code of Ethics.
Diagnosis generally means there are effective treatments.
Many diagnoses and measures of severity are not permanent, and that is the point. Statistics help group sets of symptoms that make daily life an amount more difficult.
In America, the DSM-5-TR is the most recent manual for measuring symptoms and helps facilitate research, communication about care, treatment, and tracking progress, as well as using insurance to access care.
Counselors will often ask about your values and worldview to help support your specific goals and highlight potential choices that fit both.
Your worldview and values are an important part of your experience, how you understand challenges, solve problems, and find meaning. Faith might not be invited into counseling, but beliefs do factor in, even without being discussed directly.
Many providers will utilize all known strengths to support a client's desired change, including the beliefs or tenets of a client's faith.
This is done collaboratively and after gaining permission, which may be revoked at any time. A holistic approach helps make deeper connections and illuminate appropriate and meaningful actions to build a more congruent life.
Multicultural Counseling might be the only training a typical provider has in differing worldviews. For providers who have additional specialization in this arena, it often helps support an even more beautiful and freeing therapeutic experience.
American Psychological Association also has a Code of Conduct to help providers (and consumers) know where the lines are. Counselors are stereotypically private, but responsible providers disclose information that might matter to the client or they recommend someone with the most appropriate training and approach.