Oasis Mental Health in Aurora IL provides professional psychology and counseling services to you, your child, and your family. We have experience treating many different conditions and also offer psychological testing for ADHD, Concussions, Learning Disabilities, and Dementia. We have experience providing individual therapy for children, adolescents, and adults, and also provide marriage or couples counseling, as well as family therapy.
Younger clients benefit from play therapy and sand tray therapy in our designated play therapy office. Our therapists and staff are highly trained and make your wellbeing always our priority. Several of our clinicians are trained to provide EMDR therapy, a proven, fast, and effective way to treat trauma, PTSD, and other (severe) emotional distress.
Younger clients benefit from play therapy and sand tray therapy in our designated play therapy office. Our therapists and staff are highly trained and make your wellbeing always our priority. Several of our clinicians are trained to provide EMDR therapy, a proven, fast, and effective way to treat trauma, PTSD, and other (severe) emotional distress.
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Finding a mental health provider is often a first and crucial step in a journey toward becoming the person you want to be, reaching the goals you want to achieve, and managing the symptoms that have hindered you in that process. At Oasis, we understand how difficult and sometimes anxiety-provoking that the first step is, and as a result, we will always treat you with the utmost respect, courtesy, and integrity.
This definition justifiably includes not just substances (such as alcohol, marijuana, or other drugs) but also behaviors (such as excessive internet use, gaming, or sex/porn). We generally use the term "addicted" when we notice a pattern in which individuals continue to use a substance or engage in a behavior even though they know it can be harmful: to their relationships, their academic or professional performance, or their health.
Anger is a fascinating emotion. Some people enter therapy, stating that they have "too much" anger. It gets them in trouble at home, at work, or at school. Some people are only angry at themselves. This often leads to feelings of worthlessness and depression. What many people don't realize is that anger per se is not harmful to us.
Oasis Mental Health provides specialized Child & Adolescent Counseling Services by clinicians who have been extensively trained to provide diagnostic and therapy services to children, adolescents, and their families. Child Psychologists receive specialized training in child development, child and adolescent mental health as well as physical and neurological health, and child, adolescent, and family therapy.
While individual therapy can be helpful in improving relationship and communication skills, family counseling really gets the job done when it comes to addressing family dynamics, conflict, and sibling relationships. Family therapy can also help deepening connections and support when going through stressful times.
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Susan Harkness Gibbs
Sep 06, 2017
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Thank you to Dr. Dockstader-Ortiz for the tools she gave me to help deal with the loss of my mom (as wells as other losses in my life), the stress I was under as the POA and caregiver for my father, the mental trauma I was dealing with after a car accident that was out of my control, and the high level of anxiety I was experiencing (and probably… always have.) Being able to see that some of my reactions, anxiety, and mild depression were understandable under the circumstances, as well as learning some tools to help cope with those feelings, continues to help me every day. If things ever
