Intentional Living Psychological Services Of Lawrence

I provide treatment for individuals with anxiety and depression. All human beings experience anxiety and depression. Unpleasant emotions represent healthy brain activity. Yes.anxiety and depression are evidence of healthy brain activity and a consequence of being human.

In therapy, you will learn how to practice responding to your experiences by shifting your attention toward more accurate, present moment, value-based decisions and actions in a way that builds confidence in your ability to thrive, flourish, and be great in your own life.You cannot control everything that happens to you in your life.

I'm a psychologist licensed in Kansas, Iowa, and North Carolina. I provide individual psychotherapy for adults interested in learning how to practice living their best life. I earned my PhD in the clinical health psychology program at University of Missouri-Kansas City and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, NC.

CBT uses the relationship between what we think, feel, and do (i.e., what we experience) to identify helpful and unhelpful ways of being. Significant feelings and thoughts are typically present whenever we are doing anything meaningful to us. Much of the language and meaning of words, phrases, images, memories, and bodily sensations we experience every minute of every day are automatic.

Suffering is evidence that your brain is working the way it's supposed to work or, at least, the way everyone else's brain works (including mine). Everybody suffers from time to time, but it does not have to be a way of life. Anxiety and depression are common when we experience a failure or loss of jobs, health, or relationships, lose control or autonomy over our life, or encounter new situations with confusing or overwhelming responsibilities.

Psychotherapy using CBT, ACT, MI, and Mindfulness are remarkably helpful in making the practice of your values, strengths, and abilities the priority you want it to be. These therapy techniques can help you be more aware of how your brain has been working hard to create and maintain anxiety and depression.