Dual diagnosis, or co-occurring disorders, is when a person experiences more than one mental health issue simultaneously. Counseling interventions change according to the specific disorders.
Available Treatment Options
Most often, therapists can treat multiple mental health issues simultaneously using therapeutic techniques. Some interventions, such as developing healthy coping mechanisms and exploring past trauma, can help various mental health issues at once.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Dual Diagnosis
I identify as a wounded healer. This means that I understand the therapeutic tools that I use with clients on an intimate level, through both extensive self-application and careful application with others. Thus, my qualifications as a therapist come from many facet of my life, beyond my schooling, license, or any job I've worked in the field for the past 12 years. As a wounded healer, I have fo...
If you are feeling stuck, unfulfilled, struggling with anxiety, depression, trying to overcome past traumas and searching for the way to live a life filled with joy, then let’s do it! Aspire for greatness and transform your life through self empowerment !! CALL NOW I am licensed as a mental health counselor in multiple states, I have been in healthcare for over 25 years and my personal experien...
Sometimes childhood is interrupted by crisis—feelings and situations too big for children, teens, and families to deal with on their own. Often children (especially teens) express their sadness, fear and anger through their behaviors and attitude. This "acting out" is especially challenging to caregivers. Child Saving Institute's therapists can help you and your children through this stressful...
My goal is to provide each client with an emotionally safe environment where they feel comfortable exploring even the biggest challenges, whether it is how to manage overwhelming emotions such as anxiety or depression, rebuild a more honest sense of identity, learn to recognize and fight unhealthy or toxic patterns in life & relationships, confront past trauma or abuse, or other flavors of...
Our experiences in life can present us with challenges, stress, depression, anxiety and emotional turmoil in the here and now. Everyone can benefit from emotional support to help navigate the difficulties of life, especially when our own coping and problem skills don't seem to manage what we are experiencing. Initiating therapy is the start of building our coping skills in navigating through th...
*ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS* In this time of uncertainty it is easy to lose site of our goals and hard to even keep track of what day it is. Sheltering in Place puts added stress on the family as a unit and magnifies feelings of isolation whether living alone or with others. We are being asked to play the role of fulltime parent, fulltime employee, and fulltime teacher while maintaining a clean and...
Sometimes, we look in the mirror and have difficulty understanding the face looking back at us. How did we get here? Is this the life I want to lead? Why do things have to be so hard? These are questions that can build slowly over time, or are the direct result of events we have endured. I can help you learn about the things that move you, further your exploration of your inner world, and assis...
I am most passionate to serve clients with a wide variety of mental health challenges who are "lost", "stuck", or simply want someone to listen to their issues and understand. While all of my post-secondary education and most of my life have been in the US, I was born and raised in Japan, lived in China for 2 years, and worked in a multi-cultural global corporation for many years, all of which...
Sometimes life gets overwhelming, hopes get waylaid by life challenges, relationships turn out not as dreamed. Sometimes the transitions in life--child to adult, single to married, married to single, working to retired--created emotional/mental barriers in our lives. Or even the challenge to figure out what your dreams are can be challenging. Therapy/coaching/ workshops/classes contain tools an...
If you are scouring over these therapist sites, you are in the market to find some help. It can be daunting to call a therapist you have never met and try to find someone to understand you. You should take your time, interview therapists and find a good fit. It is okay to shop and to decide not to make an appointment. Or, if you choose to call and come in, please get to know me in the first...
Therapy is a powerful tool for self exploration and discovery. Each of us have a story to tell and therapy can offer creative ways to help you understand your stories, your self, and your relationships in a new lens. My approach provides clients with the opportunity to draw on the connections and patterns between the past and present. As we deepen our awareness, we are given the power to break ...
Same sh#t different day? You want to feel better and your life to be better. I want that for you, too. Sometimes we know exactly what is happening and why things are as they are. Other times, it may seem more mysterious, or outside of our awareness. Understanding yourself will help to put you in the driver's seat of your own life so you can move in the direction you'd like to be going. It is bo...
Therapy is a place to explore, grow and develop the skills necessary to navigate life’s challenges. Why put on a false front in life? Why smile on the outside when you can’t smile on the inside? Each day may feel like a struggle or feel like there is a cloud over your head. I specialize in anxiety, depression and mood disorders, and understand that our behaviors are a direct result of internal...
It's all too easy to lose touch with the things we stand for, as well as with the things that mean most to us. You were whole at one point, which means a path to sanity exists that is waiting to be rediscovered. Yet these behaviors holding you back have been heavily reinforced over time. The change ahead is not going to be easy or comfortable, but you don't have to face it alone. Past clients h...
