If you live in or around the San Ramon, CA, area, licensed marriage and family therapist Laura Melgosa offers individual psychotherapy to help adults overcome depression, anxiety, grief, stress, and other challenges in life.
Guide to Individual Therapy
There are many types of therapy available, depending on your specific needs. Individual therapy provides an invaluable opportunity to work through many issues on a very personal level. You and your therapist can dive deeply into your emotions, patterns, concerns, and more in a safe, non-judgmental space. Though the exact topics can vary, the following are a few that Laura discusses and addresses with San Ramon, CA, clients.
- Crisis intervention/prevention: When a crisis emerges, therapy can help reduce the effects and get you the support you need. Crisis intervention is typically a short-term management plan.
- Depression: If you are constantly feeling down, hopeless, sad, guilty, or worthless, you might have a depressive disorder. Other symptoms include trouble sleeping, difficulty concentrating, sleeping too much, appetite changes, and thoughts of self-harm.
- Anxiety: Anxiety is a condition that leads to constant worry, nervousness, fear, and irritability. It, too, can impact your sleep, appetite, and energy levels.
- Grief and loss: Everyone loses someone or something important to them at some point. And sometimes, these losses impact us on a deeper level than we realize.
- Stress management: Stress is a normal part of life, but it can wreak havoc on our minds and bodies when not managed properly.
- Relationship issues: Couples therapy can always be helpful, but often, the individual parties need to work on themselves separately. For example, if you constantly find yourself in unhealthy relationships, it's helpful to discover why and make adjustments on an individual level before involving a partner.
- Child abuse: Many adults are still suffering from the effects of mental, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse from childhood.
- Domestic violence: Domestic violence is sadly common, and it can create fear, guilt, shame, and self-esteem issues.
- Substance abuse/dependency: Substance abuse is a common but very unhealthy coping mechanism for dealing with the issues listed above.
Therapy is beneficial for issues such as these as it can help you in ways such as:
- Uncovering the reasons for your behaviors and helping you make shifts in your thinking and actions
- Working through the grieving process so you can overcome the impact of loss and move on
- Improving your self-talk and making healthier decisions
- Learning to manage stress in a healthy way
If you are suffering from depression, anxiety, grief, stress, or any other issue impacting your life in or around San Ramon, CA, call (925) 922-2775 to schedule a free phone consultation with Laura.
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it's faced."
~ James Baldwin