Individual Therapy
$80 | Insurances Accepted: Optum, Carelon, Quest, Ambetter, Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Ascension, Cigna, Aetna
The focus of individual therapyIndividual therapy for youth and adults in Texas looking to build confidence and communication skills. The techniques used will improve emotional regulation, manage anxiety, increase healthy relationships, and strengthen identity.
Healthy relationships can be hard to find and maintain. Maybe you grew up in a household with yelling, criticism, and passive aggression, so you are afraid of advocating for your needs. Maybe you’ve had friends or partners break your trust, and now you’ve built walls to protect yourself. Maybe you are afraid of losing people, so you placate others. It is challenging to break habits, but through practice and confidence, you can get there.
We’ve all heard the phrase actions speak louder than words. Our focus will be on talking through what has led you to this point and taking action to achieve change. Each week, we will practice a new concept, and your homework will be to implement that concept.
See below for some examples of goals and action plans.
❋ Emotional RegulationLearn effective ways to cope with emotions. Deepen insight into the reasons you feel and think the way you do. Reframe and challenge thoughts to break negative patterns.
❋ Distress ToleranceObstacles are a part of life. Be able to cope and process obstacles that arise in your life.
❋ MindfulnessPractice mindfulness techniques such as grounding, visualizations, and thought defusion to reduce anxiety and regulate emotions.
❋ Interpersonal EffectivenessUnderstand healthy communication techniques and practice implementing them.
Anxiety around relationships
Ruminating on all that could go wrong in a conversation. Bending boundaries to placate others and disregarding own needs. Feeling disconnected from others and yearning for real relationships. Avoiding conflict.
Deepen insightUnderstand fears and internalized messages
Coping skillsDecatastrophizing, grounding strategies, distraction plan
Conflict resolutionPractice assertiveness scripts and paraphrasing
Increase confidencePositive affirmations, challenge negative thoughts
Depression around relationship conflict
Stuck in a cycle of depression from disconnection and withdrawal from relationships due to depression. Difficulty regulating emotions and finding hope. Constant conflict with others, because of irritability. Not engaging in hobbies. Defensive when communicating with others.
Deepen insightUnderstand reasons for defensiveness
Behavioral ActivationMake bed every day, shower daily
Coping skillsDaily walks, grounding using senses
Managing conflictLearn blocks to listening