Anxiety Disorders
We help adults move beyond anxiety in its many forms:
- GAD: When worry takes over your day and drains your energy and focus.
- Social Anxiety: When fear of judgment makes connection feel unsafe.
- Panic Disorder: When unexpected waves of fear arrive with powerful body symptoms.
Depressive Disorders
22.4% of Massachusetts adults report they’ve been told by a health professional they have a depressive disorder.
Conditions We Treat:
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Persistent low mood, loss of interest, fatigue, and impaired daily functioning.
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia): Long-lasting, lower-grade depression that can persist for years and sap motivation.
- Bipolar Disorder: Mood cycles with depressive lows and manic or hypomanic highs that affect energy, focus, and regulation.
Trauma and Stressor-Related Conditions
We provide specialized trauma care for:
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Ongoing effects after a traumatic event—intrusive memories, hypervigilance, nightmares, and avoidance that disrupt daily life.
- Acute Stress Disorder (ASD): Intense anxiety, dissociation, and distress that arise within the first month after trauma.
OCD & Related Concerns
We help with:
- Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) that drive repetitive rituals or mental routines (compulsions) meant to ease anxiety.
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD): Distressful focus on perceived appearance flaws—often subtle or unseen by others—leading to behaviors like mirror checking, comparison, or excessive grooming.
- Hoarding Disorder: Ongoing difficulty letting go of items, regardless of value, resulting in accumulating clutter that interferes with daily living.
Treatment typically includes ERP (Exposure & Response Prevention), CBT-based strategies, and EMDR-informed care when trauma or stuck beliefs are part of the picture—tailored to your goals and pace.
Behavioral Addictions
We also treat behavioral addictions and compulsive use:
- Gambling Disorder: Repeated gambling that’s hard to stop, creating financial strain, conflict at home, and intense shame or stress.
- Social Media Overuse: Scrolling that crowds out sleep, focus, and real-life connection, leaving you anxious, irritable, or down.
- Problematic Internet Use: Compulsive online time that disrupts work, school, and relationships often with restlessness or low mood when offline.
Care may include CBT for habits and triggers, motivational strategies, EMDR when trauma or core beliefs are involved, and practical routines that restore balance.
ADHD
We support ADHD and related challenges:
- Inattentive & Hyperactive/Impulsive ADHD: Ongoing distractibility, restlessness, and impulsivity that get in the way of work, school, and relationships.
- Executive Function Skills: Trouble with planning, organizing, prioritizing, time awareness, and starting/finishing tasks—leading to missed deadlines and overwhelm.
- Emotional Regulation & Rejection Sensitivity: Big feelings, fast reactions, and shame spirals that strain confidence and connection paired with skills to recover and reconnect more quickly.
Care may include CBT and skills coaching, mindfulness and habit-building tools, and EMDR-informed work when past experiences or core beliefs are part of the pattern.
