Psychological treatment is both art and science. Each client I work with deserves to be understood in the context of their own life and experiences. There is no "boiler plate" treatment plan at Friendly Psychology. The goal is to engage together as partners in your therapy. Whether you are seeking brief intervention, life coaching, or more significant treatment for issues such as anxiety, depression, complex PTSD, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, we will discuss options and determine best fit for you.
One important underlying principle that echos through out our work is that the past cannot be changed. Healing often begins with acceptance, understanding, and resolution of challenges in your life that may be the byproduct of your thoughts and feelings that were influenced by those difficult events.
I approach each individual as having a unique set of experiences and beliefs that interact with their environment and physical selves in expressing helpful or unhelpful ways of perceiving themselves, their relations, the world they live in.
One important underlying principle that echos through out our work is that the past cannot be changed. Healing often begins with acceptance, understanding, and resolution of challenges in your life that may be the byproduct of your thoughts and feelings that were influenced by those difficult events.
I approach each individual as having a unique set of experiences and beliefs that interact with their environment and physical selves in expressing helpful or unhelpful ways of perceiving themselves, their relations, the world they live in.
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D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in individual and group therapy for adults across the lifespan.
She is currently accepting limited new patients in an effort to provide maximum attention to those in her practice.
Among her areas of expertise are Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma Related Disorders, Complex PTSD, Depressive Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Dr. Randa is currently re-organizing her practice, focusing more on short term therapy and life coaching approaches to helping others achieve a more fulfilling life.
She is currently accepting limited new patients in an effort to provide maximum attention to those in her practice.
Among her areas of expertise are Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma Related Disorders, Complex PTSD, Depressive Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Dr. Randa is currently re-organizing her practice, focusing more on short term therapy and life coaching approaches to helping others achieve a more fulfilling life.
Providing individual and group psychotherapy to adults utilizing evidence based therapeutic interventions.
I place a great deal of emphasis on creating and explaining the therapeutic alliance to my patients.
They are provided with psychoeducation on the importance of this element in the healing process.
It is the framework from which corrective emotional experience takes place.
I am highly trained in a variety of therapies and interventions including Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing therapy for PTSD (CPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy for Depression, Skills Training for Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR), Circle of Security (Parenting therapy), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy.
I place a great deal of emphasis on creating and explaining the therapeutic alliance to my patients.
They are provided with psychoeducation on the importance of this element in the healing process.
It is the framework from which corrective emotional experience takes place.
I am highly trained in a variety of therapies and interventions including Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing therapy for PTSD (CPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy for Depression, Skills Training for Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR), Circle of Security (Parenting therapy), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (etiology of trauma across combat, sexual assault, natural disaster, adverse life experience).
I work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues providing evidence based therapy and interventions.
My areas of specialization emerged out of my work with our country's Veterans suffering from PTSD and Adjustment disorders that largely stemmed from combat experiences and/or sexual assault experiences.
Individuals reactions from these traumatic events ranged across a variety of mental heal issues, including PTSD, Adjustment related disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and Obsessive Compulsive disorders.
I work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues providing evidence based therapy and interventions.
My areas of specialization emerged out of my work with our country's Veterans suffering from PTSD and Adjustment disorders that largely stemmed from combat experiences and/or sexual assault experiences.
Individuals reactions from these traumatic events ranged across a variety of mental heal issues, including PTSD, Adjustment related disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and Obsessive Compulsive disorders.
The human body has a fight, flight, or freeze system that activates when it senses danger.
This system speeds up your heart rate so you can run, causes you to sweat so you can stay cool, dilates the blood vessels to improve strength, and so on.
The freeze part of the system causes a type of "paralysis" and is another way the body/mind may choose to minimize damage to itself.
Fight, flight, or freeze is a critical innate response for staying safe from danger.
But for some, the fight, flight, or freeze system is triggered even when no real danger is present.
This system speeds up your heart rate so you can run, causes you to sweat so you can stay cool, dilates the blood vessels to improve strength, and so on.
The freeze part of the system causes a type of "paralysis" and is another way the body/mind may choose to minimize damage to itself.
Fight, flight, or freeze is a critical innate response for staying safe from danger.
But for some, the fight, flight, or freeze system is triggered even when no real danger is present.
It's normal to feel a little uncomfortable in social situations.
Socializing is challenging, and even those that seem highly confident in social situations often suffer from at least a small amount of anxiousness.
For some people, however, social situations invoke a sense of severe dread or anxiety.
The mere thought of going to a social event can spark considerable stress.
If you find that you're someone that has a very difficult time managing your anxiety in social situations, you may have social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder: a highly treatable anxiety condition that triggers fear and stress when faced with social interaction.
Socializing is challenging, and even those that seem highly confident in social situations often suffer from at least a small amount of anxiousness.
For some people, however, social situations invoke a sense of severe dread or anxiety.
The mere thought of going to a social event can spark considerable stress.
If you find that you're someone that has a very difficult time managing your anxiety in social situations, you may have social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder: a highly treatable anxiety condition that triggers fear and stress when faced with social interaction.
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