Anxiety
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Burnout
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Emotional Overwhelm
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Relationships
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Nervous System Dysregulation
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Self-Worth
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Trauma Patterns
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Anxiety ✹ Burnout ✹ Emotional Overwhelm ✹ Relationships ✹ Nervous System Dysregulation ✹ Self-Worth ✹ Trauma Patterns ✹
Individual Therapy
We offer individual therapy services to adults.
This is an opportunity for you to work one-on-one with a therapist on the challenges you may be facing.
Our approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and focused on YOU. Together, you and your therapist will become curious about where you are at, how you got there, and where you want to go with your wellness.
We use evidence-based therapeutic approaches that are tailored to meet our clients’ needs. We draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment Theory, Somatic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy).
In our work together, we can help you navigate:
Anxiety
If you are experiencing fear, overwhelm, avoidance, or overthinking...you may be experiencing anxiety. We specialize in helping individuals navigate:
Feeling overwhelmed
Overthinking
Panic
Phobias
Social and generalized anxiety
OCD tendencies
Trauma
Trauma is any experience that overwhelms your ability to cope. We have experience working with:
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other post-traumatic symptoms/diagnoses
Complex trauma
Childhood / developmental / attachment trauma
Single-incident traumas
Veterans/Combat experiences
First responders
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Emotional, Psychological, Sexual, and / or Physical abuse
Dissociation / Dissociative symptoms
Depression
Everyone feels low occasionally, but depression can take over thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and get in the way of you connecting to a meaningful life. Together we can help you better manage symptoms of depression, including but not limited to:
Low mood
Loss of pleasure / Loss of interest
Low motivation
Low energy
Suicidal thoughts or self-harming behaviors
Relationship & Family Conflict
Are you struggling with your relationships with others? We can help with:
Boundaries
Communication strategies
Insecure attachment patterns
Co-dependency
People-pleasing
Life Transitions &
General Wellness Management
We all move through various transitions in life, and therapy can be a helpful support to help you process any type of transition including, but not limited to:
Loss
Divorce / Break-ups
Career changes / Job loss
Burnout and stress
Your Relationship with Yourself
Your relationship with yourself is one of the most valuable relationships in your life. Your relationship with yourself matters to your wellness. We can help with:
Self-esteem/Confidence
Shame
Self-compassion
Inner Criticism
Ali Chacalias is excited to offer NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback to be used in conjunction with or as an alternative to talk therapy. NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback is an advanced self-regulation brain training tool that helps ensure your brain functions at its best. Similarly to how we get stuck in unhelpful behavior and thought patterns, our brain’s cortical activity also gets stuck in unhelpful patterns. When our brain functions at its best, we can seamlessly move from tasks and bounce back from challenges in flexible, controlled ways.
NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback is designed to communicate directly with your central nervous system, providing moment-to-moment information that your brain needs to reorganize itself. NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback is like holding a mirror up to your brain; just as you would adjust your appearance in a mirror, the feedback or information your brain receives allows it the opportunity to make natural adjustments that enhance brain flexibility and regulation. Anyone can benefit from NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback, no diagnosis is needed, and there are no side effects.
Neurofeedback
Training with NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback can help with:
Improved sleep management – many people report feeling more rested and an enhanced ability to sleep through the night
Enhanced focus and concentration
More energy
An enhanced ability to feel calm and relaxed
Enhanced patience and decreased reactivity
Enhanced anxiety and stress management
Mood improvements – feeling more internally balanced
Decreased distractions and improved memory
An ability to manage the daily challenges of life more effectively
If you have questions about NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback and how it could be utilized in your own healing journey, feel free to reach out to me at info@alicpsychology.com or use the button below to book a free consultation call.
Learn more about NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback here:
EMDR
(Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy)
EMDR is an evidence-based therapy approach to treating trauma, anxiety, phobias, depression, and addictions. EMDR is a focused approach that helps us to process past experiences or memories that are tied to current distress. EMDR works by allowing you to connect with the thoughts, emotions, images, and body sensations associated with the presenting symptoms that are causing you distress. Clients tend to come out of EMDR therapy with a different relationship to past experiences, shifts in unhelpful cognitions and beliefs about themselves, and a decrease in emotional arousal related to past events.
EMDR uses a technique called bilateral stimulation, which stimulates the left and right hemispheres of the brain. This stimulation, which can be provided through eye movements, tapping, or auditory tones, aids in the process of appropriately processing and reducing the distress associated with certain memories or experiences.
We recommend EMDR therapy to those clients who find they are still stuck in past experiences, who have tried other types of therapy to change thought, emotion, or behavior patterns and have not been successful, or who have experienced past events identified as traumatic and have not had the support of therapy to explore the full impact of these events.
Want to learn more about EMDR? Check out the blog post HERE.
Wondering if EMDR is right for you? Contact us at info@alicpsychology.com.
Coming Soon
Workshops + Group Therapy
Interested in bringing a wellness workshop, therapeutic group, or educational presentation to your workplace, organization, or community? Inquiry using the form
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