PsychotherapyPsychotherapy is a viable choice when you are feeling overwhelmed by difficult issues and difficult emotions. A therapist can help you resolve your issues, get relief from difficult feelings and help you to make sense out of the broken pieces in your life. The problem you are experiencing can be a broken relationship, anxiety, depression, or anything else that is painful for you. It is important to Dr. Swartout that the therapeutic environment is a safe place where you can talk about things confidentially without worrying about the consequences of revealing personal information. Dr. Swartout will make it as easy as possible for you to discuss the truth about your life including your difficult issues and feelings. Couples Therapy/Premarital CounselingDr. Swartout can help you and your partner sort out your problems and build a strong relationship. She can also help you fine-tune a good relationship to make it better. Whether you are in the middle of a crisis, moving through a difficult transition time, or discovering unpleasant behaviors--Dr. Swartout can be a tremendous source of support, strength and growth. Dr. Swartout can be the third party who helps you work through anger, resentment or frustration, get to workable solutions, prevent a divorce, enhance your love life, or simply deepen the love you have for each other. When you're struggling with your partner, it's nice to know you're not alone. Her greatest pleasure is seeing couples emerge from a difficult situation feeling more intimate and committed than they ever thought possible. For premarital counseling, Dr. Swartout can teach you conflict resolution skills, administer introspective quizzes to expose more of your inner lives and past history with each other, practice real-life exercises to help couples practice cooperative decision-making and compromise before a crisis happens, and help couples discover and have the opportunity to change bad habits which threaten the viability of the relationship. Learn How Dr. Swartout does Couples Therapy Using Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples Evaluate Your Relationship. Take this Checkup:EMDRUsing EMDR Therapy to Heal Your Past with Creator Francine Shapiro How EMDR Opens a Window to the Brain with Creator Francine Shapiro EMDR: Research Prompts Acceptance | New England Psychologist EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a powerful method of psychotherapy. To date, EMDR, has helped an estimated two million people of all ages relieve many types of psychological distress. No one knows how any form of psychotherapy works neurobiologically or in the brain. However, we do know that when a person is very upset, their brain cannot process information as it does ordinarily. One moment becomes "frozen in time," and remembering a trauma may feel as bad as going through it the first time because the images, sounds, smells and feelings, have not changed. Such memories have a lasting negative effect that interferes with the way a person sees the world and the way they relate to other people. EMDR allows normal processing to resume, so following a successful EMDR session, a person no longer relives the images, sounds, and feelings when the event is brought to mind. You still remember what happened, but it is less upsetting and a person sees the disturbing material in a new and less distressing way. During an EMDR session the client will recall a disturbing issue. The therapist facilitates the directional movement of the eyes or other dual attention stimulation of the brain while the client focuses on the disturbing material, and the client just notices whatever comes to mind without making any effort to control direction or content. Sets of eye movements are continued until the memory becomes less disturbing and is associated with positive thoughts and beliefs about one's self; for example, "I did the best I could." During EMDR, the client may experience intense emotions, but by the end of the session, most people report a great reduction in the level of disturbance. EMDR has been reported to be successful for: panic attacks, complicated grief, disturbing memories, phobias, pain disorders, performance anxiety, stress reduction, addictions, sexual and/or physical abuse and body dysmorphic disorders.Psychological/Chemical Dependency EvaluationsYou may be referred for an evaluation by your physician, attorney, or licensing board. Psychological tests are used during these kinds of evaluations. The information gathered from these tests along with the information from a clinical interview can help to create a treatment plan especially designed for you. Bariatric Surgery Psychological Evaluation Infertility Counseling/ConsultationThe pain of infertility can enter the deepest part of your being and can remain there. Embarking on this unique journey to finally begin your family can include many test and medical procedures. During the course of your care, you or your partner may experience roller coaster emotions: from excitement and anticipation, to repeated frustration. Research has shown that depression, isolation, anxiety and feelings of "not being in control" are common symptoms when dealing with infertility. For many, psychotherapy and stress reduction training can greatly reduce these symptoms. Please visit our Coping with Infertility page for additional information.
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