Mental Health Counseling
We provide psychotherapy to treat, manage, and improve mental health in:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- PTSD and Complex Trauma
- Pain Management
- Grief and Loss
- Relationship Issues, Healthy Communication, and Boundaries
- Existential Issues, Life Direction and Transitions
- ADHD
- Goal Achievement
- Stress Management, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue
- Mental Fitness and Resilience
Is your mental health concern not reflected on this page? That doesn’t mean we don’t have experience treating it. Contact us today—we are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Psychiatry
Catalyst Counseling Associates is excited to offer our patients comprehensive mental healthcare that includes the integration of psychiatric medication management with psychotherapy services.
The prevailing research indicates that the best approach to mental health care treatment involves a combination of psychotherapy and medication management. When used together, psychiatric naturopathy and allopathic medications can help treat several mental health symptoms including depression, anxiety, and distress related to trauma.
At Catalyst, we provide you with quality care to address your specific mental health needs. Understanding how psychiatric medications are integrated into your mental health care is critical to your successful treatment.
The information below will detail some important considerations for patients, including information about starting on psychiatric medications, associated risks, and how to manage the use of psychiatric medications over time with your clinicians.
Catalyst now provides patients with access to licensed psychiatric practitioners to enhance the holistic treatment of your mental health embodying our values of connection, healing, and growth. To get started, patients must schedule an initial visit (about 45-60 minutes) during which your psychiatric practitioner will get to know you and your specific mental health care needs, may elect to order medical tests, and review your medical records and full health history including any current or previous medications you have taken. Starting a new medication and assessing the effects requires patience and collaboration between you and your practitioners. Additional visits may be necessary to see how you are responding to the medication as you and your provider seek the optimal dose in which you experience the greatest benefits. In some cases, patients may need to try multiple medications in order to find one that has the best results for them. This process requires open communication and teamwork between the patient, psychiatric practitioner, and other members of the mental health care team including your psychotherapist .
Beginning on a new medication is associated with certain risks. Any medication has the potential to cause side effects and interactions with other prescriptions, over the counter medications, or supplements that you currently take. You will work closely with your psychiatric practitioner to reduce these risks and carefully monitor how you respond to a new prescription. Patients should keep their psychiatric practitioner up to date about any changes to medications including over the counter medications and supplements like vitamins or herbal remedies.
Over time, you may find that your well-being has improved, and it’s important that patients work directly with their psychiatric practitioner to safely modify, taper, or discontinue any medications. Changing medications without medical guidance can lead to adverse effects, and your providers want to work with you to avoid this risk. At the same time, it will be helpful for your psychotherapist to know how you are feeling on your medications, and while psychotherapists cannot make changes to your medications, goals in psychotherapy can be modified based on your feelings and response to your new medications.
Beginning a new medication to help facilitate and improve your mental health is a personal decision that our team is committed to guiding you through thoughtfully and responsibly. After starting a new prescription, your practitioners will want to see you more frequently to assess your well-being, and your entire mental health care team will be available to help you assess any changes. Some people may feel a difference soon after initiating a new medication while other medications could take several weeks to reach an effective dose in your body.
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program Groups
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Introduction
Psychosocial Rehabilitation is a treatment approach designed to help improve the lives of anyone struggling with the life skills needed to implement change. The goal of PSR is to teach emotional, cognitive, behavioral and social skills that help our clients live and work in the community as independently as possible. PSR is an amazing opportunity to work one on one or within groups to apply the skills taught in therapy sessions. Our PSR team strives to make sessions interactive, resourceful and FUN! While working with children, our young clients look forward to working with their PSR every week on social skills, educational goals and improvement, organizational skills, improving concentration and focus, setting goals, and much much more! For adult clients, the PSR approach starts with teaching the client where to find important resources, and how to find available support. Your PSR can assist you in learning vocational or household management skills, help you with a parenting issue, develop ways to creatively budget, assist you in returning to school or the workforce, seek and apply for assistance and benefits available to you and much more. PSR is very client centered and addresses most any struggle the client may feel they need additional guidance, assistance or support.
Community Inclusion
This group is designed to help consumers plan and enjoy activities to engage in and connect with their community. Consumers will be encouraged to take the needed steps to integrate back into their community. These activities provide the opportunity for consumers to develop social skills, relaxation skills, and hobbies to help battle boredom in an in-vivo (real-life) setting. Topics will also include employment, civic engagement, housing, education, recreation, and spirituality. Consumers will also have opportunities to problem solve new areas to be addressed through committees or organized meetings.
Effective Communication
This group will focus on building skills to effectively exchange information, feelings and meaning through the use of verbal and non-verbal communication. The elements of communication will be broken down and addressed to better understand the client’s position on either end of the conversation. This group’s goal is to produce a better understanding of the roles of communication, resulting in all parties obtaining the most out of the process.
Vocational Readiness
This group is focused on preparing clients to ready themselves for employment. The group will focus on resume writing, career exploration, job interview skills, etc.
Practical Change
This group will focus on changing dysfunctional emotions and thinking into positive, mindful, and compassionate behavior. Practical tools and techniques will be used to address mental health concerns.