POPULATIONS SERVED & AREAS OF SKILL AND EXPERIENCE

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Pregnancy Related Concerns & Complications
After Pregnancy or Postpartum
Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Newborn Loss
Fertility and Parenting Decisions
Sexual Health and Functioning
Menopause and Post-Menopause Issues
Medical Health and Emotional Complications
Coping with Cancer and Cancer Risk
Chronic Mental Health Management
Grief & Loss, Bereavement, and Anticipatory Grief
Relationship Enhancement at Home and Work
Parent/Child Interaction
Child and Adolescent
Drug & Alcohol, Eating, and Sexual Addictions
Performance Enhancement
Professional and Clinician Self-Care
Creative Related Blocks
Life Transitions

Pregnancy Related Concerns & Complications

• Pre-pregnancy consultation
• Reproductive crisis
• Pregnancy mood consultation and support
• Depression during pregnancy
• Anxiety and panic attacks during pregnancy
• Sleep difficulties during pregnancy
• Reducing risk for postpartum complications
• Preparing for labor and delivery
• Pregnancy and birthing related fears
• Coping with multiples during pregnancy
• Pregnancy and fetal complications
• Coping with extended bed rest
• Relationship communication & pregnancy
• Coping with unplanned pregnancies

AFTER PREGNANCY OR POSTPARTUM

• Infant and neonatal care support
• Postpartum depression & anxiety
• Poor sleep or insomnia postpartum
• Relationship issues postpartum
• Postpartum sexual concerns
• Caring for one or more young child
• Postpartum medical complications
• Challenges with multiple infants
• Returning to work and other transitions
• Postpartum challenges for single mothers

MISCARRIAGE, STILLBIRTH, AND NEWBORN LOSS

• Coping with pregnancy loss
• Coping with the loss of a newborn or infant
• Anxiety about future pregnancies

FERTILITY AND PARENTING DECISIONS

• Depression related to fertility issues
• Anxiety related to fertility issues
• Coping with primary & secondary infertility
• Stress-reduction and mind/body techniques
• Multiple pregnancy losses in any trimester
• Preparing for fertility procedures
• Evaluations for use of third party donors
• Decision-making and fertility treatment
• Decisions about adoption or childlessness
• Aiding those with limited emotional support
• Fertility issues in specific populations:
- women and men with cancer
- polycystic ovarian syndrome
- chronic pelvic pain
- premature ovarian failure
- fertility and epilepsy
- advanced maternal age

• Fertility and eating disorders
• Decisions about carrying multiples
• Sexual functioning:
- low desire, pain, & other sexual problems
- during and after fertility treatment
- and pregnancy

SEXUAL HEALTH AND FUNCTIONING

• Sexual problems
• Low desire
• Decreased sexual arousal
• Inorgasmia or difficulty climaxing
• Vagnismus - vaginal spasms
• Dyspareunia - painful intercourse
• Reducing pelvic pain
• Post-cancer treatment sexual issues
• Postpartum sexual pain & decreased desire
• Restoring sexual functioning & satisfaction
• Anxiety associated with sexual activity
• Trauma-related sexual problems
• Relationship problems & sexual satisfaction
• Relaxation techniques to reduce anxiety
and pelvic floor bracing

• Improving self-esteem & body image issues
related to sexual health

• Communication skills with partners and
healthcare providers about sexual concerns

MENOPAUSE AND POST-MENOPAUSE ISSUES

• Feminine life transitions
• Hot flashes and night sweats
• Trouble falling or staying asleep
• Depression, anxiety, and irritability
• Changes in weight and body image
• Changes in sexual satisfaction & functioning
• Premature or early menopause

MEDICAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL COMPLICATIONS

• Chronic & life threatening health conditions
• Preparing for medical procedures
• Diabetes related support
• Pain management
• Chronic stress management
• Sleep problems & sleep hygiene training
• Stress and coping during hospitalization
• Adherence to treatment regimens
• Doctor/Patient communication
• Coping and adjustment to medical illness
• Quality of life assessment and counseling

COPING WITH CANCER AND CANCER RISK

• Preparing for biopsies, diagnostic tests,
surgical procedures, & other treatments

• Decisions about genetic testing
• Reducing fatigue and pain with exercise,
relaxation, guided imagery, mindfulness
techniques, etcetera

• Coping with cancer when you are single
(single, separated, divorced, or widowed)

• Treating depression and anxiety
• Self-esteem & body image after treatment
• Relationship communication & intimacy
• Sexual satisfaction & functioning
• Talking with others about cancer
• Coping with fears of recurrence
• Establishing well-being after treatment
• Decisions about fertility/parenting options
• Coping with advanced disease
• Dealing with end of life issues
• Spiritual dissonance & cancer treatment

CHRONIC MENTAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT

• Duel diagnosis complications
• Cognitive impairments
• Depression
• Anxiety, intense worry, and panic
• Traumatic event debriefing
• Posttraumatic stress
• Selective mutism
• Mood swings
• Aspergers support

GRIEF & LOSS, BEREAVEMENT, AND ANTICIPATORY GRIEF

• Resolving fear of own mortality
• Death anxiety
• Hospice related concerns
• Cancer related illnesses
• Organ transplantation
• Multiple medical related complications
• Miscarriage, stillbirth, & neonatal death
• Sudden traumatic events, murder, & suicide

RELATIONSHIP ENHANCEMENT AT HOME AND WORK

• Communications skills training and support
• Cross-cultural conflicts
• Effective expression of emotion
• Anger management
• Domestic violence
• Dissatisfaction with a relationship
• Ending a relationship, separation, divorce
• Poor relationship communication
• Negative patterns in relationships
• Sexual concerns
• Abusive relationships at home or work
• Boundary problems with others
• Challenges with teenage & older children
• Sibling problems
• Repeating old patterns in relationships
• Poor self-esteem in relationships
• Concerns for single women of any age
• Trouble asserting self in relationships
• Difficulty saying "no" when needed

PARENT/CHILD INTERACTION

• Temperament fit
• Communication and bonding
• Attachment and bonding difficulties
• Parent consultation
• Blended family
• Mandated family court related concerns
• Foster-care and adoption support

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT

• Behavioral problems
• Developmental concerns
• Decision making skills
• Friendship development
• Social skills training and support
• Academic skills training and support
• Mandated juvenile justice counseling

DRUG & ALCOHOL, EATING, AND SEXUAL ADDICTIONS

• Emotional recovery
• Relapse prevention
• Practical living skills
• Breakdown barriers
• Disrupt chain of relapse
• Develop alternative choices
• Cope with unanticipated stress
• Generate supportive relationships
• Diminish power of conditioned cues

PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT

• Identify barriers
• Maximize potential
• Feel more confidence
• Aspirations realized
• Master composure under pressure
• Change your mental approach
• Achieve performance potential

PROFESSIONAL AND CLINICIAN SELF-CARE

• Burnout & compassion fatigue
• Emotional exhaustion
• Numbness & detachment
• Difficult patient outcomes
• Professional boundaries
• Renewing meaning
• Balancing life & work
• Work environment stressors
• Managing life & career change

CREATIVE RELATED BLOCKS

• Procrastination
• Performance anxiety
• Fear of failure
• Loss of inspiration
• Mindless assumption
• Dissolve blocks
• Break habitual perceptions
• Cultivate creative flow
• Clarity in situational challenge

LIFE TRANSITIONS

• Disruption of familiar
• Adjustment issues
• General anxiety
• Stress management
• Loss of role, person, or place
• Finding identity, meaning, and purpose
• Career transition, relocation, and job loss
• Family lifestyle changes & readjustments