Brooke Vierra

Have you noticed that you are compassionate, understanding, and kind to others when they suffer, fail, or struggle, but you do not treat yourself the same way when you suffer, fail, or struggle? Do you criticize and judge yourself often? Do you feel overwhelmed by your emotions or discount your feelings? If so, this may mean you are struggling with self-compassion. I strongly believe in the power of self-compassion in healing and can help reduce the inner critic.

Anxiety is a normal human emotion, but for some, anxiety can be completely overwhelming, preoccupy their thoughts, and disturb their relationships and ability to enjoy events. Therapy can help you learn ways to calm your body and achieve relaxation, be present in your current moment and engaged in meaningful behaviors, increase awareness of tendencies that keep you stuck, get you doing the things you love without constant anxiety, and challenge unhelpful thinking patterns.

If you have experienced emotional, physical, relational, or sexual trauma, you know how much this impacts your life! This may be changes in self-worth and self-esteem, difficulties trusting others or yourself, an impaired sense of safety, trouble connecting with others, depressed mood, fear and anxiety, and reoccuring memories of distressing events. Are you wanting to reclaim your life after trauma, increase feelings of safety and connection, and improve your ability to enjoy your current life?

If you have experienced traumatic events in your life and are having difficulty healing from these events, treatment is important. I am extensively trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy for Trauma survivors. Here, we work to identify ways trauma has impacted your life and the patterns that keep you stuck from healing.

If you struggle to decrease or cope with big emotions, can’t seem to communicate your feelings and needs to other, feel overwhelmed by emotion, or engage in behaviors that unintentionally make the problems worse, DBT may be useful to you! I am extensively trained in this evidenced based treatment. Here, we work to increase your ability to regulate emotions, improve your ability to build healthy relationships, and begin to practice being purposefully present in your daily life.

Have you ever noticed yourself stuck in a cycle similar to this? You think, “things are not going to get better,” you feel discouraged, and so you don’t try, which leads to no change and more discouragement. If you notice patterns like this, CBT can help you identify how your thoughts, feelings, and behavior connect and are keeping you stuck in a negative cycle. Thankfully, we can break this cycle and get you noticing an upward spiral again.