Megan Bousquet MA, ATR , LPC

Mindfulness can be practiced anywhere, at any time, and in just a moment. It can be as short as a breath, an acknowledgement, or a glance. Research has shown mindfulness to be effective as reducing stress and anxiety. A practice that incorporates mindfulness focuses on the present moment and noticing how we are feeling without judgement. It can be a means of connecting with how we are feeling and allows us to learn about ourselves and our experiences.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a research proven method of therapy whereby a therapist helps you to cognitively restructure unhelpful thoughts. We will look at the connections between your thoughts, behaviors, and emotions and identify how patterns of thinking and experiences impact how you feel. Techniques provide a means to gain better insight and provide a means of learning new skills and behaviors that will help you to better manage feelings of anxiety and depression.

Sometimes expressing ourselves requires more than words and at times we might make artwork together. Art Therapy is based on the belief that the creative process involved in artistic self-expression helps people to: Identify, explore, and express emotions, resolve conflicts and problems, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, and achieve insight.

Fertility, pregnancy, birth, motherhood, and parenting are major life experiences that can leave you feeling overwhelmed and not like yourself. Is motherhood different than you expected? Do you feel alone, anxious, tired, sad, angry or irritable? Have you experienced a miscarriage, difficult birth, or slow recovery during postpartum? It is important to have a safe space to talk about your experiences.

Throughout the journey of a woman’s life there are many emotional shifts and challenges. Are you going through a difficult life event and feeling like it would help to have more support? Are you looking to learn ways to increase your emotional wellness, resolve conflicts, and feel more secure in your relationship with yourself and others? Therapy can help to transform difficult experiences into moments of personal growth.

“Anxiety is evidence of exquisite sensitivity, high empathy and an internal communication system that is working in order. but if you are going to harvest the gems embedded inside of anxiety, you are going to have to shift past the shame based way that our culture sees it and instead understand that it is a gift and a wise messenger from the unconscious pointing you in the direction of healing and growth.” - Sheryl Paul