Nathan Moline Licensed in Iowa. 100940

We will assess and explore how a lifespan of experiences from infancy to present developed, matured, and maintained schemas which can limit and interfere in how you see yourself intrinsically and relationally to others. We will practice decreasing the impacts of maladaptive schemas to open yourself to viewing yourself and your life differently to move towards self-satisfaction.

Learned and experienced beliefs can lend us to engaging in behaviors that can be contrary to our plans and desires. We can easily create patterns which don't serve us well. Through use of CBT techniques we will identify, reframe, and reduce the effects of thinking errors, catastrophic, all/nothing thinking patterns which limits how we react and behave. What triggers us? How do I feel and what behaviors am I choosing? Is the outcome beneficial or consequential? CBT will help to understand.

From historical to present mindfulness. Recognizing maladaptive, problematic thoughts, growing understanding how these effect our moods, our nervous system, and create barriers in our daily lives. Through ACT we will challenge physiological stress reactions, reduce the stigma and effects of problematic thoughts, and change the attachment and relationship we have with these experiences to encourage better mental, emotional, and nervous system well-being.

While we inherently live with anxiety, some of which can be helpful for us, many find anxiety to be consuming and invasive to living daily. When anxiety interferes with restful sleep, joy in activities, causes stress and irritability then its time to confront the anxiety and resolve it. Through CBT, stress management, and problem-solving we can hopefully decrease anxiety so its effects aren't so alarming and overwhelming for you.

Grief and loss aren't linear, nor is there an agenda or formula for experiencing or processing grief. While our grief can be overwhelming and feel like there is no end, the potential for growth from our grief is more achievable than we may believe. Supporting you to understand how your experience causes grief, how you respond to it, and how you can create a healthy understanding and relationship with it are key aspects that come up for us through the therapy journey.

Anxiety, stress, depression can all be byproducts of chronic pain/illness conditions, as these conditions can consume daily life, thoughts, emotions, and choices. Suffering chronic pain means looking at every day choices through the impact lens..how is what I want to do going to effect my pain? Feeling unsupported and unheard, can cause one to question the validity of their own pain. These are common concerns we can work through together while addressing mental health associated with pain.