Rochelle Young M.A.

As an individual who has lost a parent at a young age, I understand how traumatic this experience is and how it can affect us even years down the line. You may be feeling anger, confusion, or just unsure how to move forward. I'm passionate about working with those who have experienced loss and struggling with grief. Together, we can explore your story and grief and find new ways to maintain connections with those you've lost while learning strategies to increase feelings of calm and acceptance.

In today's world, so many of us struggle with anxiety and are unsure how to manage symptoms such as rumination, jitteriness, body temperature changes, nausea, or panic. Anxiety can look very different from person to person! Together, we'll explore your anxiety and its triggers. I will teach you strategies for your unique symptoms and we can practice working on those strategies together in a safe environment so you can feel more calm and focused in day-to-day life.

Whether you have lived with depression long-term, or it is a new experience for you, it can make us feel miserable and stuck, especially if you have a history of trauma. During an episode, some may seem to function normally and others may feel paralyzed. Either way, I understand how deeply this can affect your life. Therapy with me will look like exploration, learning, and strategy work. We'll explore your depression or trauma together and implement strategies to help feel more in control.

I'm a big believer in Radical Acceptance and the usage of Distress Tolerance Skills. There are a lot of studies that indicate how valuable DBT can be with anxiety, depression, and borderline-personality disorder treatment. I use DBT in session by exploring Radical Acceptance, boundaries, communication strategies, and teaching distress tolerance skills. We'll check-in each session and note what worked and what didn't in order to build a toolbox of skills to help you cope and heal!

Throughout childhood, we may have been told many things about ourselves that often manifest as anxiety later in life. For example, you may have had a guardian who often made you feel like resting was unproductive and perhaps even called you names, such as "lazy." You may have grown now to overwork yourself and you may not understand why. Internal Family Systems involves exploring that voice (and others!) including its source and separating it from who you want to be and are.

We each have a unique approach to living life and may require a unique approach to therapy. It should be a given, but some may have experienced a therapist that made you feel unheard and misunderstood. In our sessions, the focus is on you and we're actively attuned to your story, feelings, thoughts, desires, and needs. Therapy will be tailored to what you need by making you the one in control of our sessions. Your needs and values will guide clinical decisions, strategies, and topics we explore.