Rupal Mandal (she/her)

Substance abuse develops from maladaptive coping strategies that people employ to deal with stress, discomfort, or difficult emotions. My work with people focuses on understanding the maladaptive roles that substances have come to play in people's lives, and developing/implementing more adaptive coping mechanisms.

Substance abuse develops from maladaptive coping strategies that people employ to deal with stress, discomfort, or difficult emotions. My work with people focuses on understanding the maladaptive roles that substances have come to play in people's lives, and developing/implementing more adaptive coping mechanisms.

When depression is present in a person's life it not only brings a sad mood and loss of pleasure, but also an overwhelming and pervasive negativity that colors the way a person sees the world. My work with people who struggle with depression focuses on assisting my clients to counter the negativity that comes with depression through mindfulness, thought challenging, and cognitive diffusion. We work together to challenge these distorted thoughts and create a more balanced way to think.

When depression is present in a person's life it not only brings a sad mood and loss of pleasure, but also an overwhelming and pervasive negativity that colors the way a person sees the world. My work with people who struggle with depression focuses on assisting my clients to counter the negativity that comes with depression through mindfulness, thought challenging, and cognitive diffusion. We work together to challenge these distorted thoughts and create a more balanced way to think.

Anxiety is not just feeling anxious and worrying. For some, anxiety involves catastrophic thinking patterns which create a tremendous impact on a person's life. My work with people who struggle with anxiety focuses on identifying catastrophic thoughts and challenging their validity. Breathing techniques, mindfulness, thought challenging, and alternative coping strategies are employed in order to assist people in gaining back their lives.

When depression is present in a person's life it not only brings a sad mood and loss of pleasure, but also an overwhelming and pervasive negativity that colors the way a person sees the world. My work with people who struggle with depression focuses on assisting my clients to counter the negativity that comes with depression through mindfulness, thought challenging, and cognitive diffusion. We work together to challenge these distorted thoughts and create a more balanced way to think.

I employ CBT as a way to help people to gain more mastery over the way that they think and how their thoughts affect their feelings and behaviors. Without realizing it, we often develop thinking patterns which are negative, catastrophic, and self-defeating. With the help of CBT techniques such as thought challenging, cognitive restructuring/reframing, behavioral experiments, journaling, and more, we are able to challenge our current thinking patterns and create a more balanced way to think.

I employ ACT as a philosophical way of life. I help individuals identify the areas of their lives that they have influence over and we work together to focus our efforts where they will have the greatest impact. Assisting people in living their lives in accordance with their core values and being more mindful are techniques that I employ within the therapeutic relationship to bring about change.