Shruti Surya (She/Her)

ACT is not only a form of treatment but it can be a way of moving through life, particularly when we face challenges. ACT is focused on our relationship to difficult events and the language we use as we move through life. Mindfulness is also an important component of ACT. I will help you integrate these approaches into your day to day life, allowing you to weather any storm that passes by with compassion.

I have years of experience and training in CBT techniques. Using CBT, your work with me will consist of taking a deep dive into your thought patterns and evaluating how they interact with your emotions and behavior. We will use all three points- your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, to influence change onto each other.

Anxiety is a natural response our bodies have developed to help keep us safe. In some situations, our anxiety tips over into feelings of overwhelm and fear. Your work with me will help you better understand your anxiety, re-define your relationship with it, and lessen the fear. We will help you recognize signs of your anxiety- before it peaks, and learn techniques to help you manage it when it does appear. My goal is to help you build confidence in your ability to manage anxiety.

Whether old or new, a health diagnosis feels unending. It affects not only your body, but also your mind, relationships, and soul. I have specialized training in helping people manage complex medical diagnoses. Let me help you shoulder the grief and anger that often comes with a medical diagnosis. Support you as you make difficult decisions for you and your family. We will do all this while also building your skills to take care of yourself and continue to engage in meaningful activities.

You've experienced something in your life that seems to always crawl back. It's affecting your mood, relationships, and health. Trauma has a way of making us live either in the past or the future. The majority of my career has emphasized trauma and learning research supported treatments to help others heal from it. I use an integrated set of techniques to help you understand your past, re-write your relationship to it, and build a life you're proud of.

Sometimes we don't need to talk about the things that are painful. At its core, emotions are chemical processes that impact our physiology. For this reason, our bodies have a way of feeling and knowing a range of emotional experiences. I have taken several self-directed trainings to learn and implement somatic techniques to better help process difficult emotions, connect with a range of emotional experiences, and tap into insight that words sometimes can't quite capture.