Anxiety is the body's natural response to stress, uncertainty and possible danger. Anxiety can get overwhelming and cause overthinking or distortions in your thought pattern. Here at Equilibria we can provide a safe and supportive space to explore your worries and  gain a better understanding of what drives your anxiety. We work collaboratively to learn helpful ways to achieve balance and feel more in control.

Our work may involve exploring stressful life events, thought patterns, or physical responses that keep anxiety impactful. The goal is to strive to build skills that can be used everyday to manage symptoms of anxiety more effectively. These skills can include grounding exercises, breathing techniques, mindfulness strategies and working on building and/or improving lifestyles habits and supporting emotional balance.

Depression may disrupt an individual's internal balance and make it difficult to feel motivated, connected and in sync with daily life. It has a drastic impact on our mood, energy, thought patterns and ability to function. 

At Equilibria using evidence based and balance oriented therapy we can help with sorting through the heaviness and isolation that depression can bring. We provide supportive care that meets you where you are at and works with each individual's unique strength to aid in restoring overall stability and grounded sense of self and well-being.

Life transition and Identify exploration are often unavoidable and can create periods of imbalance as individuals navigate and adapt to changes within aspects of themselves, their environments and roles. 

This time can bring significant uncertainty, possible disruption in mood and daily functioning. However, you don’t have to work through this alone. At Equilibria we are here to provide support as you work on adjusting to new circumstances such as relationship changes, career shifts, relocations, personal growth milestones, pregnancy and postpartum. With the support of our provider individuals can use this safe space to reflect and clarify their identity while developing adaptive coping strategies to aid in alleviating distressful symptoms during time of transition and identify exploration.

Racial trauma and challenges related to cultural Identity have a way of impacting individuals' sense of self, belonging and internal balance. Any forms of exposure to discrimination, microaggressions, cultural conflict and/or any form of systemic challenges can lead to heightened stress, emotional distress and difficulty navigating daily life. Individuals may also experience identity conflict, internalized messaging, or challenges navigating multiple cultural expectations.

At Equilibria we believe that individuals are the experts in their culture and identity. We use strength based, cultural attunement and competence to support individuals process difficult experiences and strengthen their emotional and identify resilience. Through the use of transparency, genuineness and therapeutic alliance, we provide effective care to our individual by creating a safe supportive space for them to feel genuinely seen, heard and understood and achieve their balance. 

Grief and loss can have a significant emotional, cognitive and physical impact by affecting an individual's mood, concentration and overall functioning. A time of loss can be a difficult one as it can cause feelings of disconnect, uncertainty and/or loss of identity. 

Grief and loss impacts us all differently and therefore the process towards healing isn't a one-size fits all. At equilibria our goal is to use an individualized and unique approach to support you to process your grief safely, create adaptive ways of coping and collaboratively work with you to aid in the rediscovery of your purpose. 

Substance use and recovery can often feel all consuming and be a difficult and isolating journey. But remember you don’t have to do it alone. Here at Equilibria, through collaboration and compassionate care efforts we work towards addressing individuals' underlying triggers, process relationships with substances, identifying and strengthening adaptive coping strategies and restoring balance within routines and distress tolerance skills.

We believe there’s more than one path to recovery. Whether the path you chose is managing relapse prevention, harm reduction, sobriety or simply exploring your relationship with substances, our practice aims to support you with empathy, compassion and genuineness.

Trauma can have a significant impact on our internal balance affecting our sense of safety, how we view ourselves and experience the world around us. At Equilibria, we strive to aid individuals to process and understand the impact trauma has on both the mind and body. We engage individuals to explore and strengthen their capacity to improve their ability to stay present during moments of distress. 

Our ultimate goal is to support and gently guide individuals to restore balance within their nervous system, emotions and thoughts patterns. To achieve this we use evidence-based approaches to help individuals to increase their understanding, build awareness and ability to self regulate.