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There are three competing theories about the causes of anxiety. A cognitive therapist might assert that negative thoughts and irrational attitudes cause anxiety.  For example, if you believe that you must always get everyone’s approval, you might feel very nervous if your boss was criticizing you or if you had to give a speech before a large audience.

To try and understand depression and its causes, researchers have considered genetics, hormonal flux and change (in females), adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), life events and grief, health problems, substance use, smoking, and more.  All of these things can contribute to depression.  What if it was in your control to reduce or eliminate your depression?

Have you ever wondered why Alcoholic’s Anonymous (AA) only ever achieves 7%-10% success rates? Are you concerned that only very expensive resort-type in patient programs can heal addiction? What if your assumptions are incorrect? What if being engaged more fully in your daily life was more important to your recovery than living at a resort for 90 days? We have good news for you—being in your regular daily life is research-proven to enhance your chances for recovery. If you want you want to find your way forward as a sober person in this world, we hope you’ll give us a call or reach out through this website. This is the work we do. We work within the structure of your regular life to help you find your unique answers for healing. Want to discover or rediscover positivity and meaning in life?

Are you already married and need to reinvent your relationship to make it what you originally dreamed of? Or are you planning to get married or move in together and want to establish a good foundation of communication and connection prior to making your commitments? Either way, couples counseling is beneficial. The right foundation of communication and verbal intimacy impacts every aspect of our lives going forward. Have you ever had high quality training for being a good communicator? OK, we admit it, that’s a trick question because we’re not aware of a simple, usable communication model that all of us can use to improve communication with all the people in our lives—including some of the most important people like our spouses and partners. Would you like to learn to communicate clearly, effectively, and without excessive intensity and emotion that blocks and prohibits meaningful communication?

Have goals you want to achieve and just can’t get there? Do you ever feel hopeless when you’re unable to achieve your goals? Feel like giving up, that you’re just not capable of improving how you feel about yourself? What if we told you that everyone has felt this way at some point in their lives. If someone says they haven’t felt this way, they likely lack the humility that supports authentic self-esteem and personal success. Verbal bluster is not self-esteem. Rather, it obscures insecurity. Whether you feel incapable or insecure, we can help you develop healthy self-esteem.

In order to live fully as the person you are and want to be and to live your vision for life, be clear about what you want or discover what you want. At Mental Fitness Counseling, we support people in discovering and clarifying life meaning and purpose. Following someone else’s vision rather than defining your own can lead to internal disconnection from self. Following someone else’s rules or vision may mean you’re not taking your own life seriously.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) came into our daily language in the 1980’s after Vietnam. Since that time, we have found that trauma is widespread. Survivors have been exposed to pain and suffering from physical, sexual, emotional, childhood, environmental, and combat trauma. Many trauma survivors have experienced the worst that human beings can do to each other. Yet trauma survivors have the capacity to heal, and they do. They become examples of human resilience and the power of the brain to heal.

In reality most of us will experience traumatic events in our lives. Some of these will cause lasting emotional and psychological distress where others may reduce our mood and add to our distress only for a short time. Current treatment approaches for trauma are still incomplete and only recently is there research suggesting that our lives can be better after trauma than before.