Integrative Treatments for
Mental Health Disorders
Who We Help
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At MindShift Psychotherapy, we are highly trained to assess and treat individuals with ADD/ADHD. Treatments can consist of behavioral therapies and Neurofeedback.
ADHD is a type of mental health disorder that impacts a person’s cognitive abilities. For example, it can change a person’s ability to remember things or concentrate on tasks. This relatively common disorder affects about 11 percent of school-aged children in the United States. Although it is commonly thought of as a childhood illness, about 4.4 percent of adults in the United States live with the disorder as well.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy, we are highly trained to assess and treat individuals with the functional end of the Autism Spectrum. Treatments can consist of behavioral therapies and Neurofeedback.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), commonly referred to plainly as Autism, is a collective group of neurological disorders that affect the behavioral skills of the individual. Oftentimes, Autism is associated with a variety of behavioral problems. The symptoms of Autism can lead to developmental disabilities in social, behavioral, and communication skills.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy, we are experts in assessing and treating anxiety disorders. Treatments consist of Psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Virtual Reality Therapy, Biofeedback, Heart Rate Variability training, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), and Neurofeedback/Neurotherapy.
Anxiety disorders can take many forms but are generally characterized by excessive worry about a variety of topics that lead to significant distress or impairment. Anxiety disorders can be experienced on a continuum from Generalized, Phobias, Social, and Panic. The key feature that distinguishes anxiety disorders from normal day-to-day anxiety is the perceived inability to control worry along with physiological and psychological arousal. Feeling keyed up, restless, on edge, difficulty concentrating, disrupted sleep and eating, irritability, fatigue, racing heart, sweating, etc. are some of the major symptoms of anxiety disorders.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy treatments consist of evidence-based approaches such as Attachment-based therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals, Psychodynamic Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
Attachment issues arise from disruptions in the early caregiver-child bond. Undoubtedly, these disruptions significantly affect someone’s ability to trust in others or feel safe in relationships. However, when a caregiver consistently doesn’t fulfill their child’s emotional needs or displays abusive or neglectful behavior, the child may develop an attachment disorder.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy, we are experts in assessing and treating mood disorders. Treatments consist of Psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Interpersonal Therapy and Neurofeedback. A focus of psychotherapy for mood disorders is to work with your medical doctor and help you manage adherence to medication and physical health.
Bipolar disorder continues to be one of the mental health disorders that lay people understand worst. People casually use the term “bipolar” to describe things that change quickly, like the weather. However, the disorder is marked by long periods of depression and long periods of mania. The moods do not change rapidly. Bipolar disorder is a serious illness that requires treatment to improve a person’s quality of life. Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe. They are different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through from time to time. Bipolar disorder symptoms can result in damaged relationships, poor job, or school performance, and even suicide. But bipolar disorder can be treated, and people with this illness can lead full and productive lives.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy treatments consist of evidence-based approaches such as Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples, Family Systems Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy, and biofeedback for couples.
The DSM-V has defined a relational disorder as “persistent and painful patterns of feelings, behavior, and perceptions involving two or more partners in an important personal relationship.” It is very important to stress that, in a relational disorder, the relationship itself is the problem and not the people involved. Saying "relationships are hard" is so common that it's a cliché now. But it's also true. Even when people get along well, stress and daily life can cause conflicts that seem difficult or impossible to resolve. Relationship counseling can help people in these challenging situations to work through their problems, move beyond them, and be better partners overall.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy, we are experts in assessing and treating depression disorders. Treatments consist of Psychodynamic Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Cognitive-behavioral Therapy, Biofeedback, Heart Rate Variability training, and Neurofeedback/Neurotherapy.
Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad. But these feelings are usually short-lived and pass within a couple of days. When you have depression, it interferes with daily life and causes pain for both you and those who care about you. Depression is a common but serious illness.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy treatments consist of evidence-based approaches such as Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, life transitions Emotionally-focused Therapy, and Existential-humanist Therapy.
Transitions are inevitable – The only constant in life is change. Every person can expect to go through multiple significant changes throughout their lives. When we experience changes in our lives, also known as transitions, adjusting can be stressful and challenging, even if the shifts are positive.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy, we are experts in assessing and treating Mild Neurocognitive disorders. Treatments consist of Cognitive-behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-focused Therapy, Neurofeedback, and Photobiomodulation.
Major and mild neurocognitive disorders were previously known as dementia. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders now uses the terms major neurocognitive disorder and mild neurocognitive disorder.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy, we are highly trained to assess and treat OCD. Treatments consist of evidence-based approaches such as Exposure Response Prevention, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Family Systems Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Virtual Reality Therapy, and Neurofeedback.
Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be a devastating mental health condition where the symptoms interfere with work, school, and interpersonal relationships. Sufferers of OCD struggle with ubiquitous unwanted thoughts, doubts, and urges. Obsessions are thoughts, images, impulses, doubts, and ideas that are experienced as unwanted, persistent, and intrusive. Compulsions are rituals and similar behaviors that are repetitive, senseless, and excessive. Many times, compulsions are expressed with rules. Compulsion serves to reduce obsessional anxiety and fears with avoidance behavior to prevent obsessional fear and compulsive urges.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy, we are highly trained to assess and treat Trauma disorders. Treatments consist of evidence-based approaches such as Exposure Response Prevention, Psychodynamic Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Family Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Virtual Reality Therapy, and Neurofeedback.
PTSD and Acute Stress is having experienced, witnessed, or learned about a traumatic event. The exposure can be a single occurrence or multiple occurrences. Some of the common experiences are unexplainable avoidance, numbing, and physiological hyperarousal among many others. The domains of symptoms are now categorized into intrusion symptoms, avoidance symptoms, cognition and mood symptoms, and hyperarousal and reactivity symptoms.
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At MindShift Psychotherapy treatments consist of evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive-behavioral Therapy, Stress Management techniques, Stress Inoculation Therapy, Biofeedback, Heart Rate Variability training, Neurofeedback, and lifestyle changes.
Stress is a normal part of most people’s lives. However, this emotion can spiral out of control if left unmanaged. At that point, stress can keep people from living healthy, happy lives. Mental health professionals can help people manage stress, either to avoid or reverse this issue.
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Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a medical condition characterized by the inability to control the use of a particular substance (or substances) despite harmful consequences. In other words, SUD occurs when an individual compulsively misuses drugs or alcohol and continues abusing the substance despite knowing the negative impact it has on their life
MindShift Psychotherapy®
Mindshift is changing focus, perceptions, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and outlook. The result of this shift can be experienced as increased hopefulness and a positive outlook within yourself and interpersonal relationships. In most people, the shift brings increased happiness and fulfillment. The care you will receive at MindShift Psychotherapy is based on well-established science and phenomenology in psychology and neuroscience.
At MindShift Psychotherapy®, we approach your mental health concerns with the utmost of individualized care throughout the entire therapeutic relationship. Dr. Brian L. Imber has doctoral training in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Applied Psychophysiology. Dr. Imber supports a Person-centered holistic approach to behavioral healthcare. He applies an integrated model of psychotherapy that will individualize your mental healthcare care to your specific needs.
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