• Personality Disorders

    Personality Disorders can disrupt relationships with others and our view of ourselves. They can affect the way we see the world and leave us feeling confused, afraid, or distressed about our perspective in life. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… find the way you see yourself and the world differs from those around you? experience emotional responses that are unique to how others respond? have difficulty in maintaining stable relationships with other people? have impulses that are uncontrollable? find social, occupational, or daily life stressful because of the above mentioned circumstances?

  • Phobias

    Phobias can be related to past experiences or can seem totally random. They are rooted in anxiety and can be quite troubling, inconvenient, and controlling over our daily lives. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… have persistent fear about a specific experience or object? go to great lengths to avoid the feared thing? experience people telling you your fear is “irrational”? feel distress that interferes with how you would choose to function?

  • Physical Disabilities

    Physical disabilities not only cause us to have different challenges in life, but also affect the way we interact with the world and how it interacts with us. We often feel isolated in society, significant frustration, and that others are incapable of understanding our experience. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… have impairment to any of your limbs or motor ability? have limitations placed on your life by a respiratory disorder or epilepsy? experience treatment from others differently than what you would choose? feel isolated or frustrated with circumstances caused by your disability?

  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

    After experiencing an intense threat to someone else or ourselves, we can experience Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Although, we often feel that we should not be so affected, PTSD can drastically affect our ability to cope or function in daily life. . Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Have you… experienced a life-threatening event to you or someone else? relived the event through nightmares or flashbacks found yourself avoiding circumstances that relate to the originial event? had difficulty with sleep, anger, or talking to someone about your experience? do you feel more “on edge” than before the event?