Anxiety Counseling

Anxiety can be triggered by major life stressors or by subtle experiences. It can be unpleasant, scary, and impairing to live with anxiety. Often, before we cognitively understand our anxiety, our body feels it with aches and pains. Anxiety disorders may include (but not limited to) Social Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Phobias, and Panic Disorders. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… have persistent anxiety or worry? have difficulty controlling your worry? feel restless, keyed-up, or on-edge? feel easily fatigued? have trouble concentrating? feel irritable for much of the day? have muscle tension? have trouble sleeping, staying asleep,…

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Jennifer Miller, MA, LPC

Independent Contractor Jennifer Miller is a Licensed Professional Counselor, licensed in the state of Missouri. She earned her master’s degree in Counseling from Webster University. Jennifer works with children, teens, individuals and couples, and particularly enjoys facilitating group counseling with children and teens, on subjects such as social skills. She also specializes in marriage counseling. Her primary psychotherapy modalities are Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness. Jennifer works extensively with the following subjects: Depression Anxiety OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) Anger issues Trauma / Abuse Marriage / Couples Child Therapy – including blended families, behavioral issues, and attachment issues Jennifer sees clients at the following locations: our main location, on Flushing…

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Death By A Thousand What If’s

by Kristy Cobillas, MEd, PLPC We have all heard someone claim that they have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) because of their proclivity toward keeping things neat and organized. Many a joke has been made regarding having “OCD” friends over so that they can clean the house. Those truly suffering with the disorder could only wish it were simply a matter of being particular or neat; unfortunately that is not the case. Exactly what is OCD? Characterized by a presence of obsessions, compulsions or both, OCD is a lifelong, debilitating, and painful neuropsychobiological (brain and psychological) disorder affecting 2% of the population. Coming from the latin word obsessio, which means to “take…

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder stems from anxiety. Thoughts and actions intrude on our lives, forcing us to focus on them in the hope that they will go away. We can be left feeling distressed, alienated, and frustrated that so much of our time is spent tending to our thoughts or actions. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… have recurrent or persistent thoughts or impulses that cause anxiety when they intrude on your day? experience these thoughts or impulses that are unrelated to worries about real-life problems? try to ignore or control the thoughts or impulses with other thoughts or actions? have repetitive behavior that you must perform with…

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