Counseling Services
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
We provide individual therapy for addressing the following concerns:
- Depression
- Anxiety/Panic disorders
- Alcoholism
- Chemical Dependency
- Co-dependency
- Trauma
- Childhood physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect
- Grief and loss
- Difficulties with self-esteem and boundaries
- Isolation
- Obsessions and Compulsions
- Sexual Addiction
- Eating Disorders
- Aggressive Behaviors
- Self-Harming Behaviors
- Bi-Polar Disorder
- Inability to Achieve
COUPLES THERAPY
We help couples struggling with the following difficulties:
- Difficulty resolving arguments
- Poor Communication
- Emotional Distancing
- Lack of Trust/Jealousy
- Affairs and Betrayals
- Infertility and pregnancy loss
- Relationship violence
- Difficult family transitions
- Sexual problems
- Parenting Issues
- Cultural Differences
- Money struggles
- Pre-marital counseling
- Divorce and co-parenting issues
GROUP THERAPY
CLINICAL HYPNOSIS
“What hypnosis does best is amplify people’s abilities, including their hidden abilities such as the capacity to reduce the subjective experience of pain or the capacity to better adapt to a change in one’s circumstances. Hypnosis empowers people to discover and develop strengths in themselves they didn’t know they had, and the consequences in people’s lives are often nothing short of extraordinary.”
—Michael Yapko, from Trancework.
Hypnosis can be used as an adjunctive form of treatment for any of the issues that are treated in individual therapy or couples therapy. It also can be used for short term approaches to mind/body issues such as pain management or stress reduction, relaxation, breaking habits, finding new inner resources, strengthening self-esteem, and learning new behaviors.
If you are interested in learning more about hypnosis and whether it can be helpful for you, please call Jill Silverman, MFT at 707-782-1222 extension 2# or email jillsilverman@petalumacounseling.com.