Trauma comes in all forms, great and small. Sometimes it isn’t even originating from our lives, but from the trauma experienced by our loved ones and the impact it has had on their development, their relationships with us, or their overall functioning.

Whether your trauma is a recent event, or a lifetime of variable intensities, we are here to help by creating a safe, compassionate, and knowledgeable space to process and provide research and biopsychosocial informed treatment.

Complex trauma can result from many things including poor attachment experiences in early life, from witnessing chronic dysregulation, substance abuse, or mental illness in family of origin, or chronic invalidation or abuse from others or ourselves.

At Attune & Bloom Psychology, we believe in the link between mind and body wellness. Often when faced with chronic and/or complex health conditions, the individual’s emotional and cognitive wellness are negatively impacted. On the surface that makes sense, however these two factors of physical/medical and psychological health are often treated separately.

Our approach is treating the whole you, understanding your health conditions, acknowledging the impact to your brain, body, emotions, and behaviors and using treatment approaches that integrate medical and psychological. We offer consultation with your other medical providers in order to coordinate holistic treatment.

Clinical depression has a way of telling us - “it’s all awful, it will never get better, and it’s all my fault.” If you find yourself circling over and over again your perceived faults, mistakes, or find that critical inner voice is all you have now, maybe it’s time for change. If you find yourself responding “Yeah, change, because I have energy for that?” Treatment for clinical depression often starts by having a safe space where your psychologist holds hope and validation for you, a shared container for you to put some of the weight of your thoughts and emotions into.

At Attune & Bloom Psychology, we view Clinical Depression often as the result of exhaustion, struggling too long, and no longer being able to rally yourself like you use to. Maybe you are a people-pleasure, an empath, or a caregiver of everyone but yourself, we are here to help you rebuild your resiliency. This includes for those who are “functionally depressed,” meaning you go to work, pay your bills, but don’t feel tethered to yourself or notice you long for sleep or change but don’t know where to start.

Feeling stuck? Feel like anxiety, worry, and that not so nice inner dialogue are directing your life in big and small ways. Anxiety has many ways of showing up and interfering with your quality of life and sense of self.

We begin by understanding your anxiety, is it mainly physical such as, racing heart, feeling unable to breathe, or stomach distress, headaches, and poor sleep OR is it mainly cognitive like all your thoughts are coming too fast, too critical, or you just cant shake the sense you’ve done something horrible or dread the day ahead? Sometimes, anxiety shows up through mainly emotions, such as, crying spells, irritability, and lashing out when you really want support. Maybe its a combo presentation, either way we are here to help using compassionate, evidence-based, individually tailored treatment.

“It is literally impossible to be a woman.” Gloria says to Barbie.

So there’s been a lot of talk about mental load and emotional demands of being a woman…but how do we take that discussion and create a more balanced, supportive existence? It can start by having a supportive, validating, and compassionate space to explore the “impossible” factors women are more often than not faced with.

We create a space to explore the nuanced stressors of your life including life transitions, fertility journeys, pregnancy and motherhood physical, emotional, and cognitive changes, chronic health (autoimmune disorders, cancer, pelvic floor dysfunction), and navigating relationships with others and yourself.

These can be particularly demanding roles for empaths, caregivers, and trauma survivors.

Relational intimacy could be likened to the definition of attunement ' a kinesthetic and emotional sensing of others, knowing their rhythm, affect and experience by metaphorically being in their skin, and going beyond empathy to create a two-person experience of unbroken feeling connectedness by providing a reciprocal affect and/or resonating response'.

We can help by providing you a space to process past experiences and the ongoing impact on your current relationships with others and self. Then we can explore your needs, and develop a plan for trying out new ways of perspective taking, healthier boundaries, and building empathy for yourself through self care.

Adolescence is its own unique experience to each generation. Your experience is not my experience, let’s start off by acknowledging and validating that. Some things however are similar which include brain development, steps into more autonomy, and that your mental health is unique to your experiences.

We view treatment as a space of having an ally, having a psychologist who can be a support in your journey, whether that is navigating clinical depression, practicing anxiety management strategies, or exploring the stressors of social life. We can work together in you developing new skills, understanding your needs, and being able to more effectively communicate those needs.

We also offer caregiver/parenting sessions as needed to aid in caregivers connecting and providing support through their adolescent’s mental health journey.

Adolescents, in Pennsylvania over the age of 14 own the right to their medical record and must consent to family involvement. However, if we feel there is a safety concern, we will discuss this reasoning with the adolescent before determining caregiver involvement.

There are pivotal points in our lives that can shape our sense of self and belief in our ability to manage challenges as they arise. One of those critical times is emerging adulthood (ages 18-26). During this time, you are faced with many changes and often anxiety has a way of finding you. You may notice more worry about developing independence from family/caregivers, feeling pressure to choose a profession, major, or job that will provide financial stability or security. It’s also often a time of changing interpersonal relationships, weighing quality of friendships, and evaluating needs for partnership.

We will provide a non-judgmental space to explore your thoughts, emotions, and needs/wants. We can assist you in the processing of defining what emerging adulthood will be for you and how you define “you.”

As with discussing adolescent, emerging adult, and life transitions, another very poignant time in one’s life is older adulthood. As we age, we are faced with complex losses, such as, changes in our life roles, changes in our physical health/functioning, moves to different settings, loss of loved ones (parents, friends, family), and facing our own loss of autonomy. This also can be a time of conflicting emotions, reflection and despair, satisfaction and frustration.

What do you want this time to look like for you? What builds meaning and adds joy to your life? How do we honor the losses and find meaning each day?

We are here to help whether that is having a space to explore the existential, reflect on your life, or take time for your mental heath in ways there hasn’t felt time for in the past. Psychotherapy has numerous research studies supporting it effectiveness for improving the mental health of older adults.

Whether you are seeking a safe space to explore your sexuality, gender, or belief systems, being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community, in and of itself is not a prescription for “treatment.” However, living and working in environments that are invalidating, hostile, and/or dismissive towards who you are can cause pain and suffering. Being a part of this diverse community means you encounter unique challenges and experiences.

We, at Attune & Bloom Psychology recognize those challenges and also know that your psychological wellness blossoms when you know yourself and live your authentic life. Our goal is to create a trusted, affirming space for you to explore who you are and embody your most genuine self, providing you the tools to navigate and discover the identity and lifestyle that you feel matches you.

Are you a part of the not so secret perfectionist club? Do you find yourself paralyzed by the to-do list? Did you find the picture above upsetting? Well, it can be challenging for others to fully understand the extent of how the need for “perfect,” the self-imposed and self-limiting pressure and expectations can paralyze you despite your best efforts of dong everything. Do you feel a constant state of treading water or being stretched so thin that decision fatigue and analysis paralysis led to overthinking even the simplest decisions in your life? You keenly feel the pressure to make the “right” choice, not disappoint others and yourself, and feel like others can’t understand?

We can help you break free from the beliefs that your worth is determined by your level of productivity, school grades or GPA, degrees, job title, or the way others tell you “I don’t know how you do everything you do.” We will explore the roots of your perfectionism, identify unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors, and practice living in a less critical, more self compassionate existence.

If any of this spoke to you, then let’s get started on your journey!

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