Anxiety and Depression
With all the social changes that have been happening in today’s world, one of the most profound changes that have been happening is within the space of mental health. With more athletes and celebrities admitting their own struggles with anxiety and depression, more people are becoming informed and seeking help for the familiar symptoms. So how do you know if you have anxiety and/or depression? Below is a list of symptoms commonly associated with these mental health diagnoses. But before you read on, please know that almost everyone on this planet will experience at least one of these at some point in their lives. Why is this you might ask? Because we’re human. Being human means at some point you will feel disappointed, fail at something important, experience heartbreak, and lose a loved one. There are so many things in this world that can cause suffering, and feeling intense emotions related to trauma is normal. Addressing these emotions becomes necessary when they interfere with your daily life. Both of these mental health conditions are treatable with evidence-based therapies. Sometimes medications can help tremendously with reducing symptoms that are overwhelming to deal with on a daily basis.
Symptoms
Depression-According to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Depression Symptoms include the following:
A mental condition marked by ongoing feelings of sadness, despair, loss of energy, and difficulty dealing with normal daily life. Other symptoms of depression include feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness, loss of pleasure in activities, changes in eating or sleeping habits, and thoughts of death or suicide.
Anxiety- The ICD 10 identifies the following symptoms:
Anxious feelings or dread without apparent object or cause. Sometimes the cause can be identified. Symptoms include irritability, anxious expectations, pangs of conscience, anxiety attacks, or phobias, increased heart rate, restlessness, tension.
Immigration Evaluations
Hardship Evaluations are oftentimes recommended by an attorney to those that are in need of a psychological assessment to provide evidence of hardship that will ensue if a loved one was no longer allowed to remain in the United States. Psychological assessments allow judges to see you as the whole. Your history, your trauma, and the difficulty it would be if you’re loved one were to no longer be around or being prevented from returning to the United States. The service is offered to any individual who may need one and is not exclusive to just women.
Immigration Evaluation can be provided in Spanish and to anyone residing in New York State. All evaluations are conducted over video conferencing which allows for people to meet with me even if they are far in distance.
Immigration evaluations typically take about two hours to complete the interview and weeks of creating a report to provide to your attorney. For these reasons, fees are provided over the phone.
Family/Intimate relationships.
At this practice, we welcome women from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Many of the clients that are seen here struggle with pain from generational traumas and difficulty connecting with family with different views than our own. Often the source of these traumas is rooted in longstanding cultural beliefs systems that can be damaging to our inner peace. Our staff is here to hold space for your frustrations and allow you to be heard. We aim to support you with navigating difficult relationship dynamics and start your journey towards finding peace.