Anissa Howard, LMSW
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“We stand today united in a belief in beauty, genius, and courage, and that these can transform the world.”
― Jane Addams
you are welcome here
traditional psychotherapy
in-person graveside grief therapy
traditional psychotherapy
LOST? LOOKING FOR
YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF?
You're closer than you think
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In psychotherapy cognitive behavioral therapy approaches and interventions can be wonderful. They aim to remediate symptoms of anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship conflicts, trauma, grief, and more. Using them together, we enhance supports for neurodivergence - ASD & AD/H/D - validate/integrate gender fluidity, non binary expressions, and reduce suffering during painful life adjustments.
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Authentic self often gets buried
climate-aware ecotherapy
in-person graveside grief therapy
traditional psychotherapy
ANXIOUS? WORRIED?
FEELING SOLASTALGIA?
We protect what we cherish
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The natural world is our ultimate home. Sadness, existential grief and ecological-homesickness caused by species decline, over-manufactured environments, water/air health, natural disasters and other ecological fears and concerns can make life feel heavy and threatening. Together we can address symptoms that inspire healing, stabilize soliphilia, attend to distress levels, validate helplessness.
And create meaningful action.
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Aho Mitakuye Oyasin
in-person graveside grief therapy
in-person graveside grief therapy
in-person graveside grief therapy
SADNESS? SORROW?
UNRESOLVED GRIEF?
Grief has no timeline
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Memorializing the death of a loved one can support the process of recovering from loss. A unique in-person graveside psychotherapy (I-CBT) session is designed to enhance and deepen your healing process. Address unfinished business, anger, resentment, and elongated or complicated grief at the place of burial. Single graveside I-CBT session available after 16 sessions of virtual therapy. Custom Private Pay Rates Apply.
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To go forward, first pause
narrative therapy
relationship therapy for adult siblings
relationship therapy for adult siblings
WHAT HAPPENED? STUCK IN THE PAST?
LOOKING FOR SKILLED LISTENING?
It matters what happens to us
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Maya Angelou said "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you" At Cranberry Clinic Mental Health Practice, recognizing the effectiveness of an evidence based practice called narrative therapy can be part of trauma remediation for many people seeking closure and relief.
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Do not shoulder it alone
relationship therapy for adult siblings
relationship therapy for adult siblings
relationship therapy for adult siblings
CONFLICTED? ESTRANGED?
CONFUSED ABOUT CHILDHOOD?
Family memories often differ
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Siblings have a unique way of helping and hurting each other across the lifespan. Siblings hold each other's "keys to the kingdom" of their shared childhood. Usually relationships improve in adulthood, but not always. Sometimes help is needed to repair or enhance these important relationships. PRIVATE PAY.
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Estrangement is common
existential therapy
relationship therapy for adult siblings
existential therapy
ASKING THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS?
DESPAIRING? WONDERING WHY?
When we can't understand why
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Complex thoughts , fear, and tragedy often have us asking "why". Finding meaning in our life experiences is vital to our healing process. Existential therapy is a direct, yet gentle approach to life's unanswerable questions. Relief comes with an adjusted perspective and a brave look at the problem at hand.
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Find the meaning
trauma remediation
trauma remediation
existential therapy
CONSTANT DISTRESS? NUMB?
FEELING 'OUTSIDE' OF YOURSELF?
Trauma can be hereditary
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Trauma happens. When the brain and nervous system cannot cope with the intensity of negative events that happen to us and around us, we become overwhelmed. We lose the ability to feel okay. Fight. Flight. Freeze. Fawn. EMDR may be an appropriate therapy for you. As well as EFT and existential approaches.
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Help is near and you can heal
personality work
trauma remediation
personality work
ANGRY? CONFLICT WITH OTHERS?
UPSET WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIPS?
Enhancing our strengths
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We depend on our personalities to make our way through the world around us. Personality develops while we are young and is shaped by both genetics and family life. Learning more about our personality style and making positive changes in therapy can help us get along with others in ways that make daily life feel better.
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Facing our flaws
psychoeducation
trauma remediation
personality work
NEED TO KNOW MORE TO HEAL?
SEEKING KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION?
De-pathologize/De-colonize
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We better understand our problems when we are supplied with adequate knowledge. Clinical social work services are organized around certain values and domains. Micro, Mezzo, and Macro lenses are psycho-social "territories" we can explore via psychoeducation in order to make decisions about how to feel better.
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Widen the lens/feel better
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Questions or Comments
It is important to understand that many of the above therapeutic approaches can blend together within one course of treatment. Type of therapy depends upon what you are feeling and it is the role of your therapist to interact with you and select the best approaches available to help you. Sometimes this might mean referring you to another specialist.
For inquiries into my work or my availability, please contact me. I thank you for your interest, and I will do my best to get back to you soon!
Cranberry Clinic Mental Health Practice, PLLC
