Being a millenial is supposed to be easy?
Better manage the stressors impacting you
as a young adult.
Anxiety, eating disorders, low self-esteem, depression, abusive relationships, sex and sexual identity, establishing and maintaining friendships, and drug and alcohol abuse are all common issues faced by young adults.
Psychotherapy and Counseling Services for Young Adults
Areas of Specialization for Young Adults
Psychotherapy and Counseling Services
Dr. Jenny's counseling approach is interactive and collaborative, with an emphasis on building on strengths and skills that can translate into everyday life.
She uses a variety of therapeutic approaches, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), a type of psychotherapy that is often used to treat anxiety, depression, and other mental health problems. In cognitive-behavioral therapy, she takes a collaborative approach with clients to identify patterns in thoughts and behaviors that lead to distress. She and her clients work together to challenge those patterns, such as negative thoughts about oneself or the world.
Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and depression are two of the most common mental illnesses. They are both related to an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Dr. Jenny provides psychotherapy as a treatment, using cognitive behavioral therapy and other forms of therapy. Her treatment aims to change negative patterns of thinking or behaviors by teaching new ways of thinking or doing things.
Transitioning to College
For many young adults, leaving for college is a significant life transition that becomes a stressor causing mental health issues. They often struggle between deciding to work or join the military post-graduation, or with selecting and attending a college or university. Leaving the family home and being distanced from family, friends, and their childhood community often introduces a new set of stress. In addition, the responsibilities of living on their own can be a cause of stress. All of these stressors can lead to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.
Dr. Jenny provides psychotherapy and counseling services to support young adults before, during, and after making the transition to college or university to help make the transition as smooth as possible for the student and their family.
Transitioning to Work and Career
For many teens, leaving for college is a significant life transition that becomes a stressor causing mental health issues. Teens often struggle between deciding to work or join the military post-graduation, or with selecting and attending a college or university. Leaving the family home and being distanced from family, friends, and their childhood community often introduces a new set of stress. In addition, the responsibilities of living on their own can be a cause o f stress. All of these stressors can lead to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.
Dr. Jenny provides psychotherapy and counseling services to support teens before, during, and after making the transition from high school to college or university or work to help make the transition as smooth as possible for the student and their family.
Communication Skills
Communication skills are vital for success in life. Communication skills help individuals to understand what makes people tick; empathize; and motivate them.
Dr. Jenny works with clients to improve their communication skills using a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and other therapeutic modalities. Learnings and insights are applied and tested in the time between sessions, allowing clients the opportunity to apply their new communication skills to real-world situations.
Finding and Building Healthy Relationships
It is common for individuals to find themselves within a negative or toxic relationship and start to reevaluate what they want from life. Some individuals avoid the hassle of maintaining a relationship and let it fail. That said, establishing and building a healthy relationship can be taught.
Dr. Jenny works with her clients to establish and maintain open and honest relationships.
Couples - Dating, Partners, and Marriages
Couples therapy, also known as couples or marital counseling, is a form of psychotherapy that deals with relationship problems within a couple. Couples therapy is for individuals in a relationship who are looking to build stronger relationships as well as those who are struggling with communication issues, infidelity, or other challenges. The desired outcome for couples is to better understand each other and communicate more effectively in order to solve their problems and strengthen the relationship.
In this type of therapy, the Dr. Jenny typically meets with both partners together to discuss the issues that they are having as well as working with them individually as needed. She encourages couples to address the trust or communication issues that may be present and helps couples to understand what they want out of their relationship and what they are willing to do to improve the relationship. She provides guidance for how the couple can work together on these issues.
Infertility/IVF Mental Health
More women are reporting stress related to infertility or IVF, but are not seeking mental health services, according to a new study. Researchers found that infertility factors are more likely to contribute to mental health issues in women than they were 15 years ago.The study, which looked at data from 16,000 women collected by the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, found that almost 40 percent of women who reported infertility problems also reported moderate to severe levels of mental distress.
Some mental health issues that arise during infertility and IVF treatment are depression, anxiety, sexual dysfunction, stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. Dr. Jenny Marshall offers infertility or IVF counseling for those who are struggling with the stressors related to conceiving a child on their own or considering alternatives such as adoption.
Diabetes Mental Health
Diabetes often leads to mental health challenges for many people. Having diabetes can be stressful in itself, but it can also affect your mental health. The condition is known to cause or worsen depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
Dr. Jenny, a Type 1 diabetic, has extensive experience working with diabetics in a psychotherapeutic as well as a clinical setting. She works with a range of diabetic clients, from those newly diagnosed and striving to understand and adapt to their illness to clients dealing with aspects of life such as dating and relationships while diabetic. Her clients become more adept at managing their diabetes as well as addressing the mental health challenges that often arise from being diabetic.
Chronic Illness Mental Health
Chronic illnesses such as diabetes, asthma, and arthritis have been linked to mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. A study from the University of Manchester found that those with chronic illness are three times more likely to develop mental health problems. The best way to support those with a chronic illness is by offering psychotherapy and counseling services for them so they can learn how to better cope with their illness.
A recent study conducted by the University of Alberta, Canada, found that psychotherapy and counseling services improve mental health in patients with chronic pain. The study, which was conducted by University of Alberta's Department of Health Services Organization & Policy, compared the mental health of chronic pain patients who received psychotherapy and counseling to those who did not. The study found that the chronic pain patients who received psychotherapy and counseling were more likely to have improved mental health outcomes.
Dr. Jenny, a Type 1 diabetic, has extensive experience working with individuals whose mental health has been negatively impacted by chronic illness and chronic pain. She helps her clients become more adept at managing the mental health challenges that often arise in conjunction with chronic illness and chronic pain..
Trauma and Grief
Trauma is often a psychological effect of a terrifying event that is often followed by intense fear, helplessness or horror. For someone who has experienced trauma, psychotherapy and counseling provide a path to recover.
Dr. Jenny works with individuals with trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a mental health issue that can develop after someone has experienced or witnessed a life-threatening event.
In addition, Dr. Jenny provides psychotherapy and counseling to support individuals and families through the process of grieving with clinical support and guidance to help manage feelings and emotions. Grief is typically associated with the death of a family member or loved one. Although this is the most prevalent form of grief, it can happen in other instances, such as losing a job or failing at something important to you.
Dr. Jenny understands young adults
It can be a challenge to find a therapist with the clinical training, skills, experience, AND the ability to connect with and understand young adults.
Dr. Jenny is unique in her field, a licensed clinical psychologist with years of experience who can connect with, understand, and help improve the mental health of young adults. She has helped numerous young adults navigate today's mental health challenges that arise from stressors such as college, work and careers, online dating, sexual preferences, sex, relationships, drugs and alcohol, and friendships.
Give yourself the care you need to achieve optimal mental health
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Individual, family, couples, and group sessions available in time slots ranging from 15 minute to 2+ hours
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