In Dr. Svetlana Michaels work with adults, she assist individuals and/or couples to become aware of past losses, incompletions and repetitive destructive patterns in their lives. Then provides opportunities to integrate and heal these roadblocks to growth and happiness. The primary goal of treatment is positive change-new choices, options, behaviors. coping strategies, and relationships.
She gained her expertise through 40 years of experience working with adults, couples, and teenagers of diverse backgrounds and sexual orientations. The sessions are structured but relaxed. Evening and Sunday appointments available. She speaks English and Russian.
Specialities Include
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Trauma
- Relationship Issues
Specializations
Issues:
- ADHD
- Academic Underachievement
- Addiction
- Adoption
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Pain or Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Relapse
- Coping Skill
- Couple Difficulties
- Depression
- Divorce
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Emotional Disturbance
- Entitlement
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Grief
- Infertility
- Life Coaching
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Panic Attacks
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Substance Abuse
- Trauma and PTSD
Treatment Approach
Treatment Orientation:
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Couple Therapy
- EMDR
- Eclectic
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Humanistic
- Hypnotherapy
- Insight Oriented
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-based (MBCT)
- Pre-marital Counselling
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
Mental Health:
- Dissociative Disorders
- Elderly Persons Disorders
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Thinking Disorders
Who we treat:
- Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)
- Adults
- Elders (65+)
Modality:
- Individuals
- Couples
- Teenagers (14 to 19)