Bradley utilizes empirically-based treatments and helps patients by teaching new skills, building distress tolerance, enhancing awareness and communication, facilitating personal insight, and challenging maladaptive relationship and thinking patterns. Bradley employs an active therapeutic stance to facilitate long-lasting, positive change.
With formal training in several theoretical orientations (i.e., cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, existential psychology, psychoanalysis and humanistic psychology), Bradley is able to integrate different treatment approaches for the benefit of each patient.She has specialized in dual diagnosis issues where self medication was indicative of underlying mood disorder or trauma.
She has successfully treated many people suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and childhood abuse with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. For more than 18 years, Bradley van Hoek has been helping families, couples and individuals struggling with addiction, depression, anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, trauma, phobias, relationship problems, anger, and behavioral problems.
With formal training in several theoretical orientations (i.e., cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, existential psychology, psychoanalysis and humanistic psychology), Bradley is able to integrate different treatment approaches for the benefit of each patient.She has specialized in dual diagnosis issues where self medication was indicative of underlying mood disorder or trauma.
She has successfully treated many people suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and childhood abuse with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. For more than 18 years, Bradley van Hoek has been helping families, couples and individuals struggling with addiction, depression, anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, trauma, phobias, relationship problems, anger, and behavioral problems.
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Addiction is a disease that is incurable, progressive and if left untreated, fatal.
It is often useful when contemplating addiction and recovery to refer to The Stages of Change theory (Prochaiska/DiClemente).
Relapse: recovery is never a straight path so learn from old mistakes and get back on the horse.
It is vitally important to be informed of what will be involved before a real lifestyle change can be implemented.
The role of therapy is to help people to explore and overcome their ambivalence.
It is often useful when contemplating addiction and recovery to refer to The Stages of Change theory (Prochaiska/DiClemente).
Relapse: recovery is never a straight path so learn from old mistakes and get back on the horse.
It is vitally important to be informed of what will be involved before a real lifestyle change can be implemented.
The role of therapy is to help people to explore and overcome their ambivalence.
Anxiety, worry, and stress are all a part of most people's lives today.
In fact, Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States affecting 40 million adults.
Anxiety Disorders also tend to affect twice as many women as men.
Anxiety is part of the body's "fight or flight" response which prepares us to act quickly in the face of danger.
However when our symptoms start to become chronic and interfere with our daily lives it may be necessary to seek treatment.
Anxiety disorders fall into a set of separate diagnoses, depending upon the symptoms and severity of the anxiety the person experiences.
In fact, Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States affecting 40 million adults.
Anxiety Disorders also tend to affect twice as many women as men.
Anxiety is part of the body's "fight or flight" response which prepares us to act quickly in the face of danger.
However when our symptoms start to become chronic and interfere with our daily lives it may be necessary to seek treatment.
Anxiety disorders fall into a set of separate diagnoses, depending upon the symptoms and severity of the anxiety the person experiences.
Based more on Coaching than Psychotherapy, career counseling services involve practical goal setting sessions aimed at helping clients to get both motivated and organized.
Career counseling packages normally include at least four sessions as well as an online career assessment test.
Using the wowi combined with practical sessions focused on resume writing and interviewing skills in addition to building client self confidence, enables clients to reach goals that they never thought possible.
Confidence Building, It is very easy to lose heart when you are isolated and spending non-productive days at home, getting a new routine and focus can help you see unemployment or job changes as an opportunity for a better quality of life.
Career counseling packages normally include at least four sessions as well as an online career assessment test.
Using the wowi combined with practical sessions focused on resume writing and interviewing skills in addition to building client self confidence, enables clients to reach goals that they never thought possible.
Confidence Building, It is very easy to lose heart when you are isolated and spending non-productive days at home, getting a new routine and focus can help you see unemployment or job changes as an opportunity for a better quality of life.
Psychology is evolving and increasingly it is moving towards a more positive paradigm with a focus on developing our potential for happiness.
Rather than looking into the past and unraveling unmet needs from childhood, coaching is directed towards the future and living a quality life, one in which we achieve our dreams and goals.
People seeking personal evolution and ways to live their life more fully do not need psychological counseling; they need a life coach.
Coaching is not about pathology, diagnosis, and the treatment of human frailties; it is about the enhancement of human potential and possibility.
Rather than looking into the past and unraveling unmet needs from childhood, coaching is directed towards the future and living a quality life, one in which we achieve our dreams and goals.
People seeking personal evolution and ways to live their life more fully do not need psychological counseling; they need a life coach.
Coaching is not about pathology, diagnosis, and the treatment of human frailties; it is about the enhancement of human potential and possibility.
When you are finally able to have a quiet meal together go over your answers using the communication exercises we have been discussing.
Turn off all cell phones, agree not to do a review of what is happening at home or at the office, focus only your relationship and on the future.
Do not bring up past conflicts or issues which are negative.
Remember the four things that will destroy intimacy are: defensiveness, criticism, contempt and stonewalling.
This means avoiding judgments or blame.
The exercises are an opportunity to implement improved communication skills as well as enhancing intimacy.
Turn off all cell phones, agree not to do a review of what is happening at home or at the office, focus only your relationship and on the future.
Do not bring up past conflicts or issues which are negative.
Remember the four things that will destroy intimacy are: defensiveness, criticism, contempt and stonewalling.
This means avoiding judgments or blame.
The exercises are an opportunity to implement improved communication skills as well as enhancing intimacy.
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