Open Your Mind ~ Soothe Your Soul   Traditional and Progressive Therapies For you and the ones you love

The Wheel of Wellbeing's Psychotherapy program is as diverse and impacful as the issues that create anxiety, depression and stress in your life.  It is a key component of our wellness program; even the healthiest body cannot thrive with a troubled and confused outlook on life.  We offer a full spectrum of psychological assessments, testing, educational counseling and treatments, including psychiatric services and medication support.   Our talented psychotherapists are skilled in assisting you to reach your full potential in all areas of life.  Learn how to be present, embrace your individuality, access your inner wisdom, mend and create lasting harmonious relationships, enjoy a healthy sex life, discover wellbeing.  With the help of Dr Larry Shaw, Dr. Daniel Sadigh, and Dr. Erica Ellis,  experience contentment, joy and peace.     Psychotherapy   We offer counseling for individuals of all ages, including children, adolescents, couples, family, and group therapy.  Accomplished specialists from both traditional and progressive psychological disciplines can create a personalized program specific to your needs.  We utilize research based Psychotherapy, Guided Imagery, Neuro/Bio-feedback and other leading edge modalities.   Here at the Wheel of Wellbeing we recommend EMDR and Somatic Experiencing treatments for trauma, PTSD and other debilitating conditions to calm the nervous system.  Psychodynamic therapy is also suggested to help peoploe come to terms with childhood experiences that affect their adult lives.   Treatments are also available through our customized programs for:    Addictions/Recovery Fears/Phobic Tendencies  Anger  Personal Crisis  Anxiety  Family Crisis  Burnout  Relationship Problems  Depression  Sexual Difficulties  Life Transitions  Sleep Disorders      Midlife Crisis  Stress   EMDR   EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a form of psychotherapy that was developed to resolve symptoms resulting from disturbing and unresolved life experiences.  EMDR is a gentle procedure which involves rapid eyes movements in the client while a traumatic memory is recalled and processed.  This technique lessens the amount of therapeutic time needed to process and resolve traumatic memories.   EMDR uses specific psychotherapeutic procedures to: 1) access existing information 2) introduce new information 3) facilitate information processing and integration.   Hypnotherapy   Hypnotherapy is a technique that uses the hypnotic state, which enables changes in perception and memory, a major increase in response to suggestion, and the potential for controlling many physiological functions that are usually involuntary.  Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation, intense concentration, and focused attention to achieve a heightened state of awareness.  Hypnotherapy is beneficial in transforming a subject's behavior, emotional content, and attitudes, as well as a wide range of conditions including dysfunctional habits (such as smoking, or weight gain), anxiety, stress-related illness, pain management, and personal development.   NLP   NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming.  The neurological system regulates how our bodies function, laguange determines how we interface and communicate with other people, and our programming determines the kinds of models of the world we create.  This coding affects all communication and behavior.  NLP is a behavioral technology, meaning it is a set of guiding principles, attitudes, and techniques, that allows you to change, adopt or eliminate behavior as you desire, and gives you the ability to choose your mental, emotional, and physical states of wellbeing.     Somatic Psychotherapy (SP)   Somatic Psychotherapy is a gentle, effective short term therapy that allows the nervous system to release stress and trauma through body awareness.  While participating in SP the patient is able to release negative trapped energy, old emotions, disturbing thoughts and images.  By accessing the body's inner wisdom. old coping patterns and habits are transformed into fresh, positive behaviors allowing for a more balanced and healthy life.