Pietrzak Jennifer K

read moreI have lived and worked in the Las Vegas Valley for almost 20 years. I am originally from the Buffalo NY area and have held clinical licenses in NY, OH, and NV. My focus in counseling my clients is to identify patterns in thinking and behavior that lead to problems and to assist clients in developing strategies to change those patterns. I try to combine warmth and compassion with honest confrontation of unhealthy patterns to promote empowerment and accountability. Common themes in therapy include the belief that a healthy body contributes to a healthy mind and vice-versa, human connection is an important part of our struggles and successes in life, and the way we see the world and our place in it is integral to change.

read moreIf you experience anxiety in any of its many forms, or if you have what I euphemistically refer to a "strong" relationship with control, you need to look at your ability to trust. What is anxiety and what are its many forms? Anxiety, according to Dictionary.com, is "distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune" OR "earnest or tense desire; eagerness." For my purposes here, I am only concerned with the former of the two definitions. Anxiety is an emotional reaction, characterized by uneasiness, which is often experienced physiologically and easily manifests itself behaviorally.