David Ley

Specialties

Anxiety - Gaining an understanding and developing strategies to cope with excessive worry, nervousness and stress experienced alone or in social settings that sometimes result in sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)

Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of the experience of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life

Life transitions - Helping to acknowledge and manage the stress related to difficult changes in life, such as moving to a new area, relationship and family transitions, changes in education or career, death of a loved one or the experience of a serious illness or accident

Substance abuse - Helping individuals identify and address the impact of drug and alcohol use on their physical and emotional health and how this influences and disrupts relationships with family, loved ones and employers

Relationships - Helping individuals and couples understand what they want from another and how to effectively request this by developing a conscious dialogue that avoids accusation and builds trust and security

Trauma - Identifying and understanding how threatening and frightening experiences from our past influence and affect our present experience with ourselves and with others