Elders (65+) Therapists in Syracuse, UT

Is your marriage unhappy? Feeling disconnected from your partner is painful. You used to feel passionate love for your partner...and now you just feel like roommates. If your relationship has experienced a betrayal, it can be hard to know how to move forward. No one plans for their relationship to fall into disrepair - but there's hope. Change can happen. Relationships can be healed.

You are feeling overwhelmed, single, married, divorced, depressed, discouraged, and feeling disenchanted with life. Stressors of job, spouse, boyfriend, boy friend, children, or no children, maybe the children are now adults. Perhaps you feel lonely, sad, and need someone to talk to. I am here to hear you. Without judgement. Without condemnation.

Kia ora! I am JC. I work with couples, families, and individuals. I specialize in couples therapy because communication is key to an excellent relationship. Some of the most common reasons couples come to see me are: disagreements, relational trauma, family issues, and infidelity. The most important thing to me is a good connection between client and therapist. I work very hard to keep a warm, inviting, and non-judgmental atmosphere in my sessions. I go at your pace and work on the things you want to work on. I am here to help you!

We offer a wide range of clinical specializations to help you find happiness and success in life. We have been trained and are prepared to help you address various relationships issues, whether they include marital problems, parent-child frustrations, or issues involving the whole family. Our goal is to help you learn the skills necessary to have intimate and fulfilling relationships. Change is possible if you have a desire to learn and apply the skills and knowledge you will acquire through participating in therapy.

Have you or a loved one been diagnosed with a chronic or terminal health condition, that has impacted your ability to live your day-to-day life? Have you recently experienced a loss, and are grieving? Do you feel anxious, depressed, angry, afraid, sad, or overwhelmed by the changes in your life, and their impact on your day-to-day life, your relationships, your career? Are you looking for support in adjusting to lifestyle changes and limitations, in the face of illness, loss or grief? Are you wondering how to find joy, hope, meaning and purpose?

Are you searching for a safe place to process your pain, grief, trauma, or disappointments? Are you unsure how to move forward and find a sense of safety and empowerment in everyday life? Are you socially isolating and/or avoiding certain people or situations related to trauma or mental health challenges? Are you trying to learn to trust yourself and others but don't know where to start? you find it hard to trust yourself or others? Despite your challenges you deserve to experience a fulfilling life, and relationships that you can navigate with confidence and resilience!

My ideal client is someone who feels motivated to find empowerment over their own life. My ideal client is someone who wants to use therapy as a space to explore, express, process, brainstorm, feel, connect, and create. Therapy is a resource to them to assist in the ongoing challenges that arise as a result of being human. They want a therapist who will both support them and challenge them. They may have a background of traumatic experiences, they may have an official or unofficial diagnosis of neurodivergence, or they may be someone who simply feels like we would be a good therapist/client match.

Do you have difficulty regulating emotions and maintaining stability related to trauma, substance use/abuse or personality disorders that affect your day-to-day life, your relationships, your career, or your ability to function? Do you struggle with challenges of managing substance use or addiction? Are you coping with the aftermath of trauma, abuse or neglect? Do you feel sad, hopeless, worthless or maybe you experience intense worry, fear or intrusive thoughts? Do you ever think that there is no light at the end of the tunnel? Do you wish that your day-to-day life and relationships could be better?

I've had the opportunity to travel the world, see wondrous places, and shared in the various cultures of people of diverse backgrounds. After attending college, I enlisted in the US Air Force and served my country with honor before transferring to the Air Force Reserve to continue my service and pursue a higher education. I graduated in 2018 and have been diligently working in the field with a wide spectrum of clients, ever learning and growing as I work toward improving and expanding my skill set as a counselor. My passion for people and the profession have helped me greatly in being successful in my work.

I specialize in working with clients who struggle with addictions, anger, anxiety, bipolar, depression, emotional abuse, identity issues, physical abuse, postpartum depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, self-harm, sexual abuse, sexual orientation, substance abuse, suicide prevention and trauma. I have experience working with clients who have mild to severe mental health issues. I enjoy working with children, adolescents and adults.

Through years of clinical practice, professional training & personal experience, my greatest strength is my belief that people can overcome life's greatest challenges and create new opportunities. Clients enjoy my optimistic, warm, yet direct approach to immediately solving problems. My ability to help identify and understand core issues leads to permanent change. I love what I do and feel it a privilege to help people find the freedom, healing, and passion their hearts yearn for. Please call me for a free initial consultation and we can discuss options. I look forward to hearing from you.

I believe every woman, man and child has infinite value and worth. Whether we have experienced feelings of worthlessness because of our own actions or because of the actions of others, developing self-love is the pathway toward true joy. When we experience trauma, we develop false ideas about ourselves and the world that keep us in a place of fear, anger, and hopelessness. We make decisions based on those beliefs that cause ourselves and others despair. When we learn to love ourselves completely, we can find true healing within ourselves and the world in a deeply powerful way.

We all want to live fulfilled and successful lives. When we fall short of that it’s often because we lack in a skill set. Lucky for us- humans are adaptable! We can change the way we think, feel and behave and learn new skills that better serve us. I strive to connect genuinely with my clients in order for therapy to be a safe space for change to take place. I prioritize meeting my clients where they are at while still empowering them to grow.

(Accepting New Clients) Amy has worked in the mental health field for the last decade in a variety of settings, including adolescent residential treatment centers, and as a case manager and student advocate for Ogden School District. Through her experience, Amy discovered a passion for helping others improve their mental health. She currently focuses her work with adolescents, adults and families affected by depression, anxiety, trauma, compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress triggered by high-stress jobs (emergency services, nurses, etc.)

Dr. Varela's primary objective is to help empower clients to view themselves as being capable of overcoming their presenting concerns. It is important for him to employ a collaborative approach and allow his clients to discuss their presenting concerns and generate ideas about how our work together will proceed. Dr. Varela encourages his clients to discuss changes they would like to make in their lives, emphasizing their individual abilities and strengths, and we work together to develop therapeutic goals and an effective treatment plan.

Let's work together to sort out the negative spiral you are likely on and make progress with with typical issues like Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and Relationships/Couples counseling. Working as a team, we can help you make lasting progress quickly. What sets me apart is I help almost every client focus on relationships and conflict issues. Problem relationships and difficult people you interact with are one of the biggest stress producers there are. Achieve success in this area and progress quickly follows in others. Lastly, you are my boss. I work for you. I want you to feel like this was time well spent.

I have been working with adolescents, adults, couples and families coping with mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, grief and loss, relationship issues, and behavior problems for over 26 years in a variety of clinical settings. I like to tailor therapy approaches to fit the needs of the client that include CBT, ACT, Gottman Couples Therapy, and Family Systems treatment models. My specialties include: anxiety, depression, trauma, couples counseling and adolescent wellness. I can help with blended family issues, parenting/co-parenting, relationships, marital issues, divorce, panic attacks, self-esteem and suicidal thoughts.

Life isn’t always easy. Sometimes, even the strongest people amongst us need a little bit of help to work through some of life’s more challenging problems. Everyone has battles to fight and hurdles to overcome at some point. Whether you struggle with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, or any other issue, you should know that there is hope for a better tomorrow. You might be initially hesitant to seek out help and support for personal matters, but when you do, you will feel confident that you are taking a courageous first step towards getting to a better place and being a better you.