Special Areas of Interest & Experience
Although general Individual Therapy & Couple Counseling is offered, below are areas that
I have focused experience in.
Counseling:
Mood Disorders
Social Anxiety
Counseling Adult Adoptees and Other Triad Members
Coaching:
Life Coaching
Social Anxiety Coaching
Mindset Coaching & Training
The difference between counseling and coaching.
Therapy for Mood Disorders
There are four basic
forms of mood disorders are major depression, cyclothymia (a mild form
of bipolar disorder), SAD (seasonal affective disorder) and mania
(euphoric, hyperactive, over inflated ego, unrealistic optimism.) bipolar, a mood disorder formerly known as "manic depression" and described by alternating periods of mania and depression.
How much of the population is affected by mood disorders?
Each year, almost 44 million Americans experience a mental
disorder of some type. In fact, mental impairments are among the most common
conditions affecting health today.
Individual & Group Therapy for Social Anxiety
Social
Anxiety is the third top emotional health issue in the Nation. There
is not a lot of attention given to it in spite of these numbers.
Partly because it is sometimes described by those who suffer from it as
shyness or self-consciousness rather than social anxiety. I have seen
amazing results from counseling as people recognize patterns and alter
the way they think others are thinking of them. The counseling
benefits include a better self-esteem and an increase in the
willingness and ability to interact with others. Start enjoying life!
I offer both individual and group therapy to combat social anxiety. Call or email me so that we can discuss your options and determine if individual counseling, group counseling or both would be in your best interest.
Counseling for Adoption Related Issues
We really don't hear much about the effects of the birth mother/child separation. The result can have life-long consequences for both the child and the mother. It is helpful and healing to understand the effects and have help sorting through any areas where these effects may be interfering with life and relationships.
I
counsel adult adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents and all others who need support with adoption related concerns. Some theme concerns for the adoptee include
the desire for a sense of belonging, wanting to know something about their lineage, and the debate of whether to search or not. Counseling can also help all of the triad members work through their emotions prior to and after being reunited. Many
come to counseling to work on areas that have nothing to do with
reunification, rather they feel the need to talk about the effects that
adoption has had on their lives with someone that they hope can relate
on some level. As an adoptee myself, I am sensitive to the
unique issues that sometimes arise in the lives of those who have had some type of adoption experience.
For Counseling in Austin Contact:
901 Nueces St.
Austin, TX 78701
Phone:512-963-9718
email: nyla@nylalengacher.com
Life Coaching
Social Anxiety Coaching
Mindset Coaching & Training
LIFE COACHING
Coaching helps you take action to move toward a goal and reach higher
levels of personal
development, improved performance, greater career
success or increased life satisfaction. Life
Coaching is not
psychotherapy and emotional healing is not the focus of coaching. If
emotional
blocks are preventing progress, then Counseling would need to
take place prior to the coaching
for best results. The coaching focus
is on creating your future, attaining your peak
performance, and
removing what has been holding you stagnant.
For Coaching in Austin Contact:
901 Nueces St.
Austin, TX 78701
Phone:512-963-9718
email: nyla@nylalengacher.com
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Social Anxiety
The Shyness & Social Anxiety Workbook
by Martin Antony, PhD and Richard Swinson, MD
Living Fully With Shyness and Social Anxiety: A Comprehensive Guide To Gaining Social Confidence
by Erika B. Hilliard
The Art of Mingling
by Jeanne Martinet
The
Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide to Breaking
Free from Anxiety, Phobias and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy
by John Forsyth and George H. Eifert
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
by Edmund Bourne, PhD
The Sky Is Falling, Understanding and Coping with Phobias, Panic and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
by Raeann Dumont
Racial & Cultural Diversity
Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World
by Peter L. Berger, Samuel P. Huntington
Cultural Diversity in the United States
by Larry Naylor
Navigating Interracial Borders:
Black-White Couples and Their Social Worlds
by Erica Chito
Intercultural Marriage: Promises & Pitfalls
by Dugan Romano
Mixed Matches: How to Create Successful, Interracial, Interethnic and Interfaith Relationships
by John Crohn
Between Cultures, Developing Self-Identity in a World of Diversity
by H. Ned Seelye & Jacqueline Howell Wasilewski
Adoption
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child
by Nancy Newton Verrier
Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up
by Nancy Newton Verrier
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self
by David Brodzinsky
What Are You?: Voices of Mixed-Race Young People
by Pearl Fuyo Gaskins
Parenting From The Inside Out
by Dan Siegel
Does Anybody Else Look Like Me?: A Parent's Guide To Raising
Multiracial Children
by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Relationships
Boundaries and Relationships
by Charles L. Whitfield, MD
Why Can't You Read My Mind? Overcoming 9 Toxic Thought Patterns that Get in the Way of a Loving Relationship
by Jeffrey Berstein and Susan McGee
Codependent No More & Beyond Codependency
by Melody Beattie
Counseling,
Therapy, Couples Counseling, Group Therapy, Anxiety Therapist,
Depression Therapist, Life Coaching, Personal Development