Individual Therapy
Specialties
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Depression
Exceedingly common, depression extends beyond profound sadness, stripping away motivation and shortening our sense of the future. At its worst, depression can cause thoughts of harming oneself or dying. Dr. Guarino’s approach to treating depression involves helping you make concrete behavioral changes, challenge and change negative thoughts, and develop insight into the dynamics structuring your personal experience of depression.
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Personality Rigidity
Personality rigidity manifests in various ways, including difficulty managing emotions, trouble forming and maintaining relationships, and persistent feelings of inadequacy or fears of abandonment. Dr. Guarino’s approach to fostering healthier ways of being combines helping you build effective coping skills, develop insight into and reconcile conflicting self-perceptions, and encourage self-acceptance.
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Serious and Persistent Mental Illness
Dr. Guarino’s experiences working as a psychologist in both short- and long-term psychiatric hospitals, treating individuals in a residential treatment center, and helping clients with serious and persistent mental illness in the community have given him insight into virtually every stage of recovery. His approach respects the diversity of psychological experience while building resilience and self-confidence.
You don’t have to go around in the same circles. You can hope for something different.
My approach to therapy combines concrete skills building, exploration of your experience, and the development of insight into the history of your difficulties. At times, we may discuss relationship patterns and sticking points as they appear in your everyday life. At other times, we may use the therapeutic relationship as a window into how these patterns play out. Together, we will discover the dynamics driving these old ways of being with others and replace them with more desirable ones.