Conditions We Treat
At Blue Sky Counseling, I specialize in treating a wide range of emotional and psychological conditions that impact your daily life, relationships, and overall well-being. Each condition requires its own specialized approach and understanding. Below are the primary conditions I work with, each with evidence-based treatment designed to help you heal and move forward.
Anxiety
Anxiety can be overwhelming and debilitating, affecting your ability to work, maintain relationships, and enjoy life. Whether you experience general anxiety disorder, social anxiety, panic attacks, or specific phobias, anxiety is a treatable condition.
Through cognitive-behavioral approaches, exposure therapy, and somatic techniques, I help you understand what triggers your anxiety and develop practical tools to manage it effectively.
Grief
Grief is a natural response to loss, whether it’s the death of a loved one, a significant life change, relationship loss, or identity loss. Untreated grief can persist and impact your emotional health.
I create a safe space where you can process your emotions, explore what you’ve lost, and gradually move forward while honoring what was meaningful to you.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD develops when your nervous system gets stuck in survival mode after an overwhelming experience. It’s a real condition characterized by flashbacks, hypervigilance, avoidance, and emotional numbness. Whether your PTSD stems from combat, assault, accidents, or other overwhelming events, it is highly treatable.
Using specialized techniques like CPT, prolonged exposure therapy, EMDR, and somatic approaches, I help you process traumatic memories and restore your sense of safety.
Trauma
Complex trauma develops from repeated or prolonged trauma, such as childhood abuse, ongoing betrayal, or sustained hardship. It affects how you see yourself, relate to others, and navigate the world in ways that standard counseling may not fully address.
Specialized trauma-informed care uses somatic therapies and body-centered approaches to help you process trauma stored in your nervous system and reclaim your sense of agency and worth.
Adjustment and Life Transitions
Major life transitions such as career changes, relocations, relationship changes, retirement, or significant life events can be disorienting and stressful. Adjustment issues arise when you struggle to adapt to new circumstances or navigate the emotional complexity of change.
I provide support to help you process transitions, manage the stress of change, and move forward with confidence and clarity.
Parenting Issues
Parenting challenges whether it’s behavioral management, communication breakdown, blended family dynamics, or parenting stress can feel overwhelming and create conflict in the entire family system.
I work with parents to develop effective strategies, improve parent-child relationships, and create a more harmonious home environment.
Addiction
Addiction affects your physical health, relationships, work, and overall quality of life. Whether it’s substance use, behavioral addiction, or process addiction, treatment can help you break the cycle and reclaim your life.
I provide evidence-based addiction treatment, including assessment, behavioral change strategies, relapse prevention, and support for sustained recovery.
Blended Family Issues
Blended families face unique challenges including step-parent and step-sibling adjustment, divided loyalty, boundary conflicts, and rebuilding trust. These dynamics require specialized attention to create a cohesive family unit.
I help family members navigate the complexity of blended families, improve communication, and develop healthy relationships across the new family structure.
Boundary Issues
Healthy boundaries are essential for emotional well-being and healthy relationships. Boundary issues whether you struggle to set boundaries, respect others’ boundaries, or navigate conflicting needs can lead to resentment, exhaustion, and relational conflict.
I help you develop and maintain healthy boundaries that protect your well-being while allowing for meaningful connection with others.
Depression
Depression is more than sadness, it’s a clinical condition that affects your mood, energy, motivation, sleep, appetite, and ability to enjoy life. It’s highly treatable with the right support and intervention.
Using cognitive-behavioral approaches, behavioral activation, and somatic techniques, I help you address depressive symptoms and rebuild your sense of purpose and engagement with life.
Divorce Recovery
Divorce is emotionally complex, affecting your identity, relationships, financial security, and sense of future. Grief, anger, confusion, and loss are all normal responses to divorce.
I provide support to help you process the emotional impact of divorce, rebuild your identity, and move forward toward a healthy new chapter.
Emotional Regulation
Emotional dysregulation such as difficulty managing your emotions, intense emotional reactions, or emotional overwhelm can damage relationships, affect work performance, and create distress in daily life.
I teach you skills to recognize, understand, and effectively manage your emotions, helping you respond to situations with greater awareness and control.
Gambling Disorder
Gambling disorder creates compulsive urges to gamble despite negative consequences, affecting finances, relationships, work, and mental health. It’s a real condition that responds to treatment.
I provide evidence-based treatment including assessment, behavioral strategies, relapse prevention, and support for developing a life outside of gambling.
Harm Reduction
Harm reduction is a compassionate, evidence-based approach that meets people where they are rather than requiring abstinence as a condition of treatment. It reduces the negative consequences of substance use while supporting long-term recovery.
I provide non-judgmental support that acknowledges the complexity of addiction while helping you make safer choices and move toward your recovery goals
Not Sure Which Condition Applies to You?
Many people experience overlapping conditions or are uncertain which diagnosis fits their experience. An initial consultation is the perfect time to discuss your symptoms and determine the most appropriate treatment approach.
During your first session, we’ll assess what you’re experiencing and develop a treatment plan that addresses your specific needs.
In-Person and Telehealth Treatment
I offer both in-person and telehealth treatment options to fit your preferences and lifestyle. Both formats provide the same level of clinical care and effectiveness.
We accept most major insurance plans including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Midlands Choice, Medica, and United Health.
In-Person Sessions
Receive face-to-face support in a private, comfortable Omaha office designed to promote healing.
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Private, comfortable office environment
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Face-to-face therapeutic connection
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Convenient Omaha location
Telehealth Sessions
Access compassionate support from the comfort and privacy of your home through secure, HIPAA-compliant video sessions.
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Convenient home-based sessions
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Secure, HIPAA-compliant platform
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Equally effective as in-person therapy
Schedule Treatment
If you’re ready to address the condition you’re experiencing, Blue Sky Counseling is here to provide professional, evidence-based treatment.
Contact Blue Sky Counseling today to schedule your initial consultation.
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