Discover Yourself Wellness Center is a premier medical practice where comprehensive services to promote all aspects of general health are provided. We have a primary focus in health and behavioral psychology. Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. It is concerned with understanding how psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors contribute to physical health and illness. Psychological factors can affect health directly and we’ve learned through years of practice, it often does.

The concept of intersectionality represents the many different layers of social stratification that can combine to disadvantage people. This includes factors like race, sexual orientation, social class, age, disability, and gender. Expanding on this concept, researchers describe the intersectional points as the matrix of domination, with vectors of oppression and privilege.

Health is shaped by a multidimensional overlapping of an array of demographics factors that can’t be overlooked. All aspects of a person’s experience should be explored. We think intersectionality is useful to consider in general and also with respect to mental wellness and mental illness stigma, and it helps to explain the diversity of our experiences.

We’re dedicated to creating an open and inclusive organization that welcomes and reflects diversity of all kinds. Our integrated team of medical and behavioral health providers collaborate in efforts to provide the most effective care for our clients. We also have a strong network of contacts to other medical and support specialties. We are happy to help facilitate referrals for our clients when the need arises. By taking a multicultural perspective with our clients, we pride ourselves in making progress in reducing barriers to effective treatment and care.

Some common conditions we treat include:

• ADHD / Executive Dysfunction
• Mood disorders – depression, bipolar disorder/ mania
• Personality Disorders
• Post-Partum Depression
• Fertility Concerns
• Social Anxiety
• Panic Disorder
• Insomnia and other sleep disorders
• Substance abuse
• Trauma
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Eating Disorders
• Cognitive Disorders
• Gender and sexuality issues
• Grief and loss
• Emotional dysregulation/self-regulation
• Executive Function (EF) issues
• Social skills / social anxiety
• Anger management
• Low self esteem
• Communicating and problem solving concerns
• Life transition issues (young adulthood, marriage, parenthood, having children, separation/ divorce, job loss, career change, illness, death and dying)
• Life skills deficits: daily money management, time management, getting and holding a job, academic performance
• Self-care deficits – nutrition, exercise, regulating sleep
• Challenges with motivation, planning, follow-through, structuring a productive daily schedule

For our parenting population we can help with:

• Parenting special needs children (e.g., ADHD, ASD, LD, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders)
• Setting expectations, limits and consequences for your children
• Executive functioning issues with your children
• Communicating effectively with children
• For Families and Couples we can help with:
• Premarital Counseling
• Family communications / dynamics
• Couple’s communication
• Separation and divorce

For work and career life we can help with:

• Defining life goals
• Job fit/ career planning
• Getting and holding a job
• Organization at work
• Balancing life and career demands
• ADHD in the workplace

For home life we can help with:

• Time Management
• Organizing the home

For minority clients we can help with:

• Race-Based Traumatic Stress
• Sexual Orientation Exploration
• Gender-Identity Exploration
• Case-Management for Disability Services
• Support for Ageism