WELCOME TO A MORE RESILIENT AND happier YOU
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LIVE IT SUFFERING
You may experience emotional pain at times, as we all do.
You may even have deeper emotional wounds that still need healing...
but you don’t have to endure unhappiness.
You don’t have to suffer.
Let’s work together to bring the joy back into your life.
And then…Let’s help you FLOURISH.
Yes, there are times when life gets really tough. But research-based evidence tells us that you can enjoy psychological well-being and obtain the resilience you need to deal with the tough times, often regardless of challenging life circumstances and distress. By using your strengths, increasing positive experiences, engagement with what you value most and nourishing relational connection with others you can find the meaning in life that seems elusive to so many. Having this approach to life will help you achieve emotional fulfillment and increased life satisfaction, even when dealing with physically and psychologically debilitating problems such as chronic pain, poor health, troubled relationships, post-traumatic stress, physical or cognitive disabilities, financial hardship and other significant stressors impacting your mental health and emotional well-being.
Conventional psychotherapy methods to treat depression and other mental health disorders primarily focus on reducing symptoms to improve psychological functioning. Of course, this is important, and therapists should make this part of their treatment goals. But the
mere elimination of sadness, anxiety or trauma does not necessarily give people contentment or life satisfaction. By integrating cutting edge and mainstream approaches such as Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Positive Psychology, Developmental Neuroscience and Attachment Theory, I help people achieve meaningful lives by guiding them in the discovery and nourishment of their strengths, joy and resilience.
There is so much you can do to make sure you can smile again…that you can feel alive again, and bring the joy back! Not only can you improve your psychological well-being, learn strategies to cope with difficult times and even thrive in the face of challenges, but more importantly, you can also flourish by achieving your personal goals and by finding meaning, wholeness and purpose in your life.
I don’t want my client’s to just stop suffering. I want them to thrive!
Call me for a free consultation today.
(925) 640-7481
We hear it in the news more often these days: talk about the epidemic of depression in this country and how elusive happiness can be for many people. According to the World Mental Health Organization Survey, the U.S. has the world’s second highest lifetime depression rate, and people in the U.S. also suffer from depression at an earlier age than in other countries, making our children and teenagers the second most depressed youth in the world. Studies show that many people in the U.S. say they are not satisfied with their lives…that they lack meaning and purpose, despite enjoying more material wealth and opportunity for growth than people in other nations. You don’t have to be another statistic. You deserve to feel better.
live your best life
Vilma Sylvester, LMFT provides psychotherapy and coaching to individuals, teens, children, couples and families in English and Spanish. Her office is close to Albany, Emeryville, Alameda, Oakland, Piedmont and Lamorinda. 1664 Solano Ave. Berkeley, CA 94707
Contact her to arrange for a free consultation.
(925)640-7481
vilmasylvesterlmft@gmail.com