Meet Ariel

ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS;

Anxiety, ADHD, Depression, Self Esteem Issues, Eating Disorders, Family Conflict 

Ariel's work with teens and young adult clients.  She is engaged, active, and introspective.  Ariel assists her clients to become thoughtful of their feelings and behaviors in everyday life.  She helps them learn how to deal with their anxiety, family conflict, eating disorders, self-esteem issues, ADHD symptoms, and anger issues.  She teaches them tools to use in difficult situations in school, at home, and socially. 

Ariel works with anxious teens whose anxiety has gone untreated for too long.  They may have reached the point of depersonalization where they shut down all emotions and become numb  and lack motivation in their daily lives.  Ariel's work with these clients is to help them begin to be open to "feel" again. Once they begin to feel the anxiety may begin to present itself again and she teaches techniques and skills to manage the anxiety. 

Ariel also works with clients in their 20s struggling to find meaning in their daily lives. She works with young adults who are experiencing depression, anxiety, PTSD, or young adults using alcohol or marijuana to cope with life's difficult issues.  She helps identify symptoms and look underneath to find the real issues holding her clients back from being content in their lives. 

Her clients and the parents of her younger clients rave about her work, her attentiveness toward the family, and her passion for uncovering every stone. 

Ariel along with Welsh Therapy has partnered with PS Psychiatry for those clients where medication may be a choice in the treatment of their mental health issues.

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL INTEREST: 

Racial Identity Issues 

Although Ariel sees all teens and young adults, her area of research and specialty is adolescents and young adults who are dealing with identity issues resulting from racial differences in the geographic area they reside, in their schools, and in the activities and extra curriculars.