Behavioral Health Services, Dumfries

Behavioral Health providers are prepared to support clients of all ages, addressing a wide range of challenges. Professionals work alongside medical providers to integrate care for the body and mind with treatment plans tailored to each client or family’s individual needs.The goal is to assist and empower clients to tackle and overcome their personal struggles and improve their quality of life.  Behavioral Health Services treat: 

• Depression: feeling down, unmotivated, hopeless or worthless
• Anxiety: excessive worries, fears, or panic
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Difficulty managing impulses, focusing or containing excessive energy (affects children, teens and adults)
• Stress from difficult life transitions such as divorce, separation, immigration, changes in family structure, job loss, major health issues or unexpected pregnancies
• Trauma from the distant or recent past that is being re-experienced (flashbacks, nightmares), causing hypervigilance or negatively impacting your life. Examples of trauma include physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, witnessing violence, natural disasters or being in a war zone
• Substance Abuse that is negatively impacting your life or the life of your family
• Behavioral or emotional difficulties in children, tweens, teens and emerging adults
• Conflict with spouse or significant other
• Grief over the death of a loved one
• Lifestyle changes recommended by your medical provider such as changes in diet, exercise or reducing use of alcohol or tobacco
• Any other difficulty that is causing you distress or difficulty functioning in your health, work, school or relationships