General Practitioners

• Headaches
• Medical Weight Loss
  Significant weight gain or weight loss when not dieting (5% or more change in body weight in a month) or decrease or increase in appetite nearly every day.
• Emergency Care
  That being said, I first started seeing Dr. Dufford almost a year ago because of severe anxiety attacks and PTSD stemming from a serious accident that my wife was involved in. A day after that nightmarish evening, I had my first panic attack and later that week I ended up in the emergency room. Since then, I suffered from other symptoms such as chest pains, fatigue, trouble getting out of bed, fear of having a heart attack and dying as a result of the panic attacks, shortness of breath, and so on. I was even afraid to exercise because I feared getting my heart rate up and triggering another panic attack.
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  Release the emotional stress that is typically a major component of IBS. Learn to identify triggers, stay calm and eliminate the anticipatory thinking that bring on IBS with this deep relaxation guided imagery session. Imagine being able to travel anywhere worry and IBS free. 16 minutes.

Neurologists

• Autism
  During her 11 year tenure at FACES Dr. Juarez went from Applied Behavioral Therapist to Early Intervention Director overseeing the Foundation, meeting directly with School District Special Education Supervisors and supervising a staff of 60 therapists and support personnel. Her clinical experience also includes 3,000 hours of supervised clinical counseling at the Oasis Counseling Center in Henderson, Nevada. Dr. Juarez received training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Humanistic Psychology and Positive Psychology. Her responsibilities included providing assessment and psychotherapy for clients ranging from children to geriatric population. She treated couples and individuals with anxiety disorders, depression, mood disorders, autism spectrum disorder, adjustment disorders, anger issues, impulse control disorders.

Psychiatrists

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  Dr. Brubaker earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Fielding Graduate University with an emphasis in Neuropsychology. While at Fielding she accrued over 1,500 hours of supervised Clinical Practicum experience including working in two different clinical psychology private practices specializing in Anxiety Disorders and OCD treatment, another private practice administering psychological assessments, and Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab treating depression. She completed specialized training during her practicum years including Suicide Prevention, DBT (Dialectic Behavioral Therapy) from Charlie Swenson, MD, Certified ADHD Intensive Training and ADOS-2 Autism Assessment Training at UCSF. During the final year of her Ph.D. program Megan completed an APA accredited internship at Kaiser Permanente where she conducted ADHD and ASD assessments, crisis and emergency counseling services and general therapy using a brief medical model. She then was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship at El Camino Hospital where she conducted clinical interviews for acute presentations for the PHP and IOP programs.
• Depression
• Mental Health
  Everyone feels anxious and under stress from time to time. Situations such as meeting tight deadlines, important social obligations or driving in heavy traffic, often bring about anxious feelings. Such mild anxiety may help make you alert and focused on facing threatening or challenging circumstances. On the other hand, anxiety disorders are an exaggerated response to stressors and are characterized by creating anxious feelings where they are not warranted. The frequency and intensity of anxiety is often debilitating. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problem affecting about 15% or 30 million Americans. Fortunately anxiety disorders respond well to proper treatment. According to The National Institute of Mental Health research has shown that cognitive-behavioral therapy is highly effective in treating anxiety disorders as well as associated depression.
• Insomnia
• Anxiety

Plastic Surgeons

• Plastic Surgery
  BDD is an intense preoccupation with a perceived flaw in physical appearance which can lead to attempts to change it (plastic surgery) or cover it up, social avoidance, or depression and hopelessness. It is a subtype of OCD.

Dermatologists

• Skin Cancer
  At the worst I was having panic attacks going over bridges and overpasses, self esteem not very high, anxiety over skin cancer surgery. I was somewhat fixated on my appearance. I realized that my depression began 18 years ago after heart transplant surgery. I was experiencing general malaise and no real direction in life. After initiating therapy I began to listen very carefully to Dr. Dufford and my own self talk, questioning my thoughts and challenging them. With the bridges that took longer. With baby steps I eventually conquered that fear. I feel much better now, like coming out of a fog. My energy is good and my esteem is high. The bridge and appearance issues seem like distant memories. It seems like such a quick time – just over three months since starting therapy. It seems like the negativity I built up in my mind disappeared so quickly.
• Lesions

Physical Therapists

• Physical Therapy
  I had neck pain for about a year. Physical therapy and medication did not help. After one session of EMDR with you the pain went away. That was about three years ago.
• Neck Pain