Anna Velychko

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We are met with various challenges that test our self-worth

To acknowledge distress is to open the space within to explore possibilities & see the obstacles without identifying with them. My work is grounded in reminding you to connect you with your intrinsic capacity to go inward, to reflect, to feel, to sense, to think, & to experience – to create the most crucial relationship in your life – relationship with yourself.

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“Release the harsh and pointed inner voice. it’s just a throwback to the past, and holds no truth about this moment. Let go of self-judgment, the old, learned ways of beating yourself up for each imagined inadequacy. Allow the dialogue within the mind to grow friendlier, and quiet. Shift out of inner criticism and life suddenly looks very different. I can say this only because I make the choice a hundred times a day to release the voice that refuses to acknowledge the real me. What’s needed here isn’t more prodding toward perfection, but intimacy – seeing clearly, and embracing what I see. Love, not judgment, sows the seeds of tranquility and change.” Danna Faulds

I blend somatic experiencing, mindfulness, psychotherapy & yoga to help you create a deeper appreciation of yourself & the world around you

With curiosity, patience, intention, security, time, reciprocated & mutual attention, & full mirroring of ourselves in the therapeutic relationship, we can heal ourselves. Beginning therapy can feel daunting – it asks for embracing the uncertainty and authenticity that comes with time. I will be honored to support you in making your first step toward multiple possibilities.

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Fees & Insurance

Psychotherapy is a priceless experience. While you may prefer to utilize insurance to pay for therapy, it’s crucial to recognize that a therapeutic relationship is a relationship above all. The relationship between you and the therapist becomes the decisive factor in helping you address challenges that brought you into treatment. Insurance companies can intrude upon such relationships by requiring paperwork from both client and therapist, determining the reimbursement amounts, and may even be placing restrictions upon the frequency/duration of treatment. I understand the need for affordability and I prioritize offering a range of options to make psychotherapy affordable and accessible. Using in-network benefits or insurance, in general, is not the only way to have access to therapy. I offer an equitable fee structure to fit your financial needs, so that, together, we will set the fee that makes you feel empowered about your treatment. If you have out-of-network benefits and choose to use them, I provide a superbill to submit toward deductibles.

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Sliding-Scale Resources

Emotions Wheel

Why is it healthy to identify our emotions and make it a practice?

Sarah Schuster in her article ‘The Emotion Chart’ explains: “Feelings you don’t feel don’t simply go away. They don’t seep into the ground never to return again. In fact, it’s more like the water cycle. Whatever the earth absorbs eventually comes back as rain. Except in this version of the water cycle, the more water that goes unused and unprocessed, the bigger the storm. Water you ignore comes back with fury, demanding your attention, raining big, angry drops on your head.”

The cyclical nature of repressed emotions could manifest in physical sensations like pain/tension, poor concentration due to the brain working hard to shield against painful/unpleasant emotions, little triggers being a cause of acute emotional distress.

Identifying emotions could help us to:
~ Connect to our heart and feel the emotion >>> lessen the pressure from the mind that does intellectual/logical processing
~ Learn how to deal with our emotions because we already identified what emotions need to be addressed
~ Find the language for emotional expression >>> help people around to understand us better and get the support we may need
~ Address distressful emotions as they come instead of accumulating them >>> to create a space for lighter emotions to take place

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Journaling for Wellness & Self-Esteem

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Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook 

  • Introduction
  • Planning Your Information Diet
  • My Spheres of Influence Worksheet
  • Practical Wisdom for Tolerating Uncertainty
  • Reducing Anxiety With Thought Challenging
  • Reducing Anxiety Through Distraction Activities
  • Starting a Planning Practice
  • Starting a Daily Gratitude Practice
  • Starting a Daily Breathing Practice
  • Improving the Quality of Your Social Connections
  • Developing a Regular Exercise Routine
  • Creating Your Stress-Resilience Action Plan
  • Further Resources

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Anxiety in Children

Here I’m discussing the signs and symptoms of anxiety in children, the acute needs of children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by sharing the skills, tools, and ways of connecting to best support children experiencing anxiety during uncertain times as well as ourselves.

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Core Beliefs Inventory

From early on, we root ourselves in ideas about ourselves, others, and the world around us. Such beliefs impact our emotional states and influence the ways we respond to something or someone. When the beliefs are used unconsciously they might make us feel stuck, conflicted, anxious, depressed, unfit, overachieving, and so on. To understand the impact of the belief system that was developed throughout our life, we want to question the congruity of such beliefs with the vision of the person we would like to be. The first step is to identify such beliefs and explore the areas of life where they’re coming from. The next step is to connect with a trusted therapist to help further understand the connection between the beliefs and your emotional states, and, thus, to help reach a fuller potential.

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There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing

How to Help Our Nervous Systems During a Pandemic