Flexible online offerings for the anxious and dissociative
Groups supporting emotional resilience, managing finances, understanding dissociation, and more
Online classes on the top topics my anxious and dissociative clients request
Continuing education on dissociation and the dissociative disorders for providers
Anxious or dissociative, but functioning? That's a Quirky Mind.
You've read the self-help books. Maybe you've been to therapy, or are in therapy now. You're working on your "stuff," overcoming trauma, and being an overall badass. But there are some areas that are just...stuck. You know you need to "do the things," but there are still areas in your life where you just can't get traction. Everything you try is one step forward, two steps back.
In my therapy practice, I help clients with severe anxiety, complex trauma, and dissociation live the lives they have always wanted. I have seen time and time again how severe anxiety and dissociative disorders, even when well-managed, continue to interfere with some of the most basic building blocks of a desirable life, like:
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Having flexible emotional resilience, even when life is chaotic.
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Managing your finances in a way that allows you to actually reach your goals.
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Understanding how dissociation, even well-treated, can impact your day-to-day life.
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And so much more.
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Anxious minds are different. Dissociative minds are different. Even when they're healing or healed, they're quirky.
Hi, I'm Whit, and Quirky People Are My People
I'm Whit Davison, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Kansas City, Missouri, and as I mentioned, I specialize in treating severe anxiety, complex trauma, and dissociation. In working with many of these clients, I came to understand that most of the time,"standard" self-help didn't actually help. Sometimes "standard" interventions even made things worse. I realized that the minds of people with severe anxiety and dissociation are different, even after treatment and they are "well."
If you ask a client with dissociation to take a deep breath to calm themselves, it may instead trigger a panic attack. If you ask someone with severe anxiety how much is in their bank account (and it's not whatever they think the "right number" should be), they may withdraw and never speak of their finances again. Then, massive guilt sets in because they have "failed again."
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I've found a range of approaches and interventions that work for people who feel that self-sabotage is their middle name. I promise, it's not you. It's your Quirky Mind.
Specially developed services for those with Quirky Minds (and their mental health providers)
Stop blaming yourself for "failing" and start finding your path forward.