Areas Of Specialty
Psychological Assessment. Psychological Assessment involves the application of scientifically-developed psychological tests to individual problems to obtain a behavioral sample comparable to other's responses so that meaningful conclusions can be made. There are many types of psychological tests (including intelligence tests, tests of mental abilities, educational tests), and tests of personality and emotional functioning. a trained psychologist can select sets of tests tailored to the unique needs and concerns of each individual to gain extensive and in-depth information that allows those concerns to be understood fully then solutions to be constructed and applied in an accurate, efficient and helpful manner to solve specific problems.
Dr. York holds particular expertise in psychological and personality assessment, and he is recognized by clients and colleagues for providing highly individualized, insightful and helpful feedback, recommendations and solutions. Dr. York views the understanding provided by psychological assessment as intrinsically therapeutic and he spends extensive time reviewing the results with clients and helping each person understand his or her results within the context of her unique life history and current life circumstances.
Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is a unique partnership between an individual and a licensed professional who is trained to help people understand their feelings and guide them in changing their behavior to solve problems, reach specific goals or achieve aspirations.
> Anxiety and Depression
Whether you have recently developed problems with anxiety, depression or mood swings or have endured such problems for some time, Dr. York can help you to understand the social, emotional and biological factors that have led to or maintain such difficulties and can help you to make important changes that will allow you to overcome these problems or live as optimally as possible with such conditions. Dr. York has treated numerous individuals suffering from anxiety, depression or mood swings. He has extensive experience in helping individuals achieve practical solutions and lasting relief from panic attacks, excessive worry, social anxiety and withdrawal.
> Relationship Issues
If you feel you are one of the many people who continue to engage in unhealthy, self-destructive relationships and want to change this pattern, Dr. York can help you realize that many of these patterns are the result deeper emotional issues and help you to make vital changes in the way you experience relationships. Working together, he can help you to better recognize, understand and control unwanted behavioral or relationship patterns, leading to significantly improved capacity to experience enjoyment and satisfaction in relationships.
> Coping with Chronic Medical Conditions
If you are one of many individuals who finds him- or herself suffering from a chronic or severe medical condition that causes you great uncertainty about your health, reduces your quality of life, and may led you to feel alone and alienated from those for whom you care or have relied upon in the past for support, Dr. York can help you learn to live and cope with your medical problems, develop new, more adaptive perspectives and optimize your quality of life. Dr. York has worked successfully with individuals suffering from a variety chronic and/or severe diseases (such as diabetes, autoimmune disorders, gastrointestinal conditions and cancer) to optimize healthy coping, engender realistic hope and/or facilitate healthy bereavement in the face of difficult, often painful losses.