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WMCC Office Blessing
The Sacred Piko Lei and the Blessing of WMCC This is a very sentimental, and heartfelt post that I’d like to share with our community, recapping the WMCC Hawaiian Office Blessing for those who couldn’t be there. It was an amazing evening full of love,...
Understanding ADHD
Living with attention deficit disorders can be frustrating and overwhelming. As a young person dealing with attention issues, or as a parent who suspects their child is affected, support from your Nurse Practitioner or Primary Care Provider is available. Learning how...
Anger Management
Anger-Management: Post by Dr. Andrew Gold, Licensed Psychologist at WMCC Anger as a universal human emotion and in the course of day-to-day life, people of all ages experience it. What is not universal, however, is the way we manage and express our anger. Some of us...
PTSD: An Overview
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a very specific anxiety disorder that can occur after exposure to a severe trauma. There are three major categories of symptoms which include: 1. Avoidance 2. Re-experiencing and 3. Physiological Hyperarousal. Avoidance is...
The Treatment Team Approach: How Our Patients Benefit
This blog post is dedicated to describing our unique treatment team approach at West Maui Counseling Center and my vision for the multidisciplinary mental health team I am building for our Maui community. We believe that patients get better care when their doctors and...
Chronic Depression:
Stigma Busting and the Broken Leg: Clinical Depression also called Major Depressive Disorder, is a serious, and very VALID medical illness. It can be acute (one episode lasting a few weeks) or more often chronic (numerous episodes over the span of many years, waxing...
Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
What is a panic attack really? As a Maui Psychologist, I hear many people with severe generalized anxiety or those who are emotionally activated by a significant stressor in their life state “I was so upset I had a panic attack.” While I have immense...
Clinical Depression:
Medications, Therapy, or Both? At West Maui Counseling Center, we work with lots of our Maui community members who are struggling with Clinical Depression. First and foremost, we conduct a thorough assessment during the first few appointments and obtain the correct...
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