Phelecia Wilcoxson

You may be trying to keep moving forward while carrying more than the people around you realize. Anxiety can leave you feeling constantly on edge, depression can make it difficult to feel motivated or connected, and experiences of trauma may continue to affect how safe, confident, or grounded you feel in the present. I work with adults, children, seniors, and adolescents experiencing anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, trauma, and PTSD. These concerns can also intersect with family and relationship challenges, stress, anger, cultural or ethnic experiences, gender and identity concerns, or the unique pressures that can come with being a man or woman in today’s world. I believe therapy should be a place where you can bring your whole experience, not just the parts that feel easy to explain. Together, we can better understand what you are experiencing, build on your strengths, and develop practical ways to help you feel more balanced, understood, and hopeful.

Our work will make room for the whole person you are, including your emotions, relationships, experiences, and the circumstances that have shaped how you cope. We’ll explore how anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, trauma, and PTSD may be affecting your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and daily life. I may use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help you recognize patterns in thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress and develop healthier ways of responding, Trauma-Focused CBT to help you process difficult experiences while building skills for managing their emotional impact, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to help you become more aware of difficult thoughts and emotions without becoming overwhelmed by them. Motivational Interviewing can provide space to explore change without pressure while strengthening your confidence in the choices you want to make, Behavior Modification can help you build healthier patterns and reinforce behaviors that support your goals, and Solution Focused Brief Therapy can help us identify your strengths and turn the changes you want into practical steps forward. Our sessions will be warm, collaborative, and solution-oriented, while still giving you space to slow down, understand yourself, and feel genuinely heard.

You do not need to have everything figured out before coming to therapy. During our first few sessions, we will take time to understand what brought you in, what has been most difficult, and what you would like to see change. Together, we will identify goals that feel meaningful and realistic and decide where it makes the most sense to begin. You can expect me to listen without judgment, meet you with warmth and respect, and help you make sense of difficult experiences while also focusing on what can move you forward. Progress may look like feeling less overwhelmed by anxiety, developing greater stability when managing changes in mood, reconnecting with yourself when depression feels heavy, processing trauma in a safe and manageable way, or feeling less controlled by painful memories and reactions. We will continue checking in on your goals and adjust our work as your needs evolve. My hope is that you leave therapy not only feeling heard, but also with a clearer understanding of yourself and practical tools you can carry into your everyday life.