Dr. Lager provides a safe and confidential environment and will work collaboratively with you to craft individualized treatment goals specific to your presenting difficulties.

In Individual therapy, you may explore with you how your relationships, current and past, impact the way you think and behave. If present, symptoms of depression or anxiety will be addressed with the goal being for you to learn how to reduce these symptoms while learning how to better tolerate uncomfortable emotional states. You will also develop skills to be more insightful, live a more authentic life, heal from trauma, create healthy intimacy in your relationships, and develop pathways to a more satisfying and fulfilling life.

Areas of specialization for treatment include:

• Managing Difficult Life Transitions
• Relationship Issues
• Mood Disorders (Depression, BiPolar Disorder)
• Anxiety Disorders (Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Phobias)
• Trauma and abuse survivors
• Adult Children of Alcoholics
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Infertility Counseling
• Assertiveness Training
• Anger Management
• Coping with Illness
• Bereavement
• Stress Management