Serenity Behavioral Health Services

You may notice several signs indicating that you could benefit from medication management services.  Consider scheduling a consultation with us if you: Struggle with severe or persistent symptoms that hinder daily functioning despite therapy. Experience significant mood instability, frequent panic attacks, or psychotic symptoms. Have difficulty engaging in therapy due to overwhelming anxiety, depression, or intrusive thoughts. Report sleep disturbances, appetite changes, or energy fluctuations that impact well-being. Have a history of mental health conditions that typically respond well to medication, such as bipolar disorder or severe depression. Express frustration over limited progress in therapy or worsening symptoms despite treatment efforts.  Serenity Behavioral Health Services offers comprehensive medication management to support your mental and physical well-being. Our services include an initial assessment, where we conduct a thorough evaluation of your medical histor...

A trigger is something that sets off a powerful memory and puts a person in the moments of the event where they experienced trauma. Triggers can cause irrational behavior, extreme emotion, and can affect our ability to think clearly. They can cause a physiological fight or flight reaction resulting in an increased heart rate, rapid breathing, pale skin, and dilated pupils.   Triggers revolve around the five senses of touch, smell, sight, taste, and sound. They are very personal and arise from a lifetime of experiences. So how can we manage our triggers and extreme emotions? 

 1. Understand that you have been triggered. This won’t make it stop - but it will help you start the process of shifting your state from extreme emotion back to calm. 2. Step away. If you remain, you run the risk of being retriggered and you may say or do something that you regret later. 3. Shift your state. Having a variety of ways to calm down is a good idea. Maybe go for a run, do yard work, walk the dog, ...