Co-occurring Mental Health Conditions
Mental health is rarely one-dimensional. Many individuals experience more than one condition at the same time — such as anxiety and depression, or substance use alongside trauma. These overlapping experiences are known as co-occurring or comorbid mental health conditions, and they can make it even more difficult to feel balanced, understood, or in control. But with the right support, healing is possible.
Co-occurring mental health conditions are common and treatable.
They may include combinations like:
Addiction and depression
Anxiety and trauma
Bipolar disorder and substance use
PTSD and panic disorder
Each condition on its own presents unique challenges — but when combined, they often intensify one another. For example, someone using alcohol to manage anxiety may find that it increases feelings of depression. Or someone living with unresolved trauma might also experience ongoing panic attacks and difficulty trusting others.
What makes co-occurring conditions complex is that they interact — emotionally, behaviorally, and biologically. That’s why a comprehensive, integrated approach to therapy is so important. Rather than treating each issue in isolation, therapy addresses the full picture of your mental health.
In our work together, we’ll create a treatment plan that acknowledges the multiple layers of your experience. We’ll explore how these conditions affect your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and daily functioning. More importantly, we’ll build tools to help you cope, heal, and move forward with greater clarity and self-compassion.
Therapy for co-occurring conditions may involve:
Understanding emotional triggers and how they relate across conditions
Identifying patterns in thought and behavior that reinforce distress
Learning grounding, mindfulness, or regulation techniques to manage symptoms in the moment
Addressing root causes such as trauma, family dynamics, or unresolved grief
Supporting sobriety or harm reduction while working through related mental health needs
My therapeutic approach is trauma-informed, person-centered, and flexible. I draw from evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing to support real, sustainable change — always tailored to your unique needs and goals.
You are not broken for struggling with more than one challenge. In fact, recognizing the full scope of what you’re dealing with is a powerful first step toward healing. Therapy provides a space where your experiences can be seen, your struggles can be held with compassion, and your strengths can be nurtured.
If you’re tired of feeling overwhelmed by competing symptoms or discouraged by past treatment that felt incomplete, you’re not alone — and you don’t have to navigate it all by yourself. Healing happens when all parts of you are acknowledged and supported.
Let’s work together to untangle what’s been weighing you down and build a path forward. You deserve holistic care that honors the full story of who you are.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What areas do you specialize in, and what can I expect in treatment?
At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll have the opportunity to speak with an objective, unbiased, and compassionate professional.
With your therapist serving as your confidant, supporter, and guide, you’ll be free to talk about your experiences without the fear of ridicule, shame, or disclosure. Our therapists offer a confidential and non-judgmental environment where you can begin to open up about troubling issues and explore new ways of thinking and being. Your counselor can help you focus on your strengths so that you no longer have to feel defeated by perceived weaknesses. Ultimately, you can rebuild your self-esteem and take pride in your innate capacity for solving problems.
Some of the difficulties our counselors and therapists can help you through include:
- Adult Anxiety
- Adult Depression
- Anger Management
- Adult ADHD
- Bipolar Disorder
- Perfectionism
- Stress Management
- Grief & Loss
- LGBTQ Counseling
- Disordered Eating & Body Image
- Self-Harm Counseling
- Addiction/Abuse
- Self-Esteem
- Difficult Life Transitions
- Personality Disorders
During individual adult sessions, you’ll discover more about yourself as a person. Besides learning about strengths and weaknesses, your therapist can help you identify your coping style, diminish unhealthy coping, and set goals for replacing unhealthy coping with healing activities that match your interests and temperament. With these important insights in hand, you can get a clearer picture of what you want out of life, explore whether your choices match your life’s ambitions, and devise a game plan for making positive change. At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll also be learning concrete strategies for managing emotional turmoil, including conflict resolution, anger management, compassionate communication, mindfulness, and much more.
No matter how scary or uncomfortable your current situation may be, the emotions you’re experiencing can be temporary. Although overcoming your obstacles may seem impossible at first, you do have the power to triumph over your current situation and create the life you want to live. With the help and support of a therapist who will always act in your best interest, it’s possible to accept both the sourness and sweetness of life and make healthy choices that honor your authentic self.
What areas do you specialize in, and what can I expect in treatment?
At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll have the opportunity to speak with an objective, unbiased, and compassionate professional.
With your therapist serving as your confidant, supporter, and guide, you’ll be free to talk about your experiences without the fear of ridicule, shame, or disclosure. Our therapists offer a confidential and non-judgmental environment where you can begin to open up about troubling issues and explore new ways of thinking and being. Your counselor can help you focus on your strengths so that you no longer have to feel defeated by perceived weaknesses. Ultimately, you can rebuild your self-esteem and take pride in your innate capacity for solving problems.
Some of the difficulties our counselors and therapists can help you through include:
- Adult Anxiety
- Adult Depression
- Anger Management
- Adult ADHD
- Bipolar Disorder
- Perfectionism
- Stress Management
- Grief & Loss
- LGBTQ Counseling
- Disordered Eating & Body Image
- Self-Harm Counseling
- Addiction/Abuse
- Self-Esteem
- Difficult Life Transitions
- Personality Disorders
During individual adult sessions, you’ll discover more about yourself as a person. Besides learning about strengths and weaknesses, your therapist can help you identify your coping style, diminish unhealthy coping, and set goals for replacing unhealthy coping with healing activities that match your interests and temperament. With these important insights in hand, you can get a clearer picture of what you want out of life, explore whether your choices match your life’s ambitions, and devise a game plan for making positive change. At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll also be learning concrete strategies for managing emotional turmoil, including conflict resolution, anger management, compassionate communication, mindfulness, and much more.
No matter how scary or uncomfortable your current situation may be, the emotions you’re experiencing can be temporary. Although overcoming your obstacles may seem impossible at first, you do have the power to triumph over your current situation and create the life you want to live. With the help and support of a therapist who will always act in your best interest, it’s possible to accept both the sourness and sweetness of life and make healthy choices that honor your authentic self.
What areas do you specialize in, and what can I expect in treatment?
At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll have the opportunity to speak with an objective, unbiased, and compassionate professional.
With your therapist serving as your confidant, supporter, and guide, you’ll be free to talk about your experiences without the fear of ridicule, shame, or disclosure. Our therapists offer a confidential and non-judgmental environment where you can begin to open up about troubling issues and explore new ways of thinking and being. Your counselor can help you focus on your strengths so that you no longer have to feel defeated by perceived weaknesses. Ultimately, you can rebuild your self-esteem and take pride in your innate capacity for solving problems.
Some of the difficulties our counselors and therapists can help you through include:
- Adult Anxiety
- Adult Depression
- Anger Management
- Adult ADHD
- Bipolar Disorder
- Perfectionism
- Stress Management
- Grief & Loss
- LGBTQ Counseling
- Disordered Eating & Body Image
- Self-Harm Counseling
- Addiction/Abuse
- Self-Esteem
- Difficult Life Transitions
- Personality Disorders
During individual adult sessions, you’ll discover more about yourself as a person. Besides learning about strengths and weaknesses, your therapist can help you identify your coping style, diminish unhealthy coping, and set goals for replacing unhealthy coping with healing activities that match your interests and temperament. With these important insights in hand, you can get a clearer picture of what you want out of life, explore whether your choices match your life’s ambitions, and devise a game plan for making positive change. At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll also be learning concrete strategies for managing emotional turmoil, including conflict resolution, anger management, compassionate communication, mindfulness, and much more.
No matter how scary or uncomfortable your current situation may be, the emotions you’re experiencing can be temporary. Although overcoming your obstacles may seem impossible at first, you do have the power to triumph over your current situation and create the life you want to live. With the help and support of a therapist who will always act in your best interest, it’s possible to accept both the sourness and sweetness of life and make healthy choices that honor your authentic self.
What areas do you specialize in, and what can I expect in treatment?
At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll have the opportunity to speak with an objective, unbiased, and compassionate professional.
With your therapist serving as your confidant, supporter, and guide, you’ll be free to talk about your experiences without the fear of ridicule, shame, or disclosure. Our therapists offer a confidential and non-judgmental environment where you can begin to open up about troubling issues and explore new ways of thinking and being. Your counselor can help you focus on your strengths so that you no longer have to feel defeated by perceived weaknesses. Ultimately, you can rebuild your self-esteem and take pride in your innate capacity for solving problems.
Some of the difficulties our counselors and therapists can help you through include:
- Adult Anxiety
- Adult Depression
- Anger Management
- Adult ADHD
- Bipolar Disorder
- Perfectionism
- Stress Management
- Grief & Loss
- LGBTQ Counseling
- Disordered Eating & Body Image
- Self-Harm Counseling
- Addiction/Abuse
- Self-Esteem
- Difficult Life Transitions
- Personality Disorders
During individual adult sessions, you’ll discover more about yourself as a person. Besides learning about strengths and weaknesses, your therapist can help you identify your coping style, diminish unhealthy coping, and set goals for replacing unhealthy coping with healing activities that match your interests and temperament. With these important insights in hand, you can get a clearer picture of what you want out of life, explore whether your choices match your life’s ambitions, and devise a game plan for making positive change. At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll also be learning concrete strategies for managing emotional turmoil, including conflict resolution, anger management, compassionate communication, mindfulness, and much more.
No matter how scary or uncomfortable your current situation may be, the emotions you’re experiencing can be temporary. Although overcoming your obstacles may seem impossible at first, you do have the power to triumph over your current situation and create the life you want to live. With the help and support of a therapist who will always act in your best interest, it’s possible to accept both the sourness and sweetness of life and make healthy choices that honor your authentic self.
What areas do you specialize in, and what can I expect in treatment?
At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll have the opportunity to speak with an objective, unbiased, and compassionate professional.
With your therapist serving as your confidant, supporter, and guide, you’ll be free to talk about your experiences without the fear of ridicule, shame, or disclosure. Our therapists offer a confidential and non-judgmental environment where you can begin to open up about troubling issues and explore new ways of thinking and being. Your counselor can help you focus on your strengths so that you no longer have to feel defeated by perceived weaknesses. Ultimately, you can rebuild your self-esteem and take pride in your innate capacity for solving problems.
Some of the difficulties our counselors and therapists can help you through include:
- Adult Anxiety
- Adult Depression
- Anger Management
- Adult ADHD
- Bipolar Disorder
- Perfectionism
- Stress Management
- Grief & Loss
- LGBTQ Counseling
- Disordered Eating & Body Image
- Self-Harm Counseling
- Addiction/Abuse
- Self-Esteem
- Difficult Life Transitions
- Personality Disorders
During individual adult sessions, you’ll discover more about yourself as a person. Besides learning about strengths and weaknesses, your therapist can help you identify your coping style, diminish unhealthy coping, and set goals for replacing unhealthy coping with healing activities that match your interests and temperament. With these important insights in hand, you can get a clearer picture of what you want out of life, explore whether your choices match your life’s ambitions, and devise a game plan for making positive change. At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll also be learning concrete strategies for managing emotional turmoil, including conflict resolution, anger management, compassionate communication, mindfulness, and much more.
No matter how scary or uncomfortable your current situation may be, the emotions you’re experiencing can be temporary. Although overcoming your obstacles may seem impossible at first, you do have the power to triumph over your current situation and create the life you want to live. With the help and support of a therapist who will always act in your best interest, it’s possible to accept both the sourness and sweetness of life and make healthy choices that honor your authentic self.
What areas do you specialize in, and what can I expect in treatment?
At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll have the opportunity to speak with an objective, unbiased, and compassionate professional.
With your therapist serving as your confidant, supporter, and guide, you’ll be free to talk about your experiences without the fear of ridicule, shame, or disclosure. Our therapists offer a confidential and non-judgmental environment where you can begin to open up about troubling issues and explore new ways of thinking and being. Your counselor can help you focus on your strengths so that you no longer have to feel defeated by perceived weaknesses. Ultimately, you can rebuild your self-esteem and take pride in your innate capacity for solving problems.
Some of the difficulties our counselors and therapists can help you through include:
- Adult Anxiety
- Adult Depression
- Anger Management
- Adult ADHD
- Bipolar Disorder
- Perfectionism
- Stress Management
- Grief & Loss
- LGBTQ Counseling
- Disordered Eating & Body Image
- Self-Harm Counseling
- Addiction/Abuse
- Self-Esteem
- Difficult Life Transitions
- Personality Disorders
During individual adult sessions, you’ll discover more about yourself as a person. Besides learning about strengths and weaknesses, your therapist can help you identify your coping style, diminish unhealthy coping, and set goals for replacing unhealthy coping with healing activities that match your interests and temperament. With these important insights in hand, you can get a clearer picture of what you want out of life, explore whether your choices match your life’s ambitions, and devise a game plan for making positive change. At Washington Psychological Wellness, you’ll also be learning concrete strategies for managing emotional turmoil, including conflict resolution, anger management, compassionate communication, mindfulness, and much more.
No matter how scary or uncomfortable your current situation may be, the emotions you’re experiencing can be temporary. Although overcoming your obstacles may seem impossible at first, you do have the power to triumph over your current situation and create the life you want to live. With the help and support of a therapist who will always act in your best interest, it’s possible to accept both the sourness and sweetness of life and make healthy choices that honor your authentic self.