Our Services / Mental Health

What is mental health care?

Your mental health is an important component of your overall well-being. It includes your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, mood, and lifestyle habits. When any of these components aren’t balanced, problems may develop. 

See Alvis at the first sign of depression, anxiety, anger management issues, improper conflict resolution, or other common mental health-related challenges. 

What are the symptoms of common mental health issues?

Some of the hallmark symptoms of mental health concerns include:

• Ongoing or extreme sadness
• Anxiousness
• Weight loss or gain
• Loss of interest in favorite activities 
• Difficulty concentrating
• Problems sleeping 
• Feeling hopeless
• Substance misuse
• Thoughts of suicide
• Mood swings
• Ongoing fear or worry
• Getting startled easily
• Flashbacks
• Nightmares
• Obsessions
• Compulsions
• Panic attacks

If you or a loved one has one or more of these symptoms that negatively affect your quality of life, see Alvis for an evaluation and in-office or video counseling sessions. 

Who benefits from mental health services?

Mental health services can help you better cope with and overcome the following common mental health conditions:

• Grief 
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Bipolar disorder
• Difficult life transitions
• Codependency 
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Ongoing stress 
• Low self-esteem 
• Substance use disorder
• Eating disorders

Stress and low self-esteem are common causes of mental health challenges that Alvis effectively addresses.

If you’re unsure if you have a mental health disorder based on your symptoms, Alvis will let you know after completing a comprehensive mental health evaluation.

Is mental health counseling right for me?

To find out if you’re a candidate for mental health counseling with Alvis, he discusses your mental health history, symptoms, lifestyle habits, and medications. He also asks questions about your thought patterns, mood, and emotions before tailoring personalized mental health counseling sessions. 

What happens during mental health counseling?

Alvis offers individualized, couples, family, and group counseling for clients of all ages. He specializes in interpersonal process approach, wellness components, attachment theory, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), family and systems theory, and treatments for substance use disorder to help you break unhealthy thought and behavior patterns.

You might meet with Alvis weekly or as needed in person or from the comfort of your home or office via video counseling sessions. He teaches you ways to overcome mental health challenges, stress, low self-esteem, negative thoughts, mood swings, ongoing anger, relationship conflicts, and more to help you live your best life.

To take advantage of the superior mental health services available with Alvis Duncan, LMHC, call his office or schedule an appointment online today.