Services

Feeling out of control?

Until you gain a sense of mastery and control over your world, you may never feel secure or relaxed. Some people spend their entire lives in a constant state of worry, stress or anxious readiness, never fully enjoying their lives. Take control and make each day more enjoyable.

Worry more than you should? Feel powerless or overwhelmed?

Do you go over and over things in your mind, constantly reviewing problems or issues to find an answer? You may know the source of your worry, but sometimes people, smart people, don’t know why they worry.

Working with Fuel Treatment Centers

Rapid Relief — many individuals experience relief from stress and anxiety early into therapy. Fuel center doctors and therapists provide you with tools you can use in the moment, to help you feel better. Learning just a few skills may provide incredible relief, helping you sleep, feel confident, in control, and relaxed.

Long Term Benefits —some clients want permanent solutions and choose to go further and face the real source of their discomfort. For example, if you feel awkward in a social setting or are afraid of public speaking, the true causes of such discomfort can require time to discover. Most people try to normalize or deny such problems. However, by taking time to truly invest in yourself and making your happiness a priority, almost every aspect of your life will be impacted positively: work, romance, family, relationships, financial success, and self esteem.

Relationships take work, but how much work…

Do you feel Resentment or Disappointed, even Misled?

Doubts? Is it time to Leave?

Do you fight over even the smallest things, over nothing?

Is your relationship imbalanced or unfair?

If it feels like your relationship or marriage is just too difficult, painful, unfulfilling, or simply exhausting, you and your partner are likely repeating destructive hurtful patterns of communication and behavior over and over again. Many even find themselves asking: “Is this even worth it anymore?” or “What am I doing in this relationship?”

WE CAN HELP!

You Can Re-Establish Trust in a damaged relationship, but it requires professional guidance and a mediating force. You can change patterns of hurtful communication and behavior. And you can have the relationship you want…

If you are questioning your relationship, Now is probably an excellent time to seek assistance.

At Fuel for Emotional Health in Carlsbad, CA we have helped couples through counseling, build stronger more resilient relationships with love that matures through tests of hardship.

Does this sound like You or a Loved One?

Make Impulsive decisions that cause problems, for example with spending, binge eating, sex, substance/alcohol use, reckless driving etc.?
Unstable and intensely Charged Relationships that include strong feelings of love and hate?
Feel Powerful Anger that is hard to control?
Terrified of abandonment? Feel Empty?
Uncertain of your identity? Don’t know who you are?
Intense and Dramatic Alterations in Moods, that can include deep depression, anxiety and irritability, to rage, fears, or love and passion?
Feel like dying is a real option? Tried to commit suicide before?
Considered Hurting Yourself, for instance with cutting or burning?
Do you ever feel Fearful or paranoid, or even dissociate?

This program is designed for those struggling to manage strong and destructive feelings.

What is DBT?

This is a well-established form of therapy developed by the famed Dr. Marsha Linehan. In many ways it runs contrary to conventional therapy.

Traditional Therapy

explores feelings
encourages emotional expression
may heighten anxiety in the process
results in moral conflicts for resolution
uncovers painful experiences
opens the lid (feelings)
has limited structure

DBT Therapy

contains feelings
encourages emotional regulation
offers immediate relief with tools
emphasizes what works vs. right and wrong
helps to manage painful experiences
teaches how to close the lid (feelings)
functions like a class/very structured

Finally feel relief for yourself or a loved one…

Athlete Development/Performance
Evaluation for Television
Career/Professional Development

Individuals and families coping with serious mental illness/psychotic disorders.

Services Just for the Military

PTSD, Combat Stress, Relationship Problems, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Anger, Fear, Insomnia

Want help but afraid for your career?

Your service to the country brings with it demands that challenge the human body and psyche to maximum limits. Before you can do your job or care for others, you must take care of yourself.

• Relationship problems?
• Sleepless nights?
• Drugs and Alcohol?
• Intrusive images?
• Confusing feelings?

These can be common problems—statistics reveal that 30% of U.S. troops returning home from service will develop serious mental health problems within 3 to 4 months. Many others may face challenges readjusting to daily life. Fuel Centers-Carlsbad has experts that can help. We are pleased to provide service to military men and women and families, and we will adjust our fees to meet your financial needs.

Think people don’t understand? You’re right.

Your military job is not normal to civilians. You operate under an entirely separate set of rules—until you get home. The mental and emotional shift necessary to bridge these two worlds can be overwhelming.

I can’t afford a mark on my record. I’m strong, I will work this out on my own…

Maybe. But the extensive pressures placed upon you are unusual. Dominating hierarchies, loss of free will, moral conflicts, even trauma may be a part of your daily life. Knowing when to get help might just be a sign of strength.