Adult Care
Feeling detached from yourself or the world around you can be frightening, confusing, and difficult to understand and explain. For some adults, depersonalization (feeling detached from yourself) or derealization (feeling detached from your surroundings) becomes persistent and interferes with daily functioning, relationships, and emotional well-being.
Our practice provides evidence-based therapy for adults experiencing depersonalization and derealization disorder (DPDR), offering informed, supportive care to help reduce symptoms and restore a sense of connection and stability.
Depersonalization & Derealization Disorder
Support for Adults Experiencing Dissociative Symptoms
We provide evidence-based therapy for adults who experience depersonalization, derealization, or related dissociative symptoms that affect their sense of self, reality, or emotional engagement. Care is designed for individuals seeking clarity, grounding, and relief from symptoms that may feel overwhelming or isolating.
Treatment is collaborative and paced thoughtfully, with attention to understanding your experiences, triggers, and goals for care.
Adults often seek support when they:
- Feel detached from their body, thoughts, or emotions
- Experience the world as unreal, distant, or distorted
- Struggle with anxiety related to dissociative symptoms
- Have difficulty feeling present or connected in daily life
Support can be helpful whether symptoms are recent, long-standing, or occur alongside anxiety, panic, trauma, or other stress-related concerns.
Signs & Symptoms of Depersonalization and Derealization
Dissociative symptoms can affect perception, emotional connection, and sense of self, often increasing during stress.
Feeling Detached From Yourself
Feeling disconnected from your body, thoughts, or emotions.
Feeling Detached From the World
Surroundings feel unreal, foggy, or dreamlike.
Emotional Numbness
Emotions feel muted or hard to access.
Heightened Self-Monitoring
Increased focus on internal sensations or perception changes.
Anxiety About Symptoms
Worry about symptoms increases distress.
Difficulty Feeling Present
Struggling to feel grounded or engaged.
Changes in Perception
Altered sense of time, sound, or visuals.
Fear of Losing Control
Worry that something is seriously or permanently wrong.
Expert Psychological Care to Restore Grounding and Connection
Evidence-based psychotherapy is individualized and may include:
Education to help you understand dissociation and reduce fear
Grounding and mindfulness-based strategies to help you feel present
Skills to manage anxiety and stress that contribute to dissociation
Gradual strategies to rebuild emotional connection and a stronger sense of self
Care is collaborative and thoughtfully paced, with a focus on safety and stability. Our goal is to help you feel more present, connected, and confident managing dissociative symptoms.
Our Process & Support
Initial Consultation
A supportive conversation where you share concerns and goals to establish trust and help guide treatment decisions.
Evaluation & Assessment
Your clinician develops a collaborative plan focused on education, coping strategies, and pacing that feels manageable.
Treatment & Ongoing Support
Care focuses on grounding, emotional engagement, and symptom reduction over time, with regular progress reviews and adjustments as needed.