The initial evaluation is a thorough and compassionate exploration of your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. During this process, we look at key areas such as potential personality and mood disorders, sleep patterns, nutrition, and lifestyle choices. We also delve into your relationship history, trauma history, childhood experiences, and spiritual practices. This comprehensive mind-body-spirit approach ensures that we address all aspects of your life to create a personalized path to healing.
Our goal is to understand you holistically—identifying obstacles that may be preventing optimal mental health, emotional balance, and physical wellness. We explore how challenges like weight, stress, or unresolved trauma impact your well-being and help you develop tools to cultivate a joyful spirit and a healthy body. Through this integrated process, we work with the whole person to empower you toward greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, and sustainable well-being.
Emerging research shows that the health of our gut microbiome—home to trillions of bacteria—plays a vital role in emotional regulation, mood stability, mental health, and even weight management. The gut and brain communicate through the gut-brain axis, meaning an imbalanced microbiome can contribute to anxiety, depression, and emotional eating patterns.
By restoring gut health through nutrition, lifestyle changes, and mindful eating, it becomes possible to improve emotional well-being, stabilize moods, and support sustainable weight loss. A balanced microbiome also enhances digestion, reduces inflammation, and promotes the release of neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine, which influence mental clarity and emotional resilience.
Through holistic counseling, I help women create personalized strategies for emotional regulation and weight management by addressing both the mind and gut. My approach integrates functional nutrition, plant-based medicine, and mindfulness practices, supporting sustainable mental health and well-being from the inside out. Together, we’ll work on healing the gut-brain connection to empower a healthier mind, body, and spirit.
Cortisol, known as the “stress hormone,” plays a crucial role in regulating your mood, energy, and response to stress. However, prolonged stress or hormonal imbalances can lead to elevated cortisol levels, contributing to anxiety, depression, fatigue, weight gain, and difficulty concentrating. Imbalanced cortisol can also disrupt sleep and impact your overall well-being.
Through her holistic counseling practice, Cathy Armstrong offers personalized support to help you regulate and balance cortisol levels. Working hand-in-hand with your primary care physician or specialist, Cathy uses an integrative approach—incorporating mindfulness, stress management, nutrition, lifestyle adjustments, and mind-body practices. This collaboration ensures that your emotional, mental, and physical health are addressed comprehensively. Together, we can help you restore hormonal balance, reduce the impact of stress, and create sustainable habits that foster mental clarity, emotional stability, and a healthier body.
Hormonal imbalances can significantly impact fertility, menstrual health, and overall well-being. For women navigating challenges such as infertility, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), menopause, or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), achieving hormonal balance is key to feeling emotionally and physically well. These issues can affect not only reproductive health but also mood, energy, and quality of life.
Through holistic counseling, Cathy Armstrong provides personalized support to help you regulate and balance your hormones. Her integrative approach addresses the emotional, psychological, and lifestyle factors that influence hormonal health. With a background in both counseling and nursing, Cathy combines mind-body practices, functional nutrition, mindfulness, and stress management techniques to promote healing and improve well-being.
Working collaboratively with your physician or fertility specialist, Cathy provides tools to help you develop healthy habits, manage stress, and address emotional challenges. Whether you are trying to conceive, managing PCOS symptoms, navigating menopause, or coping with PMDD, holistic counseling offers a comprehensive approach to support your mental health, stabilize your mood, and restore hormonal balance.
Achieving sustainable weight loss doesn’t require bariatric surgery or weight loss shots. Cathy Armstrong offers a natural, holistic approach that addresses the root causes of weight challenges—combining mental health counseling, clinical hypnosis, and patient education. With her extensive background as both a licensed professional counselor and registered nurse, Cathy integrates functional nutrition, plant-based nutrition, and bariatric weight loss strategies into her work.
This approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on the mind-body connection to address emotional eating, stress, trauma, and lifestyle habits that impact weight. Cathy’s expertise allows her to provide personalized care that empowers you to make lasting changes—achieving physical health, emotional well-being, and a sustainable relationship with food. Whether you’re overcoming weight loss failure or managing obstacles like hormonal imbalance and emotional eating, this comprehensive, non-surgical path helps you create a healthier, happier life.
Navigating your career path can be challenging, especially when you're not sure what direction to take. Our career counseling services are here to help you explore your options, build a plan, and achieve your goals. Whether you're just starting out or looking to make a change, we're here to help.
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