Treatment
Dr. Juul can treat a wide range of psychiatric conditions, from mood and anxiety disorders to severe and persistent mental illnesses. Her approach to treatment keeps in mind all aspects of you, including biological and genetic factors, your internal or psychological struggles, and factors in your real life, including your social environment, current relationships and professional situation, and cultural background. While psychopharmacology, or psychotropic medications, are often helpful in treatment, she is also an advocate for supportive therapies, like alternative or holistic treatments.
The psychiatric illnesses she commonly treats include depression and dysthymia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, borderline personality disorder, and other personality disorders.
Psychotherapy
Psychoanalytic treatment, an intensive form of psychotherapy, is the most effective way to get at the roots of your difficulties. Psychotherapy focuses on what is known and unknown (or unconscious) to you about your difficulties, on your feelings and how you experience the world, and on internal conflicts and repetitive patterns, or places you tend to get stuck.
Dr. Juul also incorporates skills from more targeted therapies like Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for management of symptoms and acute concerns and uses medication in addition to psychotherapy when needed. Therapy can be long- or short-term, depending on your goals, and Dr. Juul has an adaptable and flexible approach to therapy so that the treatment can be the best “fit” possible.
Psychotherapy can be very helpful for anxiety, mood disorders, overcoming trauma, difficulties in loving and relationships, and feeling a lack of personal fulfillment (i.e not living your “best life.”)
Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health
Pregnancy and postpartum are exciting and life-changing times in a woman’s life, but can also bring about past hurts and difficulties. New mothers may feel not “good enough” to love and care for a new baby, or may have a hard time bonding with their baby. Postpartum depression, a condition that usually begins during pregnancy, is extremely common, affecting as many as one-third of all new moms. Women may suffer with heart-wrenching anxieties or sadness and feeling a loss of self, which affects both the mom, her baby, and the family as a whole.
Dr. Juul offers both consultations and ongoing treatment (medications and psychotherapy) for mothers struggling during pregnancy and the postpartum, or for new moms wanting help bonding with their babies. She also has expertise in helping women going through infertility and assisted reproductive technologies, and perinatal loss. Dr. Juul also treats other conditions commonly affecting women, including menopausal symptoms and life transitions associated with aging.