Psychotherapy is a confidential experience that occurs between you and your therapist, which aims to address the issue or issues you may be struggling with. At the beginning of any therapy, there are two basic approaches to any particular issue. The first is practical, aimed at providing often-short-term solutions to dealing with an issue – some version of “What do I do when this happens?” or “How do I change this behavior?” A second orientation is toward a more open exploration of what might be contributing to the issue in the first place.
Both approaches have their own merits. Depending on what you want to get out of therapy, the focus could be weighted more toward the practical or the exploratory
I see teens and adolescents 12 years and older, individuals and couples in therapy; humbly inclusive of race, culture, sexuality, and gender identity.
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The decision to begin psychotherapy can be an important first step toward a brighter future. To help you get started, I offer an initial complimentary consultation to answer your questions and inform your healthcare choices.
I find that the most valuable tool in psychotherapy is the relationship between the patient and therapist over time. It can be representative of and healing for the patient’s (whether they are children or adults) relationships outside of “session.” This work of psychoanalytic psychotherapy happens in the profound -necessary space that exists between crises, or the quick fixes of happiness and cathartic sadness. By fostering positive growth of one’s emotional capacities, individuals understand themselves and others in more emotionally nuanced and useful ways. Shifts that occur through this process of depth psychology include more fulfilling relationships, increased tolerance for a wider range of emotions, maintenance of a stable sense of self-esteem, and resilience for when tough things happen. In other words, higher-level living.