How Individual Therapy Can Be Helpful To You

Talking regularly with a therapist who can identify with how you experience life while also offering new perspectives can relieve distress and create ideas for change. This is true whether you are going through a traumatic event or dealing with longstanding obstacles to growth such as childhood trauma, depression, anxiety or addictions.

If you are going through an emotional crisis, I will focus on helping you to cope with the immediate situation and regain your footing.

If you are burdened by recurring difficulties, we’ll look at broader patterns in your life. As we pay close attention to emotional patterns that feel fixed now, you may begin to imagine new ways of relating to the world. We’ll work together to face any uncomfortable thoughts and feelings that keep you in a fixed state. 

It’s not unusual to feel self-conscious about seeking professional help in our do-it-yourself society. It takes strength to say you need help and initiative to then find it. My clients often feel more confident having gotten help when they needed it.

The Benefits of Marriage and Couples Counseling

I enjoy working with all kinds of couples—different sexual orientations, ethnicities and relationship status. I help couples navigate through communication breakdowns, premarital decision-making, parenting conflicts, infidelity and other impasses.

Couples often enter counseling stuck in a contest: Who is making the bigger effort or sacrifice in the relationship? Each one feels painfully misunderstood, under-appreciated or blamed. Working through problems and enjoying each other is not easy in a stalemate.

We’ll work to create communication where each person can express their feelings without blaming and also hear and empathize with their partner’s feelings. I also try to shift the natural human tendency of wanting our partner to change towards a greater interest in one’s own role in the couple’s dilemma. 

This rewarding process can lead not only to a closer relationship but to personal growth as well.