ADULT INDIVIDUALS
I provide psychotherapy and consultation services to adult individuals and families alike, concerning a wide variety of issues. If you’re wondering whether it’s time to seek therapy, you might first want to take a look at this guide.
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While most of us go through life just fine without therapy, I think it is healthy to want and need the care and assistance of others along the way. Perhaps you’ve been living with chronic pain or illness for a long time or you might have undergone a move, job change or are new to the state or country. Maybe your child or children have entered adolescence and it feels to you like the family is losing a sense of cohesion and predictability…as eyes (including your own) get stuck in computers and cellphones. It could be that you’ve experienced a job loss and are really questioning everything in your life. Albeit very different, these experiences share similarities: transition in the family is always a matter of coming to terms with loss, and finding new strengths and hope in the process.
Working together, we can move towards:
Better understanding of your thoughts, feelings and relationships with others
Coping with the various, changing roles and demands of daily living
Developing strategies to address unproductive patterns that cause stress in your life
Reducing overwhelming feelings of anxiety and depression that often accompany intense, rapidly changing circumstances
Re-imagining yourself and your life after experiencing a profound change or loss
Adjusting to what a particular illness or loss means to your family —whether those changes are temporary or permanent
Understanding and working through acute stress or trauma, for example, by knowing the signs and symptoms and how to respond safely and healthfully
Knowing that there are somewhat predictable stages with grief and loss and learning how to use this information to lessen the pain
Finding resources inside yourself and out in the community to aid in the process of healing
Support through the challenging process of looking for a partner or staying healthy and close in your current relationship
Identifying better, more effective parenting strategies