About Therapy
When is Therapy Helpful?
Everyone experiences times in their lives when they feel depressed, anxious, and stressed out. People may get stuck in difficult problems with relationships, or have trouble making important choices about their lives. Most of the time, these emotions and difficulties are part of a normal, healthy life. Sometimes, though, the problems become overwhelming, and they interfere with your ability to make your life work. Sometimes the symptoms of anxiety and depression reach a serious level, where you can't "work it out" by yourself.
Some emotional problems reach the level of mental illness,
and they may involve lifelong struggles to function at the best possible
level. People who have major mental
illnesses such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia do not necessarily need to
be in therapy their whole lives, but sometimes episodes of treatment can help
maintain stability in conjunction with other aspects of support.
If you have been struggling with problems for some time, and you are feeling frustrated and stuck, therapy might help you move on. If your problems are affecting your relationships, your work, or your feelings about yourself, therapy offers an objective eye, support, and strategies for working on the problems. If you seem to find yourself in the same kinds of difficult situations over and over, therapy can help identify where you're making a wrong turn. A psychologist can listen to your situation and use all the experience and research of the field to see what might help you get out of trouble.
I am an experienced, skilled, compassionate and practical-minded psychologist who may be able to help you get your life moving in the direction you want.
What Problems Respond To Therapy?
Research has shown that a number of common problems respond well to therapy. Some examples include:
·Anxiety
·Depression
·Relationship issues
·Work problems
·Anger
·Stress related to past trauma
·Substance abuse
·Compulsive stealing, shopping, self-harm
·Confusion over life goals, spirituality, sexuality
·Grief
Therapy can be short-term or long term depending on the nature of the problem. You can work on one problem, leave, and come back to work on another problem later if you want to, or you can work on a lot of problems at the same time, which usually takes longer.
I regularly see adults from different income levels, races, and cultures. I can work with a wide range of problems ranging from relationship and work stress to major mental illness, and if I am not sure I can help with your particular issue, I will help you find someone who can. I am comfortable working with people from all kinds of lifestyles, including alternative sexuality, religion, or spirituality, as well as with people who have traditional values and lifestyles. I specialize in working with individual adults, and do not do couples, family, or child therapy.
If this sounds intriguing, I invite you to look farther into the
website. I have prepared detailed
information about my practice and my approach, as well as how to address the
practical issues of payment and scheduling. If after you read the information, you think I
might be the right therapist for you, I encourage you to give me a call or send
me an e-mail, and we can discuss what to do next.
