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.

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.

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 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.

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