What is psychotherapy
Psychotherapy addresses personal difficulties. It allows an individual, family, or couple, to talk openly and confidentially about their concerns and feelings with a trained professional.
Almost all types of psychotherapy involve developing a therapeutic relationship, communicating and creating a dialogue, and working to overcome problematic thoughts, feelings or behaviours.
During sessions, the client will discover how their mind has the ability to not only overcome debilitating issues, but can also be a tool to a gateway of positive possibilities that can lead to peace and independence of triggers.
Learning to no longer be a victim to your past means a completely different future.
Psychotherapy can help you find freedom.
Psychotherapy helps by
Providing a place to talk things out with another intelligent person who is not invested in your daily life
Providing a place to express thoughts and feelings that may not be easily expressed to others in your life
Increasing self-awareness
The Process
To determine if we are a good fit, we can have either a phone or in-person meeting to talk about what you are looking for and to get to know each other. In this consultation, if we decide to work together, we will determine a regular weekly time for your appointment. I will want to hear what has brought you to therapy in detail, and I will have questions about your past experiences and your current life. During the first few sessions we tend to get the lay of the land: how you and I will work together; what the problems are; how they might be addressed. From there, you and I work together towards your goals. You come to the session and we start where you are on that particular day. Whatever is on your mind - that is where we start.
You will find that we get where we need to go by following your lead.
The starting point for therapy as I practice it is relational. You and I working together. As we get to know each other we can use many different tools from my training including:
Coaching will probably come up here and there and I am a Certified Lifeskills Coach.
Dreamwork & Trance are some of the components of my work and we will focus and learn from those dreams through out our sessions
I am a big proponent of open and honest conversation and welcome your thoughts and feelings about the process at anytime. Therapy can take anywhere from one session to years of work. The length isn't about how troubled you are - it can depend on how deeply you want to work. You are always the person who choses what needs to be explored and to what depth. I will provide feedback about the process when you ask.