Therapy
What to Expect
I truly love working with Adults, Adolescents, Couples, and Families.
Our initial focus and guiding light - What brings you to therapy? What’s not going well? How do you envision your life being different?
In individual psychotherapy, as I carefully attend to your current life, I will also observe what is happening in the moment between us. How are feelings being expressed and experienced right now? What is not being said or said indirectly? What patterns are emerging in my office that are also prevalent outside of therapy? I will share my observations in real-time as events unfold. My observations could be inaccurate. You can tell me what I missed or misinterpreted. You will likely have feelings about what I say or feelings toward me. We can examine all of those feelings and how you deal with them right at this very moment in our session. This highly collaborative, focused, immediate, experiential approach is essential to getting to the bottom of your problems quickly, so we can shorten the duration of your therapy and the duration of your suffering. An adventure and a learning experience for both of us.
The same principles apply to couples and families but in addition, we can focus on everyone’s feelings toward each other.
What Comes Next
Choosing a therapist is an important, potentially life-changing decision. I may not be the best fit for everyone. If, after reading through the website and maybe talking to others who are familiar with my work, you think I could possibly be of help, I offer a free 15-minute consultation, either online or in person at my office.
This is essentially a brief meet-and-greet as opposed to actual therapy or counseling. You can ask me questions about my background, my training, my approach, my life, or anything else that is important to you. We can see what the chemistry is like between us. Hopefully, this time together will assist with your decision regarding whether or not psychotherapy is the right path for you and whether or not I am the right psychotherapist.