Why
Do People Seek Psychotherapy?
After all, it's not an easy
undertaking. Many feel a natural uncertainty
or anxiety. Some are pessimistic, feeling
that little can change. Others have a certain
skepticism about how much talking about
oneself can actually help. In the end, most
people enter psychotherapy because despite
their best efforts, they have not found
a way to resolve conflicts or solve certain
problems in living.
People struggle with many kinds of problems.
The following are examples of what people
bring to my practice:
• Difficulties
with self-esteem: How it is that despite
your accomplishments and efforts to change,
you remain insecure.
• Interpersonal
Concerns: You find that you have problems
with the way you relate with the important
people in your life. Conflict causes hurt
feelings which in turn results in avoidance
or unwanted confrontation.
• Depression:
Longstanding depressive feelings that continue
to plague the quality of your life.
• Chronic
illness: The need for help in coping with
the emotional aspects of living with a chronic
illness.
• Aging
or late life issues: Uncertainty about how
to structure a life after retirement or
coping with the loss of a parent or spouse
in late life.
• Dementia
and Alzheimer's: Questions regarding how
to care for an aging parent, or someone
with a dementia or struggling yourself with
the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
My Approach to Psychotherapy
I
believe entering into psychotherapy is a
significant event in our lives, and the
work accomplished in therapy can have long-lasting,
positive impact.
I pay particular attention to the quality
of the therapeutic relationship because
it is essential for you to feel a sense
of emotional safety if you are to confront
old fears and face present challenges in
new ways. I believe . . . Continued
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