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Not everyone who seeks out help from a psychotherapist is suffering from a specific diagnosis. I believe that all of us have certain thoughts, beliefs, or "stuff" that sometimes can get in our way of leading the lives that we want to lead. Maybe you lack motivation. Maybe you'd like to have healthier, more fulfilling relationships. Maybe you just need a safe, judgment free environment to express your thoughts and feelings. If any of these situations or others like them resonate with you, seeing me for psychotherapy may be just what you need.

There are many ways a counselor may work with you during session. The therapeutic relationship is an important aspect of your therapeutic journey. As you "join together" with your counselor during your sessions, you should feel that you are in a safe place with a safe person. It is important that you feel comfortable and that you can trust your counselor. Our first steps in your process will be to join in that therapeutic relationship, develop trust and safety so you can start on your journey towards feeling more whole and centered.

Therapy is about the client not my favorite approach. This means that each session begins with making sure the clients concerns are very much front and center at the beginning of each session. Each session ends with an appraisal by the client of how well they believe the therapist related to them and how well the therapist's approach fit the concerns presented. Clients report substantial improvement with fewer sessions due to a client directed approach. I maintain the highest respect for each client's dignity and strive to provide an experience of emotional safety.

Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods to help a person change behavior and overcome problems in a positive manner. Its aim is to help people understand the thoughts behind feeling anxious or depressed and addressing these thinking patterns. Psychotherapy will help you change behaviors and habits that are limiting you, to experiencing your fullest potential.

"Psychotherapy" is a word that has lost much of it's meaning in our culture. I encourage my clients to start over with understanding what psychotherapy is. The word comes for two Greek words--psyche, meaning "soul or life", and "therapeuo", meaning "to heal or serve". I am here to serve the souls of those who allow me to journey with them for a season, and to help them on a healing path. We often look together at the past, not for endless navel gazing and self-absorbing analysis, but to dislodge places where the client may have become stuck in his/her journey toward healthy adulthood. We also look at the present, and how his/her spiritual and mental habits are affecting their well being.

Psychotherapy sounds ominous, doesn't it? Conjures up images of lying on a couch, having your dreams analyzed or you explaining why the ink blot you're shown looks like a bat to you instead of a butterfly. Psychotherapy is really just a technical term for personal counseling. It means a counseling office is a safe place to talk with a qualified professional and caring counselor about what is bothering you. One of my clients expressed it well, "I want to understand why I struggle with some things; and I want to change those things. I know a better future is largely up to me." If that sounds like you, I can help.