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Life can be hard, whether it be difficulties at work, school, home, relationships, with peers, an illness or many other ways. It can be really helpful to gain some support and understanding how these difficulties are impacting your everyday functioning. Together we will craft goals to help improve your outlook as well as decrease any symptoms you are experiencing with the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, play therapy (for children), solution-focused techniques, as well as several other techniques.

I've been doing this over a quarter century and it always comes down to this: When you identify - and feel - what happens inside you, what happens between you and others, and what happened that you're not fully remembering or respecting, you feel better and function better. I've seen this happen across all types of people, all ages, and all kinds of problems that bring them into treatment. Of course, along the way I can help you with whatever person, boss, spouse, decision, or personality quirk (yours or theirs) that's irking you, but the real change and the real excitement come from that kind of discovery. Try it and see.

Whether you are experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, or having issues in your relationship, psychotherapy can help relieve these symptoms. Symptoms of depression can be having a tough time getting out of bed in the morning, excessive weight gain or loss, lack of interest in activities, withdrawal from social events and more. Symptoms of anxiety are restlessness, sweaty palms, racing heart, and more. You may be having a tough time in your relationships and find you are not being heard. We can work together to help you develop more productive ways to communicate. Therapy can help you feel better in many areas of your life. Together we can accomplish the goals you want to achieve.

When I work with clients in psychotherapy my focus is on careful listening to their emotional experience and responses. I am especially attuned to listening and learning about the quality of their closest connections. Oftentimes when an individual, couple or family is in pain it is nearly always an indication that their most important relationships are suffering in some way. My listening and responses are focused on the clients experiences with those that matter most to them and to help them find ways to express what they truly need and want from those that they are most emotionally dependent upon. I help them connect with that vulnerable place within them.

Like most human experiences, I believe that Psychotherapy is a process. It needs a significant investment of time an energy and can be navigated in three stages: 1. Exploration; 2. Identification; 3. Change. My role as a therapist is to create the space for people to explore and identify some areas within themselves that they want to change and take the risk.

People enter therapy for a variety of reasons - sometimes when in crisis and other times because a person wants to understand something about him or herself better. Psychotherapy with me is a collaborative working process, between you and I. We will explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviors and try and identify together what is getting in the way of more fulfilling relationships, what is causing anxiety, what is leading to the degree of depression you are facing, what is making this transition in your life so painful or difficult. We will use research based techniques to shift your thoughts, feelings and behaviors and will work within our relationship to help you.

Effective therapy requires all of the obvious things: an open mind, hard work, and a gradually developing relationship with a trusted therapist. But with these ingredients in place, therapy can be a transformative experience like no other: one that yields a rich capacity for self-understanding, acceptance, and the ability to connect more fearlessly with the people that you love.

Dr. Picucci draws on 30 years experience in a wide variety of healing/treatment practices, including psychology, psychotherapy, alcoholism/addictions recovery & harm reduction, trauma healing, sexual healing, grief counseling, somatic experiencing & other complementary paradigms. His whole person approach and unique style have established Dr. Picucci as a preferred provider by many prestigious mental health and addiction treatment centers. Dr. Picucci’s research and experience have been internationally recognized and experience have been internationally recognized, his work has been published in numerous media, and colleagues recognize him as a pioneer in intuitive healing.

Psychotherapy is a process that you engage in with the assistance of Christopher. He will help you explore what is going on as well as areas that relate to it. As you do so, you will address different issues and/or patterns and explore alternatives to them. Doing so, allows you to address a variety of things (relationship issues, dealing with stress, depression, lifestyle issues (including life stages), rasing children, family dynamics, control and autonomy issues, work (or lack thereof), grief and other losses, anger control, self-image, self-esteem, addictions and others) and end up at a place where you can experience wholeness and peace. Christopher welcomes you to this journey.

Mindfulness is the key to opening up space to looking at and changing our most sacred guiding principles which repeatedly limit our options or otherwise have us colliding with realities that defy our learned expectations. Our fears of cleaning house of strategies that fail us are two fold: 1) We are afraid of betraying the internalized images of our caregivers, and 2) We are unsure of ourselves to replace the old with the new. A secure attachment to myself neutralizes these fears. Through modeling and attuned compassionate, accepting, and nurturing responses I will teach you how to re-parent yourself and mourn the losses of mistakes made by your caregivers.

My practice is based on an Integrative approach to psychotherapy and health and lifestyle. Expanded creativity and general ability for one to make positive changes is the goal. Neuro scientific research has shown that psychoanalysis evokes lasting change. Psychoanalysis makes use of metaphor, dreams, art, writing, and poetry for individual expression.

Do you ever feel like you could use some help uncovering your potential? Or that you are capable of leading a happy and fulfilling life, but that you need help getting there? By working closely with you and your specific needs & circumstances, I can help you improve your connection to yourself and to develop relationships with others that feel satisfying and alive.

My approaches to psychotherapy are psychodynamic and EMDR. In psychodynamic psychotherapy, we look at what your early experience can teach you about your personality, relationship patterns and current stressful situations. We also use our relationship as a source of information and support. By applying the self-awareness you gain in our work together you gain greater self-confidence, improved relationships and careers and richer, more satisfying lives. With EMDR you tap directly into the brain's natural capacity to process trauma and release toxic mental states. The result is calmer states of mind, greater self-confidence and better self-efficacy.