Individual Therapy
There are many reasons to seek out individual therapy and they are all valid. Maybe you feel stuck, distressingly worried, or have experienced a loss that brings forward grief. Maybe you are having trouble feeling connected to your life and others. Maybe you are looking for an open space where you can explore and understand yourself better which may affect the patterns of your life moving into the future. The prime purpose of therapy, in my opinion, is to bring us closer to ourselves and in doing so bring more of ourselves more freely into the world while supporting our connections to it. To that end, the therapy I provide is meant to examine the meaning we make of our experiences and how we relate to our past, present, and future. Together we can work to center what is important to you and work towards outcomes that bring you closer to being in the world rather than just coping with it.
The kind of therapy I practice is called psychodynamic talk therapy. This involves seeing how past relationships and events form templates for the ways in which we move through and process the present. It also involves forming words around our thoughts and feelings, seeing how they interact with how we are in the world, building up new resources and avenues to find resolution to our issues. I also incorporate interventions from other modalities such as, Mentalization-Based Therapy, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to personalize treatments to your individual needs. While learning healthy coping strategies and reducing symptoms is important, understanding what those symptoms tell us about our lives and how we relate to it is equally important.
I have significant experience working with: depression, anxiety, trauma related issues, conflicts in identity formation, interpersonal conflict, existential issues, multi-cultural issues, addiction, as well as internet/video game usage.
I also welcome those undergoing spiritual issues or crisis. This might take the form of leaving or entering a spiritual tradition. It might also take the form of experiences that are difficult to ground and integrate back into your day-to-day life. Here we navigate a tight balance between exploring the depth and profundity of our experience while finding the strength to come back to the our life to find the same richness in what once seemed mundane.
Treatment Orientations:
Simone Weil