Psychotherapy is a process that aims to resolve long standing
issues that interfere with our ability to form satisfying relationships,
realize our goals and fully experience the pleasures and joys
Individual psychotherapy is particularly effective with chronically
low self-confidence and self-esteem, blocked creativity, shame
or guilt, depression and anxiety, a feeling of being stuck in
an unhappy place, and a tendency to experience the same problems
repeatedly, particularly in relationships.
People with a history of trauma, and people who are experiencing
a post-traumatic stress reaction as a result of a recent event,
will benefit from trauma psychotherapy,
a specialized sub-field of psychotherapy.
How Psychotherapy Works
Our sense of self, others, the world, and how they relate to
one another is formed early in our childhood, in the specific
context of relationships with our family, and in interaction with
societal and genetic factors.
Psychotherapy is based on the idea that long-term, recurring
problems occur when early beliefs clash with current reality.
Therefore identifying those beliefs and contradictions, and the
emotions tied to them, can open the door to life-altering change.
The Goals of Psychotherapy
The goals of psychotherapy, therefore, are to:
- Develop an understanding of the way in which the sense-of-self
was developed, and any factors that may have blocked the development
of one's potential, or led to unsatisfying patterns of relating
to oneself, others or the world
- Deepen self-awareness and understanding
- Discover new ways to perceive and approach challenges
Whatever the specific outcome, two of the most important goals
of individual psychotherapy are to remove blocks to one's potential,
and to acquire tools to be able to deal confidently with future
My specific approach to psychotherapy is based on Psychodynamic
Theory, specifically on Self-Psychology,
and blends in knowledge from the fields of Attachment
Therapy , Cognitive-Behavioral
Therapy and Feminist
What to Expect from Psychotherapy
Read about the process