HOW CAN PSYCHOTHERAPY HELP?
I am a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist with over 17 years of clinical experience.
I see individuals and couples. Working with me you can expect an experienced, thoughtful, caring, and supportive space where together we can work through and make sense of the issues you are currently confronting.
It’s almost certain that we, in the course of our lives, will come face to face with hardships that are difficult to manage alone. During these stressful times painful and unresolved feelings from the past often emerge, and coping strategies that once seemed to work no longer do. You might be doing the best you can- but carrying these feelings alone can be painful and exhausting, taking a toll on your relationships and making it difficult to be present in your own life. You might be unaccountably sad, alienated, frustrated or angry, sometimes not even sure what you’re feeling. Maybe you’re numb or out of control. In such times well-meaning friends or family may not be enough. And believing that no one can understand or that your feelings are a burden to others can make you want to isolate, leaving you alone with these difficult feelings and thoughts. For a variety of reasons some of us have never had the opportunity to be really heard and deeply understood.
Alternately, you may not be in crisis but might want to take some time in order to reflect, to explore your dreams, to navigate a change in life direction, to come to some acceptance, to work through loss, to better a relationship.
If any of this speaks to you, I’d like to work together to help us better recognize and understand the feelings that are coming up for you. As we explore and come to know more about the emotional roots of your struggles, they may begin to feel different. In becoming aware of the stuck places and making sense of them together, new choices and possibilities can emerge. And as you begin to feel more deeply understood and come to a renewed understanding of yourself, you’ll be better able to cope, you will suffer less, and engage more fully in your life-both as an individual and with others.