Therapy will provide you with a chance to focus on that which is most important to you, and can provide an opportunity to gain a new perspective on yourself.
Individual Counseling In individual counseling, the working relationship may last for only a few sessions or may continue for much longer, depending on your needs. Your sessions will likely start out weekly and can be adjusted based on your goals and needs, with visits becoming less frequent as stressors and symptoms decrease.
You may choose to come in because of a specific issue or incident that you are grappling with, or to explore more lifelong issues. Sometimes an individual comes in because of relationship issues, even though the other person is not interested or willing to come to counseling.
I believe that relationships are the foundation on which we build our lives, whether that relationship is with a parent, partner, child, friend, colleague or neighbor. When our relationships are healthy and fulfilling, the rest of the picture often looks very different.
Couples Counseling Couples come to see me for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they come simply because they believe that they could have a happier, more emotionally intimate relationship. Or they may be at the beginning of the relationship and want to get things off to a good start, with a clear understanding of what they each want from the relationship.
The most common is that they feel they are not communicating well, or that they are having the same argument in different disguises. There may be distance or a sense of emptiness in the relationship or a loss of respect. One person may have decided that they are happier when not with the other.
Quite frequently the "problem" is focused on a particular issue: money, kids, religion, holidays, how much time to spend together or apart. And there are couples who believe that if they were meant to be together, then it should be easier than it is. Often these same couples work really hard on other aspects of their lives -- their kids, their home, their community, their investments. In fact, they work on everything except their relationship.
I will help you find the way back to each other, to hear one another, and to put into practice what you've learned in our sessions together. Entering into couples counseling requires courage and faith that the effort will be worth the outcome.