Services
Individual Psychotherapy
There are broadly two ways psychotherapy can serve adult individuals.
For those who are facing acute distress or suffering from impairing symptoms , psychotherapy can help develop or recover a sense of stability in oneself and in the world. The main intention is to support one’s general functioning, wellbeing, and safety. This is typically necessary for some time if severe depression, anxiety, PTSD, paranoia, or stress are present. This kind of therapy has the qualities of grounding and holding, and may be thought of as a “bottom-up” process.
For those who have achieved or recovered a decently stable and secure foundation of oneself in the world, psychotherapy can be used to explore the deeper layers of mind. This can address deep, long-standing inner conflict, neuroses, existential concerns, and personality or relationship issues. It can also expand one’s potential, creativity and aliveness. This sort of therapy has more of an unearthing or uncovering quality to it, and can be imagined as a “top-down” process.
Most courses of psychotherapy will incorporate elements or periods of both of these, moving from one form to the other fluidly. Both modes are designed to cultivate a more curious, compassionate, and loving relationship with oneself, and increase one’s capabilities to think, feel, be, play, and do.
Relationship Therapy
Romantic partnership creates a tension between our paradoxical needs for individual freedom and union. Balancing healthy dependence with autonomy can be challenging when romantic partnership activates our strongest attachment anxieties.
We are not drawn to our partners by accident. We often end up in relationships with people who invite us to confront what we most need to heal, develop, or discover within ourselves. Relationships have a special way of constantly pushing us to our edge and forcing us to negotiate what we can and cannot accept in the other and in ourselves. Relationships can either be a stagnating or an evolutionary force in our lives.
Couples therapy can deepen partners' awareness of the underlying dynamics of their bond, as well as help resolve persistent conflict and resentment, improve intimacy and communication, and learn to navigate important decisions and transitions together as a unit. Couples therapy can be useful for re-igniting love, passion, and commitment between partners, and it can also be useful for finding clarity and acceptance to end a partnership with mutual respect and gratitude.
Psychotherapy for Teens and Children
Childhood and adolescence present unique challenges. Young people are engaged in an intense and profound process of personal discovery. They are navigating the task of trying to decide who they are and how to express themselves authentically, all while managing intense emotions and a growing awareness of an increasingly complex, stimulating, and confusing world. Therapy can provide a safe space for young minds to contain and make sense of their inner experience, and develop the resilience needed to move through life.