Therapeutic Approach
It takes strength and a willingness to share vulnerability in seeking out psychotherapy. Although going it alone is no longer an option, revealing yourself takes courage. I hold the trust you place in me with utmost regard.
There is nothing as awful as emotional anguish and nothing so energizing as getting unstuck — getting free. I have been privileged to be a guide on the journey toward wholeness to some remarkable people since 1988.
I listen to people as individuals. I don't see people only in terms of a diagnostic group of some dysfunction of the day. I think people need feedback from their therapist, but they don't need a therapist who needs to talk about him or herself or push their ideas onto the client. There only needs to be one focus in the therapy — that of the client. I think people need a guide — a knowledgeable, principled one, but primarily someone to listen deeply to their story.
I don’t think medicine and psychotherapy have to be an either — or choice. Some clients I see are on medication — many are not. Emotional growth and relief of pain are my goals. We can decide together how best to get there.
In the process of psychotherapy, getting to relief frequently involves giving voice to your darkest thoughts, your most shameful confessions. An atmosphere of acceptance and total confidentiality is the way I have found to make it safe to reveal oneself. Therapy can be hard work, but quite possibly, it might the most meaningful work you will ever do. |
