Counseling, Depth Psychology, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Dream Work

In psychotherapy, life's stressors lose power. Things that no longer feel manageable when faced alone -relationship issues, work challenges, depression, sorrow, anxiety, fear, worry, loneliness, loss- can all be witnessed, explored, and worked through, freeing you to more fully live the life you desire.

Many things can bring a person into therapy. The focus of the work may include:

• Anxiety, Fearfulness, Worry, Distress
• Depression, Sadness, Sorrow
• Isolation, Loneliness, Emptiness
• Trauma Issues, both recent and past,
• PTSD, Complex Traumatic Responses
• Family of Origin Issues
• Nightmares
• Grief and Loss
• Career Issues
• Individual Counseling for Relationship Issues

Dealing with emotional and psychic pain is a highly personal, private, and sensitive time. While the pain brings you into counseling, your strengths are vital part of the process. I help you access your mental and emotional resources throughout the therapy. Many people discover capacities within themselves they didn't realize they had.

Psychotherapy helps you build a solid working relationship with yourself. Together, as we address the symptoms you bring, the process will help you listen to and respect yourself more fully. You get to put old demons to rest and explore new possibilities.

The Therapy Services I offer include:

Counseling: Counseling and short term therapy are helpful when people need a bit of extra support in listening, attending to, or caring for themselves. It can help to talk to a professional outside your situation. This brief work is often appropriate during the death of a loved one, during major life transitions, during times of increased stress, when following through with major change, and so on.

Psychotherapy: Psychotherapy helps create permanent and lasting change. Through attending to experience, pain is transformed. But this can be too much to do alone. People need a safe place, time to heal, and skilled support.

Therapy in the Jungian and Psychoanalytic traditions make the unconscious dynamics of the psyche accessible. Using this awareness allows you to process past injury, give yourself things missed earlier on, live life more fully in the present, and make deep and lasting change.

The therapy process is a commitment to yourself, focusing on your personal growth and your mental and emotional health. Self reflection, psychological inquiry, and mindful attention are skills one develops during a depth oriented therapy. This type of work can be highly transformative, leading to greater life satisfaction.

Dream Work: Dreams are a vital aspect of many people's relationships to themselves and their lives. Some people want help with nightmares or recurring dreams. Some people are interested in having a place to work with their dreams as a spiritual focus. Perhaps you no longer remember your dreams, and would like to be dreaming again. For many people, the subtle shifts in dreaming throughout the course of therapy can be very affirming of the deep inner changes being made. Whatever your interest, here is a place to bring and explore this part of your life.