Individual Therapy

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Individual therapy is an empowered choice to step out of a pattern that is no longer working and to embrace something new so you can build a life that works for you.

We often don’t have control over outcomes, but we do have choices about how we approach whatever life throws at us. But sometimes we get stuck on autopilot, just trying to get through one day after another. It can be hard to know which direction to go, especially if you are struggling.

Here are some of the reasons people start therapy with me:

  • Feeling anxious and trying to control things

  • Can’t stop having the same thoughts over and over

  • Feeling down, sad, lonely or hopeless

  • Having trouble with relationships (partners, friends, family)

  • Having experienced something disturbing or traumatic

  • Unhappy with work or career, lacking a sense of purpose

  • Trouble holding boundaries and/or caretaking of others instead of yourself

  • Excessive eating, drinking, working, shopping, spending money or having sex

  • Experiencing loss whether of a loved one, a change in a relationship or work, a medical diagnosis, or identity

  • Emotions feeling out of control or being too reactive

  • Avoiding things you need or want to do, such as tasks, taking action, being social, having relationships, changing jobs, keeping your living environment clean

Whatever you’re dealing with, you deserve to live life fully. 

Living life fully means being aware of what you’re experiencing as it’s happening–the joys, the frustrations, the disappointments, the delights–and making choices that are purposeful to you.

It means living in the present, not being caught in regrets about the past or being worried about the future. It means embracing life as an unfolding, imperfect process and making choices that help you connect to a larger sense of purpose and meaning.

That means making choices as consciously as possible. Sometimes that’s harder than it seems. 

We can give too much weight to our harshest inner critic, get caught up in worry about what others think about us or make a decision that causes us to lose trust in ourselves.

Sometimes we aren’t aware of how one part of us, such as an anxious part, might be trying to protect us, but is really just stopping us from being our true selves. 

Sometimes we’re not aware of how much of what we’re thinking or doing is based on what we learned in our past but is no longer what we want or need. 

Whatever you may be struggling with, knowing what really matters to you—your “why”—can make all the difference. 

I see my job as helping you slow down, to make things that feel overwhelming become more manageable. To help you hear and know your real inner voice, access your strengths and capabilities, and identify what you want for yourself. 

Let’s find out what living your life more fully means to you and what you support you need to do that.