Psychotherapy

What is psychotherapy?  
It is the treatment of mental, emotional, behavioral and existential (meaning) problems by means of a relationship, an honest, respectful and caring dialogue between a trained therapist and the client.

How do I know if I need psychotherapy? 
If you have negative self-talk or don’t like yourself in any way, if you are confused, lost or stuck in a pattern that you cannot stop then, you are having symptoms related to mental health and psychotherapy can help you.

What is the goal of psychotherapy? 
The goal is to encourage communication of conflicts to get insights about the problems and, heal the symptoms. In addition, to get at the cause of the symptoms the goal of psychotherapy is to increase the client’s awareness so they can know themselves more truthfully, learn to access their inner resources and increase personal power, evolve their communication and interpersonal skills and become productive and perform without stress.

The following is a lists of some of the symptoms psychotherapy can help you with:

• Emotional stress: patterns of worry, self-doubt, fears of many kinds, depression, shame, guilt, panic, phobias, and frustration, anger hopelessness’, helplessness and overwhelm self-deception and low self-steam. 
• Behavioral and performance problems: lack of concentration, low energy, procrastination, obsessive-compulsive disorders including lying and cigarette addiction, adolescent rebellion, midlife crisis, burn out, substance abuse, eating disorders, sexual impotence or loss of sexual pleasure, being the victim or perpetrator of sexual, psychological and physical abuse, confusion, loss of memory.
• Relationships: problems include fear or loss of intimacy, compulsive promiscuity; break down in communication, lack of passion, joy and care.
• Meaning: loss of value, purpose, direction and fulfillment in life.

 


Couples therapy:

The epidemic break up and short longevity of relationships is a sign that couples need better skills to sustain a loving, passionate and successful partnership. Couples therapy focuses on the communication breakdowns and conflict of values in the relationship rather than what goes on inside each partner.

Group Therapy Level 1:

These sessions are for clients new to self-development. The format is for one person at the time to work with the therapist on a previously assigned topic while the rest observe. The goal is to practice some of the skills learned in one on one session: increased awareness and self-observation, clearer communication and listening, empathy and compassion.

Group Therapy level 2:

Level 2 work is designed to master interpersonal skills. The participants are encouraged to interact with each other in a personal and spontaneous way. This form of therapy exposes and overcomes the conditioned patterns experienced and learned in childhood for behavior in-group settings.