Life is full of ups and downs, gains and losses, most of which we cope with on our own. Every once in awhile, something comes along that knocks us off course and we get stuck. If you are researching this website, you may be wondering if therapy is something that can help you. We get stuck when the demands of current challenges are too much for our usual ways of coping.
Stress comes with change, and change can be stressful when you don't want it, but even when you do. It can come from desired changes that affect you and your relationships-getting married, moving, buying a home, taking a new job, a promotion at work, having children, even retiring. It might result from disconnection from a friend, partner, sibling, parent or child due to conflict, divorce, disease, injury or death.
Stress comes with change, and change can be stressful when you don't want it, but even when you do. It can come from desired changes that affect you and your relationships-getting married, moving, buying a home, taking a new job, a promotion at work, having children, even retiring. It might result from disconnection from a friend, partner, sibling, parent or child due to conflict, divorce, disease, injury or death.
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The problems that bring people to therapy are almost always a combination of life's hardships and ways of coping that are no longer working. While therapy is no guarantee against misfortune, what it can do is change the way you think about and respond to life's challenges. A key to this process, and to overall mental health is self-acceptance, a deep awareness that while problems and symptoms may hurt you, they don't define you.
When you and your partner come to me for couples or marriage counseling, we will explore the stressors that impinge on your relationship. These are almost always a combination of challenges outside and inside your marriage. Something changes and your relationship becomes unbalanced, altering the way you and your partner interact.
Although people come to group therapy with a variety of different symptoms (like depression, anxiety, stress, relationship problems), they have in common a desire to be closer to important people in their lives. In my role as your psychologist, I may recommend group therapy in addition to individual or couples counseling.
Sometimes when people find out I'm a psychologist, they ask, "How can you stand to listen to people's problems all day?" If that was all there was to it, I wouldn't. However, as you tell me your story, I am learning what I need to know to help you get unstuck. What forces shape your beliefs about yourself?
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