Living a life steeped in routine, shaped by internal forces you might not understand, and external forces such as the expectations of others or society. You're going through the motions, rather than living an engaged life with freedom, intention, and meaning. Whether you're content with most areas of your life, are struggling in one, or are sensing the need for self-exploration and don't know where to begin.
Our work together will afford you all the benefits of depth psychotherapy, without spending ten years of your life and a small fortune. By engaging the most salient components of psychotherapy, in an individually tailored manner, far more than symptoms are addressed to help you create lasting, substantive changes; actualize your fullest potential; and experience life with a greater sense of awe and fulfillment.
If you're feeling driven toward a more examined life, the benefits of depth psychotherapy cannot be overstated.
Our work together will afford you all the benefits of depth psychotherapy, without spending ten years of your life and a small fortune. By engaging the most salient components of psychotherapy, in an individually tailored manner, far more than symptoms are addressed to help you create lasting, substantive changes; actualize your fullest potential; and experience life with a greater sense of awe and fulfillment.
If you're feeling driven toward a more examined life, the benefits of depth psychotherapy cannot be overstated.
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The therapeutic relationship is incredibly unique and particularly intimate.
It's one of the strongest predictors of positive outcomes in therapy and should not be entered lightly.
If, after speaking, we decide to work together, each of us will commit a considerable amount of time and energy toward a careful exploration of your life - and the realization of your goals.
Engaging in good therapy is strenuous.
It can be as painful, emotional, and draining as it is inspiring, cathartic, and transformative.
It's one of the strongest predictors of positive outcomes in therapy and should not be entered lightly.
If, after speaking, we decide to work together, each of us will commit a considerable amount of time and energy toward a careful exploration of your life - and the realization of your goals.
Engaging in good therapy is strenuous.
It can be as painful, emotional, and draining as it is inspiring, cathartic, and transformative.
Do you worry that your life isn't meaningful - that you aren't putting the limited number of years you have to good enough use?
There is, within each of us, a propensity toward growth - toward the realization of both our highest potential and our fullest possible experience of life.
But despite this innate tendency, surprisingly, few ever attain this intentional and vibrant life.
What I've learned about people both from my own life and from listening to so many others talk about theirs, is that quite often - and though we might not realize it - we're just trying to keep our heads above water, we're merely surviving.
There is, within each of us, a propensity toward growth - toward the realization of both our highest potential and our fullest possible experience of life.
But despite this innate tendency, surprisingly, few ever attain this intentional and vibrant life.
What I've learned about people both from my own life and from listening to so many others talk about theirs, is that quite often - and though we might not realize it - we're just trying to keep our heads above water, we're merely surviving.
This extensively researched, highly effective treatment helps people heal from the impact of traumatic or disturbing life experiences.
In the same way that your body can heal itself when you're cut (barring the size of the cut and any interruption in the healing process, which might then require intervention), your brain has an innate and adaptive way of processing and storing your experiences into memories.
Under normal circumstances, this processing system takes the experiences you've had that day and transfers them to the hippocampus - the portion of your brain where long-term memory is stored.
In the same way that your body can heal itself when you're cut (barring the size of the cut and any interruption in the healing process, which might then require intervention), your brain has an innate and adaptive way of processing and storing your experiences into memories.
Under normal circumstances, this processing system takes the experiences you've had that day and transfers them to the hippocampus - the portion of your brain where long-term memory is stored.
You may be surprised by how much of human behavior is driven or caused by factors that are outside of our awareness.
Even behaviors we're certain we consciously choose are dripping with evidence that suggests otherwise - or that, at least in part, unconscious factors played a role.
How much of your behavior - to include your thoughts, emotions, choices, and reactions - do you imagine is rooted in factors of which you aren't aware?
Cultivating self-awareness and insight can help you identify and understand the reasons behind the way you live - the choices you make, the behaviors you enact, and the ways you feel.
Even behaviors we're certain we consciously choose are dripping with evidence that suggests otherwise - or that, at least in part, unconscious factors played a role.
How much of your behavior - to include your thoughts, emotions, choices, and reactions - do you imagine is rooted in factors of which you aren't aware?
Cultivating self-awareness and insight can help you identify and understand the reasons behind the way you live - the choices you make, the behaviors you enact, and the ways you feel.
Maintaining optimum mental wellness is a critical component of peak occupational performance.
Always prepared for danger, calm under stress, and in control of chaotic environments.
You're able to confront a dangerous situation one moment - and comfort a traumatized child the next.
This very specialized set of skills leads you to excel and to be able to assist others in situations and environments where most of the rest of us would be rendered helpless.
However, despite these skills and the exciting parts of your career, over time, this work can take a toll, as can any particular experience.
Always prepared for danger, calm under stress, and in control of chaotic environments.
You're able to confront a dangerous situation one moment - and comfort a traumatized child the next.
This very specialized set of skills leads you to excel and to be able to assist others in situations and environments where most of the rest of us would be rendered helpless.
However, despite these skills and the exciting parts of your career, over time, this work can take a toll, as can any particular experience.
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