Choosing a therapist is a very personal decision. To me, therapy becomes a place where two people come together to embark on a journey of personal discovery and growth. I believe healing and transformation occur in the context of a shared therapeutic experience - of a "you and me" - through your experiences and my expertise, we will chart new pathways to fulfilled living and relating.
From finding relief and feeling better to gaining insight and developing oneself, you will not be alone. Too often, we find ourselves getting from one day to the next by going through the motions, having to leave behind aspects of ourselves and our experiences that life doesn't seem to have time for in its busy schedule. As your therapist, our therapeutic relationship embraces all aspects of what we might find, value, and cultivate along the journey to better living.
As a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of Pouliot Psychological Services PLLC, I specialize in working sensitively and empathically with adults of all ages struggling with a variety of concerns, ranging from those seeking general insight and self-discovery to those suffering from chronic and/or debilitating difficulties.
From finding relief and feeling better to gaining insight and developing oneself, you will not be alone. Too often, we find ourselves getting from one day to the next by going through the motions, having to leave behind aspects of ourselves and our experiences that life doesn't seem to have time for in its busy schedule. As your therapist, our therapeutic relationship embraces all aspects of what we might find, value, and cultivate along the journey to better living.
As a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of Pouliot Psychological Services PLLC, I specialize in working sensitively and empathically with adults of all ages struggling with a variety of concerns, ranging from those seeking general insight and self-discovery to those suffering from chronic and/or debilitating difficulties.
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The overarching goal of any good therapy should be to produce lasting results in some form and degree of personal change and growth.
In other words, effective therapy should provide a return on investment that lasts and extends across your lifespan.
Obviously, achieving lasting change and growth takes time and effort, as therapy is a complex process just as human development is a process.
While therapeutic results vary between persons and therapists (sometimes dramatically), it is important to consider that paying for therapy is a way to value yourself by investing in your health as well as your future.
In other words, effective therapy should provide a return on investment that lasts and extends across your lifespan.
Obviously, achieving lasting change and growth takes time and effort, as therapy is a complex process just as human development is a process.
While therapeutic results vary between persons and therapists (sometimes dramatically), it is important to consider that paying for therapy is a way to value yourself by investing in your health as well as your future.
Given the nature of trauma itself, it is extremely important for those seeking services to be able to choose their treatment option and therapeutic match wisely.
Presently, there are many different modalities or methods associated with the treatment of trauma or PTSD (some more indicated or helpful than others): psychodynamic therapy, relational psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive processing therapy, cognitive therapy, prolonged exposure therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, brief eclectic psychotherapy, narrative exposure therapy, and so on.
Presently, there are many different modalities or methods associated with the treatment of trauma or PTSD (some more indicated or helpful than others): psychodynamic therapy, relational psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive processing therapy, cognitive therapy, prolonged exposure therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, brief eclectic psychotherapy, narrative exposure therapy, and so on.
The following is written with sexual assault and abuse survivors in mind, but the general concepts listed below have generalizable applicability to other forms of trauma and psychological abuse as well.
At times, I will be making distinctions between the mind and the body for the purposes of providing a cogent explanation of the nature of trauma and the human experience.
Most, if not all, researchers agree that the mind and body are not separate or split as was once surmised; the entire system works together as a whole.
At times, I will be making distinctions between the mind and the body for the purposes of providing a cogent explanation of the nature of trauma and the human experience.
Most, if not all, researchers agree that the mind and body are not separate or split as was once surmised; the entire system works together as a whole.
As I begin describing some aspects and effects of ongoing psychological abuse, I will be using general terms when speaking about abusive dynamics (i.e., the abuser and the abused).
This is not meant to split individuals into dichotomized categories or good/bad parts; we are all complex, multifaceted individuals with our own history and story.
Rather, this writing is an attempt to describe the reality of abusive dynamics from the perspective of the abused.
So often these dynamics remain unspeakable or unspoken, and therefore, unacknowledged and unheard.
This is not meant to split individuals into dichotomized categories or good/bad parts; we are all complex, multifaceted individuals with our own history and story.
Rather, this writing is an attempt to describe the reality of abusive dynamics from the perspective of the abused.
So often these dynamics remain unspeakable or unspoken, and therefore, unacknowledged and unheard.
It is customary to define or describe trauma or tragedy by what has been made visible and evident: the aftermath of natural disaster, bruises of domestic violence, and injuries of war.
In my professional experience and practice, it also imperative that trauma and suffering be understood and formulated in terms of what is not seen: the invisible.
Internal pain is familiar to us all: a cutting remark, a dismissive glance, a devastating loss, and the like.
Some forms of internal pain are known to us consciously or cognitively (e.g., pain from the death of a loved one), that is, it makes sense to us that we suffer and deeply hurt in such a context.
In my professional experience and practice, it also imperative that trauma and suffering be understood and formulated in terms of what is not seen: the invisible.
Internal pain is familiar to us all: a cutting remark, a dismissive glance, a devastating loss, and the like.
Some forms of internal pain are known to us consciously or cognitively (e.g., pain from the death of a loved one), that is, it makes sense to us that we suffer and deeply hurt in such a context.
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