Every human being is a unique individual person. Psychotherapeutic success depends ultimately not on theory, and not on a stereotyped technique, but on the individual therapist's ability to understand intuitively and accurately this particular patient. A deeper knowledge of yourself changes who you are.
With compassion and keen understanding, Richard Bloom has created a safe environment for individuals to deal with depression, anxiety, grief, anger, and recovery from addictions and for couples to deal with conflict and change.He is aware of the profound injuries of childhood abuse and neglect and helps people to reclaim their wholeness, the unique selves that they were forced to mask or abandon in order to survive in the difficult emotional environments of their families.
He began working over 45 years ago as a drug and alcohol counselor, earned his master's degree in 1982 with a thesis on relationship counseling, has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1984, has taught at Sonoma State University and California State University, Hayward, and is an associate of the Men's Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy.
With compassion and keen understanding, Richard Bloom has created a safe environment for individuals to deal with depression, anxiety, grief, anger, and recovery from addictions and for couples to deal with conflict and change.He is aware of the profound injuries of childhood abuse and neglect and helps people to reclaim their wholeness, the unique selves that they were forced to mask or abandon in order to survive in the difficult emotional environments of their families.
He began working over 45 years ago as a drug and alcohol counselor, earned his master's degree in 1982 with a thesis on relationship counseling, has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1984, has taught at Sonoma State University and California State University, Hayward, and is an associate of the Men's Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy.
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While formal credentials and an educational history may help in an initial screening for a therapist, they are probably not very useful in choosing one that is right for you.
Immediate issues undoubtedly bring you to consider therapy at this time: a fight with your spouse or a breakup with a lover, the death of someone who is close to you, problems dealing with a boss or a co-worker, eating or spending or drinking or drug use that has gotten out of hand, a feeling of constant anxiety, being endlessly down in the dumps, a child who is in trouble, a son or daughter who is having trouble leaving home, an aging parent, an approaching wedding, an impending divorce.
Immediate issues undoubtedly bring you to consider therapy at this time: a fight with your spouse or a breakup with a lover, the death of someone who is close to you, problems dealing with a boss or a co-worker, eating or spending or drinking or drug use that has gotten out of hand, a feeling of constant anxiety, being endlessly down in the dumps, a child who is in trouble, a son or daughter who is having trouble leaving home, an aging parent, an approaching wedding, an impending divorce.
There are days when the act of getting out of bed in the morning may seem heroic, like overcoming the weight of sandbags heaped over your body.
It hardly seems worth the effort.
And yet lying there in bed is not peaceful.
Random thoughts stir anxieties.
It's hard to take a deep breath.
Your chest feels frozen and there is a perpetual knot in your stomach.
You drag yourself through the day.
Life seems an arm's length away and you view it through a cloudy lens.
You feel half dead but at times fear that you might explode.
It hardly seems worth the effort.
And yet lying there in bed is not peaceful.
Random thoughts stir anxieties.
It's hard to take a deep breath.
Your chest feels frozen and there is a perpetual knot in your stomach.
You drag yourself through the day.
Life seems an arm's length away and you view it through a cloudy lens.
You feel half dead but at times fear that you might explode.
Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.
Larry and Monica are embarrassed about their last argument.
It began over what kind of container to use for the leftover dinner.
Before either of them realized it, he was storming out the front door and she was sobbing uncontrollably as she stuffed clothes into a suitcase.
Neither of them could remember how the fight had escalated so quickly.
While they had no doubt that they loved each other, they were seriously questioning their ability to live together.
Larry and Monica are embarrassed about their last argument.
It began over what kind of container to use for the leftover dinner.
Before either of them realized it, he was storming out the front door and she was sobbing uncontrollably as she stuffed clothes into a suitcase.
Neither of them could remember how the fight had escalated so quickly.
While they had no doubt that they loved each other, they were seriously questioning their ability to live together.
What is this thing called Love?
The Italians call it "the thunderbolt, " the romantic obsession that begins with the first glance.
Our phrase "love at first sight" does not do it justice.
The body quakes, one moment powerful, the next dissolving into exquisite weakness.
It is on the far end of the spectrum of what we celebrate as love in our books, on the movie screen, on television, and often in our fantasies.
This man or woman is our other half, the missing piece in our life and in our psyche.
The Italians call it "the thunderbolt, " the romantic obsession that begins with the first glance.
Our phrase "love at first sight" does not do it justice.
The body quakes, one moment powerful, the next dissolving into exquisite weakness.
It is on the far end of the spectrum of what we celebrate as love in our books, on the movie screen, on television, and often in our fantasies.
This man or woman is our other half, the missing piece in our life and in our psyche.
John Gray told us that "Men are from Mars and women are from Venus" and enough people related to what he had to say to make the book a best seller.
He drew a picture of men as insensitive, sexually driven, narrowly focused, result-driven oafs who may be well intentioned but tend to be antisocial and clueless.
When men consider going into psychotherapy or are encouraged by their wives, sweethearts, friends or other family members, they are often certain that the therapist is sitting there with his or her notepad, an accusing look, and the intention of whipping him into shape for the women in his life.
He drew a picture of men as insensitive, sexually driven, narrowly focused, result-driven oafs who may be well intentioned but tend to be antisocial and clueless.
When men consider going into psychotherapy or are encouraged by their wives, sweethearts, friends or other family members, they are often certain that the therapist is sitting there with his or her notepad, an accusing look, and the intention of whipping him into shape for the women in his life.
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