counseling / psychotherapy

In much of contemporary mental health treatment, symptoms are treated like things to be managed and coped with.

 

What if we listened to them instead?

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Perhaps you find yourself repeating the same painful patterns in relationships, struggling with anxiety that seems to come from nowhere, or feeling dissatisfied with a life that ought to make you happy. Maybe you've spent years trying to understand why you feel or behave the way you do, only to find that understanding hasn't changed much. Or perhaps you merely sense that something isn't right, even if you can't quite put it into words. Whatever brings you here, you don't need to have it figured out before we begin.

Here, you will speak, and you will set the course. We will turn to your dreams, to moments from your past, to fantasies, to stray memories that return without warning, and to thoughts that seem to arrive from somewhere beyond your intention. You may bungle your words, find yourself on a tangent, or even  hear yourself say something you did not plan to say at all. While you may be used to ignoring these supposed lapses, it is precisely within them that our work begins.

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In practice, our meetings are simple. You'll come in, sit down, and talk about whatever is on your mind. I won't give you assignments, ask you to follow a treatment plan, or decide in advance what we need to discuss. I will listen, ask questions, and occasionally draw your attention to something you've said that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. Some meetings may feel productive, others confusing, and still others may leave you with more questions than you arrived with. Over time, we may begin to hear something different in the problems that brought you here.

If you're tired of worksheets and platitudes, I invite you to follow what stirs beneath your words. Even if it is not the one you imagined, there is a way forward, and it is the one that belongs to you.