What Therapy Can Do

I have seen lives transformed when a person who is closed-off from their emotions is able to become aware of and experience their emotions; enabling them (sometimes for the first time) to know other facets of themselves, becoming more dimensional.   This added self-knowledge leads to better life choices and a greater degree of comfort with themselves.

I have seen chronically depressed people with the help of cognitive therapy "break-out" of a pattern of despair and hopelessness: Seeing themselves and the world in a different perspective and finding their place in it.

I have seen couples constructively handle conflict through developing better communication skills.

I have seen couples on the verge of divorce who through couples therapy have seen how they have unwittingly used the marriage to reenact old and unresolved hurts.  When the underlying problem is identified and addressed they see the other with clearer vision and are able to experience empathy.

I've seen people whose self-defeating behavior kept them from achieving their aspirations; or from maintaining a caring, healthful relationship.  Once they were able to see certain patterns to their behavior, they were able to change them and finally make progress towards their goals.

I've seen people who have been held back in their careers or socially because of "shyness" or uneasiness with others.  Once the inhibition is understood and worked through, careers move forward and social interaction is enjoyable.
 

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