WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THERAPY
Most people who come to therapy are facing a problem with their partner, or their family, or their job.
Sometimes this is a problem that has come up before. Other times it is a new problem – one that they were unprepared for.
Therapy is about taking the time to figure things out and plan a course of action – either a change in the way we look at things and/or a change in how we behave towards others. Sometimes patients have no idea what they should do differently, while other patients know what they should do but are having trouble doing it.
I am an active psychotherapist. I don’t just sit back and listen. When I feel like I know you well enough and understand your problem, I’ll tell you what I think.
NEGATIVE FEELINGS THAT BRING PEOPLE TO THERAPY
Anxiety is a very common presenting symptom in patients who come to therapy. When the anxiety is intense, it is often the main reason they decided to book the appointment in the first place.
It used to be that one form of anxiety called panic attacks was very hard to treat effectively, and led people to hide from the world. This is no longer true. Because of the advances made in common psychiatric medications (most frequently prescribed by Primary Care Physicians), panic disorder is one of the symptom complexes that is most effectively treated, leaving the patient able to take a look at their life problems, and address them rather than avoid them.
What is true for anxiety is also true for many forms of depression. Therapy, and in some cases medication, can help people understand the chapters that have made up their life, and begin writing a new one.
Most people who come to therapy are facing a problem with their partner, or their family, or their job.
Sometimes this is a problem that has come up before. Other times it is a new problem – one that they were unprepared for.
Therapy is about taking the time to figure things out and plan a course of action – either a change in the way we look at things and/or a change in how we behave towards others. Sometimes patients have no idea what they should do differently, while other patients know what they should do but are having trouble doing it.
I am an active psychotherapist. I don’t just sit back and listen. When I feel like I know you well enough and understand your problem, I’ll tell you what I think.
NEGATIVE FEELINGS THAT BRING PEOPLE TO THERAPY
Anxiety is a very common presenting symptom in patients who come to therapy. When the anxiety is intense, it is often the main reason they decided to book the appointment in the first place.
It used to be that one form of anxiety called panic attacks was very hard to treat effectively, and led people to hide from the world. This is no longer true. Because of the advances made in common psychiatric medications (most frequently prescribed by Primary Care Physicians), panic disorder is one of the symptom complexes that is most effectively treated, leaving the patient able to take a look at their life problems, and address them rather than avoid them.
What is true for anxiety is also true for many forms of depression. Therapy, and in some cases medication, can help people understand the chapters that have made up their life, and begin writing a new one.