Are you having a difficult time handling the challenges or struggles in your life?
Are you having a hard time getting out of bed because you don’t have the energy or motivation to face your day?
Are you avoiding certain responsibilities or activities because you’re just too anxious to take them on?
Could you use an expert opinion on what you’re going through, or a non-judgmental ear just to listen?
Do you think you could benefit from individualized attention?
Are you hesitant to talk to others about your problems?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then individual therapy could be the solution you’ve been seeking.
There are a many benefits that can come from individual therapy. Many people benefit from individual therapy as a way for receiving guidance and support, learning certain skills, and discovering new coping strategies for problems like anxiety, depression, stress, or even creative blocks. But you don’t need to have some kind of ‘major disorder’ to find individual therapy useful. In fact, if you’re simply looking for personal growth in any aspect of your life, you can typically find the skills and resources through individual therapy to help with family problems, couples issues, career/workplace issues, and more. But if you’ve been feeling hopeless or lost or desperate, or struggling with a problem in your life that feels unsurmountable, individual therapy could help you improve the quality of your everyday life.
So if any of these sound like you…
- You keep worrying about the same problem over and over and can’t kick intrusive thoughts out of your head
- You don’t have a very clear sense of who you are or what you want or value in life
- You don’t know who you could ever trust with knowing about your secret struggle
- You wish there was somebody, possibly an expert, who could tell you why you feel the way you do
- You’ve thought about getting some therapy, but you don’t want to give up feeling in control
- You are having trouble managing problems in your personal life such as stress, anger, depression
- Other areas of your life (job, relationships) are being negatively impacted by your struggles
- You need somebody to listen to you and your feelings for once
- You tend to be very critical of yourself and could use a boost to your self-esteem and confidence
- You could benefit from a change in your problem-solving perspective
- You don’t like the direction you’re headed in your life and would like to explore making some changes
- You’re interested in therapy, but have mixed feelings about it and not sure how it could fit into your life
…..Then individual therapy could be right for you.
Individual therapy, unlike group or other forms of therapy, is completely individually-focused, which is why everyone can get something different out of it. Individual therapy is a collaborative process. In individual therapy I work with you to help identify the specific problems or issues in your life, to help you determine what your goals for the therapy are, and in consultation with you develop a plan of treatment for achieving your goals. It is a participatory experience in which the more you are involved in the process, the better results you’re bound to see.
If you’re looking for help improving the quality of your everyday life – or for a more tailored therapy experience – you would be a great candidate for individual therapy. Please reach out to me today for consultation/assessment, or to schedule your first appointment.