A place for space and Time Curiosity and Caring
Compassionate psychotherapy for personal growth. Individual and couples psychotherapy offered online to anywhere in PA.
special Areas of focus
Self-Esteem
Notice there isn't any language about raising or boosting self-esteem here. I think the reality is that those approaches of "boosting" can set you up for the next low. The goal is to come back into balance with your sense of self. We can work together in a more moderate and even approach to your self concept.
Burn out & Stress Management
Therapy can help you to reconnect with your values and motivation. This is an internal process of adjustment not a striving for constant improvement that can leave you feeling depleted. Burnout often happens without our awareness and can come as a sudden and unwanted surprise. We can work to return to the sense of reward and meaning.
Life Transitions
Making room for acceptance of larger life changes takes some time and focus. Therapy can be a place to work through transitional periods of life whether it be a move, a career change, a change in physical wellness or capability.
Issues of Identity Formation
For people who have had particularly rigid systems of definition in their family of origin it can take some time to make room for their own identity... whether it differs based on world view, religion, politics, sexuality or gender identity therapy can be a place to explore what is truly one's own way of identifying one's self.
Grieving Different Kinds of Loss
Grief is an emotional response to all types of loss. Even though most of us have heard it described as stages the reality is far less linear than we would like it to be. It can also be made more challenging in a world that does not hold to rituals or recognize the long duration and depth of the grief experience. Therapy can be a place to make time to work with grief that other parts of your life might not feel like they allow.
Recovery from Traumatic Events
Let your process of recovery unfold at the rate that your body dictates while meeting yourself with compassion.