Adult Therapy
If talk is cheap, then why isn’t therapy less expensive?
The truth is, yes, talk is cheap. Anyone can say anything, whether you want to hear it or not. If you’re having a problem, everyone and their dog will have a suggestion for you.
The problem is neither Aunt Jane, nor Fido are experts on listening and understanding what causes people pain, nor do they have a clue on how to help people heal. That’s not to say Aunt Jane doesn’t love you, or Fido won’t cuddle and give you kisses. But really, they just don’t know what they are doing.
Therapy is expensive because it is reaches so much deeper than just talking can.
It’s true that in therapy you will talk. But in relation to your talking, I listen. I’m an expert at listening. I listen with my ears, my eyes, and with my heart. Imagine feeling completely heard and understood with compassion and a lack of judgement. In and of itself, being heard can be deeply healing.
But wait, there’s more!
As I listen with compassion, I am expertly assessing how all the factors in your past and your present are contributing to your current problems. And as I am assessing, I am also drawing my years of experience (since 1986) to create recommendations that are totally unique to you and your life.
Why would an adult see a therapist who specializes with youth?
A therapist who is great with adults may be dismal in working with youth and parents, but a therapist who is nimble with youth can always be a wonderful therapist for adults as well. Why? Inside every adult are child and teen parts who have been wounded, and invariably whatever is bothering an adult is at least partially rooted and held in younger parts of the self.
Developing children are learning about themselves and the world. They are learning how to get along with other people, respect themselves and others, be responsible for themselves, to make good decisions.
Adults are still learning those same lessons, in addition to often needing help to heal the wounds of the past.
No matter what your age, I would be happy to help you.