How Do I Know If Counseling is What I Need?
People seek counseling for many different reasons. Have you
tried self-help books or getting advice from friends or relatives and haven’t
been able to resolve the issues that trouble you? Do you feel confused and not
sure what you are feeling? Or do you identify feelings but you are not sure
what to do with them? Do you find yourself behaving in counter-productive ways,
ways that hurt yourself or others around you?
Maybe it’s time to seek therapy.
Friends and family can often be helpful, but sometimes
people want and need an outside observer with experience, training and
knowledge. Talking things out with a professional can be of great value,
helping you with strategies to understand what you need to do to make the
changes you desire.
The fact that you are at my website indicates you have had
the courage to look for information that can help you. Beginning therapy is
exciting but also can stir up some ambivalent feelings. This is natural. We
will start where you are and work at a pace that’s most productive for you. In
my experience, a collaborative relationship is the most fruitful. Together we
can identify the areas of your life you feel are not working as well as you’d
like as well as build on your strengths. My interactive approach is
encouraging, but without pressure, compassionate and solution focused.
You can find individual therapy
very helpful if you face these following issues:
You
feel depressed
Anxious
or stressed
Difficult
to be optimistic
Experience
low self-esteem
Find
relationships difficult to establish or sustain
Struggle
with the stress of a career in the arts