FAQs

Generally psychotherapy is recommended whenever a person is grappling with a life, relationship or work issue or a specific mental health concern, and these issues or concerns are causing the individual a great deal of pain or upset for longer than a few days. There are exceptions to this general rule, but for the most part, there is no harm to go into therapy even if you're not entirely certain you would benefit from it. Millions of people visit a psychotherapist every year, and most research shows that people who do so benefit from the interaction. Most therapists will also be honest with you if they believe you won't benefit or in their opinion, don't need psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy is most successful when the individual enters therapy on his/her own and has a strong desire to change. If you don't want to change, change will be slow in coming. Change means altering those aspects of your life that aren't working for you any longer, or are contributing to your problems or ongoing issues. It is also best to keep an open mind while in psychotherapy, and be willing to try out new things that ordinarily you may not do. Psychotherapy is often about challenging one's existing set of beliefs and often, one's very self. It is most successful when a person is able and willing to try to do this in a safe and supportive environment.

People with a wide range of problems — from depression to marital strife to simple phobias like the fear of flying — can reap the benefits of psychotherapy. The common reasons you might seek therapy are listed below.

Significant or Chronic Emotional Distress

Most people seek therapy — or any professional treatment, for that matter — to relieve pain or distress. Experiencing emotional pain is part of being human. But sometimes this distress is severe or long-standing and it could impair your daily life. Therapy might be appropriate for you if you feel emotional distress — sadness, anxiety, grief — that is persistent and troubling.

Relationship Problems

Often, emotional distress comes from difficulty in relationships. Troubled relationships may involve a spouse, parent, child, coworker or significant other. Therapy can help you understand the root of the problem and provide you with the tools you need to correct it.

Skills Acquisition

Some emotional distress or relationship problems are associated with the lack of a particular skill. Such problems can include excessive shyness, poor communication, lack of assertiveness or poor anger control. Many types of psychotherapy enable people to acquire or improve these skills. In these cases, the treatment focuses on teaching people to be able to do what they need to do to feel better.

Sexual Problems

Sexual dissatisfaction and dysfunction are common problems that can be embarrassing to talk about. Over the last several decades, therapists have made substantial progress in helping people obtain the most enjoyment out of their sexual functioning.

Recent Loss

Powerful attachments to others are uniquely human experiences. Enduring breaks in these attachments — through death or separation — can result in great emotional pain. Psychotherapy can help you cope with the loss.

Victim of Trauma or Abuse

Being the victim of physical or sexual abuse, or another form of violence, such as being in an automobile accident, can overwhelm your capacity to cope and leave scars that impair your ability to live a normal life. Psychotherapy can provide a confidential arena to discuss these issues with a caring, supportive person. By focusing on healing the wound caused by the trauma, psychotherapy can help you move forward with your life.

A Clinical Disorder or Condition

Persons with certain disorders or conditions can benefit from regimens that include psychotherapy and other forms of treatment, such as medication. For example, research shows that individuals with conditions such as major depression or bipolar disorder benefit from a combination of psychotherapy and medication. One type of treatment without the other might produce inadequate results.

Personal Growth

Though you might not have clinical conditions or symptoms, psychotherapy can help you learn more about yourself and others and teach you how to control your life more.

Psychotherapy is a process focused on helping you heal and learn more constructive ways to deal with the problems or issues within your life. It can also be a supportive process when going through a difficult period or under increased stress, such as starting a new career or going through a divorce.

While most psychotherapy hinges on communication between the therapist and the individual, it is much more than talking about your problems. While family or friends can help you feel better or even provide good advice for change, this is not psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy is a professional relationship between a therapist and a client that is based on therapeutic principles, structure and technique. It differs from other relationships in several ways.

Hypnosis is a treatment intervention comprised of inducing a client into a relaxed, suggestible state then offering post-hypnotic suggestions for relief from symptoms.

Hypnotherapy is a process of applying healing techniques with a client in the hypnotically altered state of consciousness.

Breath Therapy is a powerful and useful personal development tool for bringing about positive life changes, be it for one’s physical, emotional, mental, and/or spiritual health. Breath Therapy uses a variety of circular and conscious connected breathing techniques, processes, and exercises to bring physical and emotional stress to the surface for release and integration. E-motions are said to be energy in motion that often gets stuck or blocked in the physical body causing somatic and psychological problems. Clearing of blocked energy, negative beliefs and outworn habit patterns unifies and integrates the body, mind, and spirit allowing you to discover and live your full potential.

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Personal Transformation Intensive™ is a series of weekend retreats that focuses on healing trauma, co-dependency, the inner child, addiction, limited self belief, unhealthy relationships, and low self-confidence. In this program you can learn to identify whatever is stopping you from finding the fulfillment that you deserve, no matter what the issue is or how long it has been holding you back. The Personal Transformation Intensive™ propels the participant forward in their healing.