Individual Therapy

“Because survival is an effort, because it includes being pushed to the limits and having to “keep on keeping on,” healing should be as easy as possible.  Giving up is not healing.  Neither is self-judgment.  But making a choice to go slowly and easily, to never force anything, to challenge yourself without pressure or judgment, are important principles in healing work.”  Janina Fisher

In individual therapy, I initially focus on what brings you to therapy, as well as the goals and dreams that you have.

Our behavior patterns are our “creative adjustments” to life circumstances that we were not able to resolve with the resources we had at the time. I hope to create a safe place where we can bring curiosity and explore all the different parts of your experience and how they influence your life today. I strive to make our work collaborative and supportive and a conduit to you having increased access to your life force, authenticity, creativity and resilience.

Individual therapy can be helpful whether you are faced with a current challenge, like a life transition or loss, or are wanting to work on issues that have been problematic for a while, like depression, or anxiety, or childhood trauma.

I use a combination of mind and body therapies. These approaches address the whole person and can lead to deep and lasting healing. Our body sensations can offer important information and healing that our cognitive experiences are not able to.

I bring in other techniques, including cognitive behavioral techniques, emotional freedom techniques, movement, expressive therapies, mindfulness, journaling, self-compassion, neurobiological understanding of behavior, and practical suggestions, as needed and as welcomed by clients.

Whether we’re dealing with depression or anxiety or relationship challenges, we can often feel stuck. I find that constraints inspire innovation. I help people find their strengths and creativity to move toward what feels right to them to find success and enjoyment in life, as defined by each individual.

You might benefit from working with me in individual therapy if you are dealing with:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Trauma
• Stress
• Anger
• Loss of a sense of the future, hopelessness
• Big emotional reactions to things (anger, fear, shame, dread)
• Self-critical ruminations
• Irritability
• Perfectionism
• Shame and feeling worthless
• Relationship challenges
• Chronic unhappiness
• Self-loathing or feeling defective
• Loss or grief
• Feeling stuck
• Difficulty in making decisions, in general
• Work/life balance
• Work difficulties
• Family conflict
• and other struggles.

Life can be hard, but it can also be satisfying.  Individual therapy can help.

If this resonates with you, please contact me and let’s see if I’m the right person to help you create change in your life.  I can be reached by phone at 301-279-7779 or by email at BethLCounseling@aol.com or by using the form below.