What Is Psychotherapy? What is Psychoanalysis?
"All that you touch, you Change.
All that you Change, Changes you.
The only lasting truth is Change."
- Octavia E Butler
Getting connected to what's going on inside of you, and who you are, can create opportunities to live a more authentic life, and become connected to your voice, your choice, and your passion.
This work is not linear. We spend time together getting to deeply know the habits, patterns, and emotions that feel repetitive and limiting that might be scratching the surface of your desire, your pain, and your longing. Sometimes this means you might stumble across things that you thought you'd "dealt with", and uncover more questions each time you dig a little deeper.
Even when things feel impossible, there is always a spark, somewhere.
In addition to weekly psychotherapy, I also offer psychoanalysis. With more frequent contact in psychoanalysis (3-5 times per week), there is room for your unconscious to play. Often this takes the form of dreams and associations, and sometimes it happens that we work on “old stuff” in real time. If you are interested in this kind of deep, open-ended work, I might be able to help you.
You may not know what you want when you first start therapy. Self-discovery is kind of like looking up at the night sky. As your eyes start to slowly adjust, the stars seem to appear brighter and more numerous, and I think this is similar to what happens when you start to know yourself. There is a life waiting to be lived, if only you are willing to take the chance. Perhaps there is more inside of you than you could possibly have imagined.
I can be of best help to you when we meet regularly, at least one or more times per week, so that when we make discoveries together you're not left alone to feel and figure it out by yourself. We'll find a time that works for both of us, and meet until you feel ready to stop.
"[We] contain multitudes."- Walt Whitman
We are complex beings, and therapy can help you find joy and power in your complexity.