Let's be real for a minute. Therapy is expensive. $135 expensive. While the goal is to make the best use of your time (and money), it takes a good two to three months of work to start to see some effective change. The first month is spent gathering information and gives me a chance to establish context. The second month applies some concepts of change in a more theoretical sense. The third month starts to put some change into play. This means a necessary glance at your budget and pocketbook. Most clients stick around longer than three months. Some become every other week-ers. Some leave and come back. Some I've seen the better part of years- consistent to off and on. You are always welcome to return. In some ways there is no better compliment to a therapist than to have a client come back for help when they need a little tune-up!
It's important to know that therapy doesn't come without cost. It's that, 'you have to give up something to get something'. There's no way to sugarcoat that therapy feels worse before it gets better. You will be uncomfortable. You will have to be vulnerable to a stranger- a well qualified to help stranger, but still a stranger. I will do my best to help you feel comfortable. I've been on the other side of the room too. Don't be surprised. Therapists aren't perfect and sometimes experience is the best educator. You are going to have to give up some of the things you are committed to that aren't working for you. We will work together to put context to the purpose of the those things and look at how they worked for you in the past. We want to recognize that.
You will FEEL. ALOT. It will be scary. You won't be alone. You will be okay. It won't feel that way. You won't be alone. I repeat. You won't be alone. FEELING is scary. Most of the reason it is scary is because we haven't been taught the language to understand our emotions or the gifts that we get from the feelings. I'm here to help navigate through the mud.