Something doesn’t feel right

As you look back over the day, week, month, or year it mostly blends together.

Shouldn’t there be more than this?

Waking up, going through the motions, going to bed.

Traffic, meals, work, chores, childcare, rinse and repeat.

Looking forward to free time – only to zone out to a screen or feel aimless.

This isn’t what you wanted for your life.

You don’t need adventure to fill every second but you want to feel interested in something. You want to look forward to something other than a day off.

You want to wake up excited about the day ahead.

How do you get that?

The journey of therapy.

Improving your quality of life with therapy is a lot like improving your fitness with a personal trainer.

You can start at any level. You could be out of shape, highly fit but want to really push yourself to excellence. You might even have an old injury that is keeping you from doing things you’d like to do every day.

A good trainer will be able to assess where you are, where you want to go, and plan how you can get there.

It’s the same in therapy.

You can come in feeling like you’re not living the life you want, you could feel you’re doing well but want to take your life to the next level, or you may be struggling just to make it through every day.

As a good therapist, I assess what in your life isn’t working the way you want it to. Together we figure out what your goal life would be like. Then I start a conversation explaining my proposed therapeutic plan.

The thing is – this is your therapy.

So, I want and need your feedback to guide our work together.

The path from where you are to where you want to be is different for everyone.

The only way to make this journey is by taking the path that best fits you.

The path that best meets your needs, works with your strengths, and helps you heal the things that are holding you back from being the person you want to be – from living the life you want to live.

You may think, “Can’t I just do this on my own, maybe with some self-help books and a friend with a sympathetic ear?”

It’s not impossible. But…

Have you ever tried to improve a part of your life you really struggle with on your own? A diet, or budget, or study plan, or work project, or relationship or… well, you get the point.

Have you designed a plan to eat better, spend less, study more, work harder, or to prioritize someone you love… but it petered out in just a few days, weeks, or maybe months? Leaving you back at square one… or even worse off than you started.

Only now you feel like a failure.

Study after study shows that working with a professional on whatever is difficult for you is more effective than going it alone. They know the ins and outs of the process. They help you set realistic goals, give you a concrete plan born of years of study and experience with that issue, and keep you accountable over time. And you are more invested in the whole process because you’ve put your money where your mouth is.

You’ve decided this is important enough to really do it right.