Therapy for adults

Just when you think things are coming together… you’ve worked hard, overcome challenges, made it through your unstable twenties… but now things feel off. Or, maybe your twenties were very stable and now in mid-life, the life you’ve built is cracking and threatening to crumble (“this is not my beautiful house… this is not my beautiful wife…”) You may feel that you should know better. You may wonder why this is happening to you when everyone else seems to be doing just fine. You may feel anxious, depressed, or both, and don’t know why.

How therapy for adults can help

For many of us, the ways we learned to meet our needs as adolescents and young adults no longer fit who we’re becoming in mid-life. It’s time for a reset, and counseling can be a great tool to zero in on how that looks.

My approach to therapy for adults

As my client, you are in the driver’s seat. It’s my job as your therapist to help you see what’s in your blindspots. We’ll put aspects of your past on the table so we can see how they unconsciously drive your actions now. We’ll identify what’s working and not working in your present life. We’ll look at your vision for your future and clarify a path toward it. If life feels out of control in the present, we’ll look at how you can make some shifts in your behavior to stabilize you in the path forward. And of course, we’ll consider how your identities are changing at this point in life, and what this means in your relationships.

I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify the wounds that unconsciously drive your thoughts, actions, and mood.
I use Reality Therapy to understand how unmet needs create barriers to the life you want, and to center your ability to choose your life.
I use Interpersonal Process Theory to offer feedback based on the ways we interact in session so you know how you impact the people in your life.
I couch all of this in a client-centered approach that honors you as the expert of your life, and leverages the wisdom you already hold.