Psychotherapy

Choosing to step in to psychotherapy at some point on your journey through life can be the greatest gift you give your self. With the right person, the right energetic mind/soul match, it is a profound experience.

What does it mean to choose psychotherapy? What is possible?
Anything and everything!

• Imagine sitting in sacred space with an other and gently opening to
  your self.  

• Imagine  exploring the meaning and purpose of your life.

• Imagine feeling safe enough to be truly present to yourself and listening to, discovering, and sometimes meeting for the first time aspects of yourself that have been submerged or blocked by life’s hurts, traumas, wounds, fears and shame.

• Imagine exploring, unearthing, and understanding with great compassion the reasons for and meanings of your experiences, your behaviours, your complex life.

Often this engagement brings about "AHA!” moments.  Moments when upset, conflict, grief, shame and guilt begin to slip away. Moments when deep and lasting healing is possible.

We all have the capacity for being true and authentic to ourselves and in our relationships. We may not even know who we are as an authentic being; we’ve built barriers to recognizing and expressing that self. Often this is due to old issues, patterns and losses that keep appearing in our lives. Exploring and undoing the self-limiting beliefs and the negative conditioning from our past reveals and releases automatic patterns of thinking and behaving that have kept us from connecting our highest self.

 

You may experience fulfillment in many ways and lead relatively happy lives but still feel that something is missing. There may be a deep longing for something more. Something that you cannot quite name but, in those quiet moments of contemplation, you feel an undeniable absence in your life.

 

We may, at other times, live in states of anger, resentment, grief, guilt, indifference, separation or exhaustion. We may have shut down emotionally, narrowed the scope of our lives, hidden ourselves from others, made unhealthy choices and behaved in ways that left us feeling depleted and depressed. Early negative experiences in significant relationships (sometimes long forgotten) had us choosing to turn away rather than risk being present, alive, and therefore vulnerable to those most important to us.

 

Within each of us is the power to make new choices that are in alignment with our essential purpose. When we open to the possibility of living from our authentic selves, the healing begins. It is about giving ourselves permission to know our deepest self; to loose the fear of walking in our own wisdom and power and remembering that the same divine spark is within everyone and everything.

How Long Will It Take?
There is no time limit. Some experience benefits in a short period of time, and others continue for some years. Many people find that two years provides the space and time needed for resolution of an issue. Staying in therapy longer is neither a sign of excessive dependence nor severity of the issues. It takes a lifetime to develop the attitudes and character traits that contribute to emotional stress, and generally, although not always, time is required for change. Therapy often transforms into personal development after a period of time and our time together becomes time to explore, expand, strengthen and deepen changes and growth. It shifts into an exciting and rewarding journey of deepening appreciation and expanding expression of your best self!