it is a necessity for anyone who wants to overcome recurring obstacles and move beyond unhelpful patterns of thought and behavior to create the relationships and life they desire.

But how do you know what needs to change? And once you’ve discovered what needs to change, how do you actually go about making these changes?

For better or worse, we live in a society that promotes self-reliance. While this definitely has its advantages, such a society can also lead people to feel inadequate when faced with problems or situations they seem unable to overcome on their own.

Such feelings of inadequacy often lead us to try to hide our problems while telling ourselves we can sort the issues out on our own. But even when we’re aware of what needs to be changed and we try to do things differently, all too often the same patterns creep back into our lives and begin repeating over and over again.

When we become  stuck we need help

Professional counseling and psychotherapy involves a process of self-exploration and understanding that can help you not only determine what changes need to be made but also help you create the changes you seek.

The counseling and therapy services Patsy provides offer a confidential, respectful, and empathic setting in which you can examine, discuss, and work through difficulties involving:

• Anxiety and work-related stress

• Depression

• Low self-esteem

• Anger management

• Relationship and communication difficulties (be they with intimate partners, friends, family members, or colleagues)

• Financial and career-related concerns

• Achieving a healthy balance between your personal and professional lives

How Individual Counseling and Psychotherapy Works

During our first couple of sessions, we’ll identify the problems that you’d like to address as well as determine the goals of our work together and the best methods of achieving them.

We will also discuss any negative symptoms you’re experiencing and work towards helping you cope with and minimize them as quickly as possible before moving further towards recognizing, understanding, and resolving the underlying issues that are their cause.

Of course, the treatment of any problems  you are experiencing will depend on the nature and severity of the issues themselves. If you have not  been in therapy before, you will quickly find that there are no “one-size-fits-all” solutions and the nature of the work I do is unique to each client with whom I work.

Once any immediate symptoms have been dealt with, we will begin to identify, explore, and work through the subconscious thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and behaviors that are keeping you from enjoying the relationships and life you want.

As therapy progresses, you will learn to:

• Recognize and challenge limiting belief systems

• Take responsibility for your thoughts and actions

• Change maladaptive behaviors to more adaptive ones

• Overcome relationship issues by communicating more effectively

• Increase your self-esteem

• Resolve any family-of-origin issues or other problems left over from childhood

• Move forward in life with confidence and optimism

Therapy is an investment in your self-awareness, your ability to learn from your own mistakes and effectively navigate change, and your ability to create the best relationships and life you possibly can.

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Can you relate to this service? Do you feel it fits your needs? If so, feel free to contact Patsy for an initial appointment.