How can therapy help?
Therapy can help you:
Do I need therapy?
Almost everyone comes to a time in life when some understanding, honest feedback, and support can be helpful. Being able to acknowledge that you may need some assistance takes courage and is something to be admired. You may have navigated challenging situations in the past, but if you are feeling stuck, extra support and an impartial listener can be helpful.
What about medication vs. psychotherapy?
Therapy looks at the causes of distress and addresses behavior patterns that may create obstacles to reaching goals. While medications definitely have a role in treating some conditions, medication is not the only solution to mental and emotional problems. Consultations with your medical doctor can help you decide what is best for you, and whether a combination of therapy and medication is right in your case.
Is therapy right for me?
People come to therapy for many reasons. Most are facing some type of challenge and are ready for their life and the way they feel to be different. Stressful life transition (employment, relationships, moving, becoming a parent, retiring, etc.) are examples of what may be bringing you to consider therapy. Addictions, depression, relationship problems, loss of direction or other issues may also be prompting you to seek help and change. I am here to listen to you, to offer support, encouragement, empathy and honest feedback as you formulate realistic goals and effective means of achieving them. Together we will examine and assess the issues, thoughts and beliefs that you may be questioning. Therapy can also facilitate significant personal growth. If you are ready to make changes in your life, your relationships, or the way you feel, therapy may be helpful for you. Please feel free to call me for a free consultation.
What is therapy like?
In therapy you can expect to talk about what is going on in your current life and to share some of your personal history that may be relevant to current issues. Each person has different issues and reasons for going to therapy, so therapy varies in some ways too. In therapy, you will share with your therapist any progress or insights that you experience between sessions. The length of therapy can be short-term if you are seeking help with a specific problem, or longer-term if you are seeking help with personal development, or with more difficult problems.
I usually recommend weekly sessions, because it has been my observation and experience that people make the most consistent and long-lasting progress in weekly therapy. Your active participation in the therapy process will generally bring you the best results. The goal in therapy is not to just bring about understanding and change in your sessions, but to help you apply what you learn in therapy to your life and relationships. Sometimes I give homework designed to reinforce and support progress toward your goals. Seeking psychotherapy is taking responsibility for your life and demonstrates a readiness for new ways of looking at the world and for positive change.
Do you take insurance, and how does that work?
I am not an in-network provider with any insurance company. Some health insurance companies offer reimbursement to you for payments that you make to a mental health provider. You should contact your health insurance provider to determine whether they pay for treatment with an out-of-network provider. Questions to ask them:
- Do you need approval from your primary care physician?
- How much will they reimburse you for mental health care visits?
- Is there a limit on the number of sessions your plan covers?
- Does your plan pay for treatment with out-of-network providers?
- Does you plan pay for couples therapy?
Is what we talk about in sessions confidential?
Confidentiality between a client and therapist is very important. For therapy to be successful you must trust your therapist with sensitive subject matter that you may not discussed anywhere else. You should get a copy of a confidentiality agreement, and you can expect that what you discuss in session will not be shared with anyone. This is called “Informed Consent”.
If you want information shared with another healthcare provider, or an attorney, by law your therapist must obtain a signed release from you in order to share your information. However, there are some exceptions. State law and professional ethics require therapists to report to authorities: Suspected past or present abuse or neglect of children, adults, and elders, including Child Protection and law enforcement, based on information provided by the client or collateral sources, or if the therapist has reason to suspect the client is seriously in danger of harming him/herself or has threatened to harm another person.
Therapy can help you:
- Understand yourself better
- Develop new ways to cope with marriage, relationship or family problems
- Cope with depression and anxiety
- Build self-esteem and confidence
- Set goals and develop plans for achieving them
- Manage and process grief
- Change patterns of thinking and behavior
Do I need therapy?
Almost everyone comes to a time in life when some understanding, honest feedback, and support can be helpful. Being able to acknowledge that you may need some assistance takes courage and is something to be admired. You may have navigated challenging situations in the past, but if you are feeling stuck, extra support and an impartial listener can be helpful.
What about medication vs. psychotherapy?
Therapy looks at the causes of distress and addresses behavior patterns that may create obstacles to reaching goals. While medications definitely have a role in treating some conditions, medication is not the only solution to mental and emotional problems. Consultations with your medical doctor can help you decide what is best for you, and whether a combination of therapy and medication is right in your case.
Is therapy right for me?
People come to therapy for many reasons. Most are facing some type of challenge and are ready for their life and the way they feel to be different. Stressful life transition (employment, relationships, moving, becoming a parent, retiring, etc.) are examples of what may be bringing you to consider therapy. Addictions, depression, relationship problems, loss of direction or other issues may also be prompting you to seek help and change. I am here to listen to you, to offer support, encouragement, empathy and honest feedback as you formulate realistic goals and effective means of achieving them. Together we will examine and assess the issues, thoughts and beliefs that you may be questioning. Therapy can also facilitate significant personal growth. If you are ready to make changes in your life, your relationships, or the way you feel, therapy may be helpful for you. Please feel free to call me for a free consultation.
What is therapy like?
In therapy you can expect to talk about what is going on in your current life and to share some of your personal history that may be relevant to current issues. Each person has different issues and reasons for going to therapy, so therapy varies in some ways too. In therapy, you will share with your therapist any progress or insights that you experience between sessions. The length of therapy can be short-term if you are seeking help with a specific problem, or longer-term if you are seeking help with personal development, or with more difficult problems.
I usually recommend weekly sessions, because it has been my observation and experience that people make the most consistent and long-lasting progress in weekly therapy. Your active participation in the therapy process will generally bring you the best results. The goal in therapy is not to just bring about understanding and change in your sessions, but to help you apply what you learn in therapy to your life and relationships. Sometimes I give homework designed to reinforce and support progress toward your goals. Seeking psychotherapy is taking responsibility for your life and demonstrates a readiness for new ways of looking at the world and for positive change.
Do you take insurance, and how does that work?
I am not an in-network provider with any insurance company. Some health insurance companies offer reimbursement to you for payments that you make to a mental health provider. You should contact your health insurance provider to determine whether they pay for treatment with an out-of-network provider. Questions to ask them:
- Do you need approval from your primary care physician?
- How much will they reimburse you for mental health care visits?
- Is there a limit on the number of sessions your plan covers?
- Does your plan pay for treatment with out-of-network providers?
- Does you plan pay for couples therapy?
Is what we talk about in sessions confidential?
Confidentiality between a client and therapist is very important. For therapy to be successful you must trust your therapist with sensitive subject matter that you may not discussed anywhere else. You should get a copy of a confidentiality agreement, and you can expect that what you discuss in session will not be shared with anyone. This is called “Informed Consent”.
If you want information shared with another healthcare provider, or an attorney, by law your therapist must obtain a signed release from you in order to share your information. However, there are some exceptions. State law and professional ethics require therapists to report to authorities: Suspected past or present abuse or neglect of children, adults, and elders, including Child Protection and law enforcement, based on information provided by the client or collateral sources, or if the therapist has reason to suspect the client is seriously in danger of harming him/herself or has threatened to harm another person.
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