What is counseling all about? 

What is a therapy session like? 

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Every counseling experience is different because every client is different, with a unique story to tell.  The counseling relationship is a meeting of minds and spirits, where I make a space for you to tell your story and we work together to find meaning and understanding and freedom, through your story.

 

Are you nervous about seeing a therapist, thinking “I don’t want anyone telling me what to do”?  Or maybe, “I don’t want anyone seeing the secret, painful memories I have hidden away.”  All of us have painful memories; things we have said, or done, or things that were done to us.  And we’re afraid that if those thoughts or feelings or memories come to light, we will drown in our shame or sorrow.  Let me put you at ease.

 

To borrow some imagery from the movie, Shrek, therapy is like “peeling an onion.”  Working together, we will peel back the layers that are getting in the way of you living the authentic, brave, fulfilling life you want to be living; and removing things like habitual thoughts or behaviors that are holding you back. Maybe you don't even remember decisions that you made way back when, to keep yourself safe, but now those decisions are getting in your way.

 

It's time to revisit those layers where old memories, thoughts, and decisions are hidden away, and maybe it's time to let some things go.  But don't worry. We don’t slice into the onion, or chop it in half to expose vulnerable places. No, we carefully and thoughtfully peel back the layers, at a pace that falls within your window of tolerance, to expose the parts that need attention, with kindness, and compassion.  Yes, there may be tears; peeling onions can be like that.  But opening up the hidden places, exposing them to the light, and giving them the kind attention they need, allows us to BREATHE, and sets us free.

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If that sounds good to you, click on the link, or call me, to set up a free consultation, and decide if we should take this journey together.

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