What is Therapy and How Might it Help Me?
Psychotherapy is defined as an active collaboration between the therapist and client. Whether you are participating in couples, individuals or group therapy, you’ll have a completely confidential relationship with your therapist where you can reveal your feelings in a safe environment. Robert is one of only a few Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist EFT, in Washington, DC.
Although therapy can sometimes be a challenging process, the people who are committed to doing the hard work are able to face their emotional challenges and begin to make positive changes in their lives.
What should I expect from my therapist?
A therapist is a person who will support and listen to you and provide you with useful feedback and insight based on what you tell them. Wether you are seeking individual or couples counseling, you’ll be able to speak with them openly and honestly without any judgment or the fear of hurting someone’s feelings. The relationship with your therapist it strictly confidential and they follow ethical guidelines which define their profession. We have Certified Emotionally Focused Therapists for Couples.
Will therapy work for me?
Consumer reports conducted an extensive survey of their subscriber’s experience with psychotherapy. Out of the 7,000 respondents, 4,100 saw mental health professionals. The majority of the 4,100 people reported that seeing a psychologist, psychiatrist or a social worker had made them feel better.
What issues bring people to therapy or counseling?
- Abuse survivor issues
- Abandonment and fear of abandonment
- Abortion or post abortion Issues
- Academic concerns
- Addictions – drugs, alcohol and more
- Adjusting to change or life transitions
- Adoption or reunion issues
- Aggression
- Agoraphobia
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Batterer intervention
- Bereavement
- Bipolar
- Blended family issues
- Career choice
- Caregiver issues or stress
- Child and adolescent issues
- Chronic pain
- Co-dependency or dependency
- Communication problems
- Compulsions
- Control issues
- Creative blocks
- Depression
- Developmental disorders - Autism, Asperger's, etc.
- Dissociation
- Divorce or divorce adjustment
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food issues
- Emptiness
- Emotional abuse
- Emotional intelligence
- Emotional overwhelm
- End-of-life adjustment
- Family problems
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender Issues
- Geriatric issues
- Grief and loss
- Habits
- Health or medical issues
- Hyperactivity
- Identity issues
- Impulsivity
- Inadequacy
- Inattention
- Infidelity or affair recovery
- Irritability
- Isolation - emotional and social
- Learning Difficulties
- Life purpose or meaning or inner-guidance
- Marriage problems
- Men's issues
- Midlife transition
- Mood disturbance
- Mood swings
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions
- Oppositional and defiant Behavior
- Panic
- Parenting
- Phobias or fears
- Physical abuse
- Physical illness or disease
- Post-partum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice or discrimination
- Relationships and marriage
- Reproduction, pregnancy, and birthing
- Religion
- Self-care
- Self-confidence
- Self-criticism
- Self-doubt
- Self-esteem
- Self-Harm - cutting, etc.
- Self-love
- Sensitivity to criticism
- Sex or sexuality issues
- Sexual abuse
- Shame
- Social phobia or anxiety
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts, feelings and behaviors
- Suspiciousness
- Trauma
- Trust issues
- Values clarification
- Violence
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Worry
- Worthlessness