Ultimately you will decide for yourself if you’d like help working through what’s bothering you; however, there are also several signs to look out for as well.

1. Do you feel run-down, tired, or angry for an extended period without knowing why?
2. Do you feel sick or under the weather, even after having a clean bill of health confirmed by doctors?
3. Are your relationships becoming strained and unmanageable?
4. Are close friends and family members suggesting you seek professional help?
5. Is your mood and mindset affecting your work performance negatively?
6. Do your emotions feel more intense in reaction to daily events than you think they should?
7. Have you suffered a trauma and found yourself unable to stop thinking about it?
8. Have you turned to a substance or alcohol to relieve how you feel?
9. Do you feel disconnected or disinterested in the hobbies you normally love?

If the answer to any of these are in the positive, therapy may help you. By breaking and reestablishing the patterns with which you view and take actions in your life, you may experience immense positive change.

I focus on long-term solutions that lead individuals to modify their behaviors independently and create more satisfying and fulfilling lives. Individual therapy is an intervention and may help you prevent years of unnecessary future emotional trauma.

Everyone is different, but the techniques and processes developed from my years of psychotherapy experience have helped individuals chart a healthy path forward.

Not every couple needs therapy and even the ones that can benefit from it don’t need it all the time. Some signs to look out for will indicate whether couples therapy may be right for you.

1. You feel like you’re living separate lives.
2. The same arguments come up over and over again.
3. Sex is almost non-existent, or it’s unpleasant to one or both parties.
4. Someone is cheating or having an affair (or thinking of one).
5. The family finances are hidden from one another (”financial infidelity”).
6. Your partner is now “the enemy.”
7. Intimacy is withheld as a form of punishment.
8. The problems that do exist are being ignored and you don’t care to work on them any longer.
9. You’re in a big rough patch – of any kind – and despite your best efforts cannot get out of it.

Couples face challenges and occasionally the intimacy will cool – this is normal. But if you find yourself checking off one or more boxes above, couples therapy may help you.

Please call and let’s talk about this in detail. Generally, one major advantage for visiting with a private practice therapist is the strict confidentiality protections afforded to you and your family. The law is very strong in this regard, and hopefully that helps to put you at ease. Confidentiality is extremely important to us as well.

Medications such as Adderall or Ritalin for ADD or ADHS, Antidepressants in other circumstances, and a variety of other drugs may help to dampen symptoms; however, the goal of our work together is to resolve behavioral challenges at their root. This leads to healthy modifications and overall improved self-esteem and communication going forward. In some cases, therapy has shown to be an effective complement or even substitute for medication.

There are a number of circumstances under which therapy may be a good way forward for your child or teen.

1. Is your child or teen’s behavior endangering him/herself or others?
2. Is your child or teen reacting very poorly to your own reactions to his or her behavior?
3. Does your child’s behavior interfere with daily family functioning and activities?
4. Is your relationship or marriage overly strained due to your child’s behavior?
5. Are you out of answers and unsure what to do?

If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” then child therapy may help. If you find yourself unsure, you may also call or email, and I will be happy to discuss with you.