Individual Therapy
Individual THERAPY WITH THE RELATIONSHIP RESOURCE
Life is complicated and can be messy at times!
It’s sometimes easy to identify why we’re feeling stressed or down e.g. work stress, a relationship breakdown, loss of employment, family conflict, illness, physiological changes, or other difficult transitions. However, at other times, it’s not so easy to identify what’s causing emotional upheaval or psychological distress. Our biology, relationships, life choices, childhood experiences, circumstances, and daily habits and patterns can all impact our mental health. Individual therapy offers a path to uncovering the source of distress as well as the factors that might be perpetuating suffering.
Individual therapy is a collaborative process that aims to deepen self understanding, heighten self-awareness, nurture self acceptance, identify blind spots, bring about feelings of peace and calm, and encourage meaningful growth. While some people attend therapy sessions while navigating a particularly challenging life chapter, others attend therapy more proactively to support and protect ongoing mental health and well-being. Thankfully, the stigma that used to be associated with seeing a therapist has lessened considerably and therapy is now thought of by many as a healthy choice that supports living and relating in meaningfully connected ways.
You may be wondering:
Is life supposed to feel this hard? How come it looks easier for everyone else?
What is this feeling?
Will I ever learn to be kinder to myself?
Why do I keep ending up in these awkward and unsatisfactory relationships with others?
How can I stand up for myself to receive the treatment I deserve?
Am I living the life I wanted or the one that was expected of me?
Why am I so stressed?
In individual therapy we can work towards:
Understanding the factors that are contributing to your emotional, psychological, or relational distress
Identifying and overcoming negative or limiting thought patterns, attitudes, and beliefs about yourself that are contributing to or perpetuating distress
Nurturing a self compassionate approach to growth to strengthen how you perceive yourself and your worth
Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries with both yourself and others
Building skills for managing stress and the negative impacts of stress to support positive coping for enhanced physical, emotional, social, and mental health.
Re-examining the stories you are holding about yourself, your choices, your circumstances to identify possibilities for editing and updating the stories with new insights gained through our conversations
Growing self understanding and self awareness to support you to show up as the best version of yourself in your interactions with others
Supporting the ongoing growth of self acceptance and self love
“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
– BRENE BROWN
You might be wondering…
What if I already tried therapy and it didn’t work for me?
If you’ve already attended therapy sessions and felt that you didn’t receive what you’d hoped to from the process, this can be very disheartening. However, this is actually really helpful information that you’ve already gained about what doesn’t necessarily work for you in therapy. I always invite clients to share this kind of insight with me so that we work together to understand your concerns through a new lens and then follow a different path towards healing.
If I go to therapy, does this mean I’m weak?
Of course not! All humans as highly capable of problem solving and growth. In fact, many now consider attending therapy to be a sign of strength. Sometimes we can all benefit from a little help to make the process of solving problems more efficient, effective, and sustainable. Navigating challenging life transitions or situations alone can be a painfully isolating experience. On the other hand, having another human to witness and support and guide the process of healing can lessen the pain, offer insights, and bring comfort.