About Psychotherapy
There is so much to say about Psychotherapy. My practice provides psychotherapy grounded in peer-reviewed research and extensive supervised training. My extensive training came within and beyond six years of graduate education. My work is focused, goal-directed, and kind, operating with contemporary ethical and legal standards.
By integrating experiential, mindful, and other techniques, I am committed to what you need. You are likely to benefit from individualized treatment that considers biological, psychological, and social factors, thereby enhancing your strengths in all possible areas of your life.
Stay tuned for more discussion of psychotherapy!
What about selecting a remote therapist?
This is an interesting article about selecting a therapist on-line. Here is a story about a UCLA report that touts the effectiveness of on-line therapy. I have some minor quibbles with some parts, but it is a solid review.
Thinking about trauma . . .
This piece provides a thoughtful overview of trauma and how trauma can be addressed. Trauma is a complex and disturbing challenge and modern developments in the field have yielded promise for effective intervention. I strongly recommend the work of Dutch psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, notably his The Body Keeps the Score. His videos address a wide consideration of the experience of trauma and how to treat it.
It is so important to be understood to experience a useful therapy experience (or any other relationship . . . .
Famed psychologist Carl Rogers (1902-1987) was a pioneer in the nature and importance of empathy. Since his On Becoming a Person (1954), there has been vigorous discussion of, and research pertaining to, empathy. My view is that the value of deep empathy cannot be overestimated in so many human affairs and particularly in the healing arts. Works since Rogers’ seminal writings have questioned the value of empathy, but my view is that such opinions are often born of a wish to sell books, amplify a career, and/or a misunderstanding of the best definition of empathy. This little paper from the Empathy and Relational Science Program at Harvard University is a nice introduction to the idea.