About Psychotherapy

The purpose of psychotherapy is to create a space for reflection in the presence of an empathic other, in order to relieve suffering or mental distress. Psychotherapy aims to strengthen self-confidence, to improve relationships, to deepen introspection, to move through life transitions constructively, and to expand the capacity to tolerate ups and downs. More broadly, psychotherapy can help ease suffering by finding or restoring meaning in personal experience. The sense of meaning is intimately tied to the ways that feelings and thoughts are processed.

Treatment is focused on the present moment, and on the ways that experiences of the past continue to influence one’s way of being in the world.