WHY WOULD YOU COME TO THERAPY?

To learn how to become less:
› Depressed
› Anxious
› Compulsive
› Addictive
› Codependent
› Dependent
› Avoidant
› Invulnerable
› Vulnerable
› Sensitive—in the sense of taking things too personally
› Numb and or ignorant of emotions and needs
› Unhappy
› Contrary
› Disorganized
› Unstructured
› Phobic about relationships
› Insecure
› Needy in relationship
› Needy of relationships
› Relationship phobic
› Liable to relapse


To have less:
› Emotional pain
› Inner Strife
› Confusion
› Hopelessness
› Despair
› Irritable
› Frustrated
› Prickly
› Enragable
› Cynical
› Financial Insecure
› Judgmental


To learn how to become more:
› self accepting
› confident
› accepting of life on life’s terms
› graceful
› positive about people, places and things
› loving in all my relationships
› generous
› aware
› graceful
› able to think before speaking
› capable of having fun
› capable of being successful without foot shooting
› capable of being intimate emotionally
› capable of resolving conflicts like a grown up

Being self knowledgeable and self masterful has
many important benefits such as:

› Increased confidence, security and serenity
› Increased capacity for personal and professional success
› Increased spiritual connectedness and spiritual clarity
› Increased capacity for selflessness and generosity
› Increased interest/thirst for self knowledge and more personal and spiritual growth
› Increased ease, effectiveness, and satisfaction in interacting with loved ones.

Psychotherapy can be exquisitely wonderful as a meeter of needs and healer of wounds. Psychotherapy is designed to be a creator of safe space to come to know and see, express and understand, and accept and embrace all aspects of ourselves.  This is the container for how it works.

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Copyright 2006, Joel Rachelson, Ph.D. All rights reserved.