You may notice the same difficulties returning: in relationships, in the way you respond to stress, or in habits you find hard to change.
Therapy offers a place to look closely at these experiences, and to begin understanding what lies beneath them.
I work with Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, or ISTDP. The approach focuses on feelings you may have learned to avoid, and the ways that avoidance shapes your life.
In a session, we look closely at a difficulty you bring: what happened, how you felt, and how you responded. Together, we explore feelings you may usually move away from and patterns that keep returning.
A free, 20-minute introductory call, on Zoom or by phone, gives you space to ask questions and discuss whether this approach could be a good fit.
Sessions are offered in person in Los Angeles and via Zoom. The practice works with adults aged 18 and over.
Sessions & fees
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”C. G. Jung
ISTDP invites the client to face previously avoided emotions in order to gain access to the dynamic unconscious where the sources of their difficulties can be identified, processed and resolved. The focus on feelings is central because it is the avoidance of the emotional life that has led to psychological difficulties in the first place, whether the issues be anxiety, depression, addiction, a history of self-sabotage, problems with intimacy. The list goes on.
When successful, reduction, if not removal, of symptoms can be expected, along with greater emotional capacity and freedom to pursue one’s human potential in various areas. Improvements should be noticed to continue after the therapy has ended. At its heart, ISTDP is a therapy based in the capacity for achieving one’s fullest life.