Individual therapy –like all modalities of therapy—begins with the trust you have in your therapist. This must always be nurtured from the start.
Most commonly, people seek individual therapy when they first begin their therapy experience. In your individual work with me, you will devote much time to gaining a deeper understanding of your place in the history of your family, how it has shaped who you are, the values you hold, and even the aspirations you have for the future.
This deep perspective is important because so much of your adult development and the choices you’ve made rest on what I call “early childhood decisions.” These decisions arise out of highly emotional events in your early family and social life that mark you from that point on. These early decisions are often forgotten or simply not given much thought to until you begin to reflect on how they may have influenced your life.
The awakening of memories of early childhood decisions can arise during a therapy session in which you explore with me emotional crises or conflicts impacting your life in the here and now. At that moment, it is my role to help you go deeper into your memory bank and discover moments in your past which approximate the emotional distress you are experiencing with me in your therapy session.
