Psychotherapy
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
Are you concerned about your behavior or a loved one's behavior? Many people experience powerful, persistent emotions such as depression, anxiety, illness, grief and/or anger. Sometimes the difficulty lies in behaviors that are worrisome: self harm, violence against others, addictions, and/or preoccupation with pleasing others. While embarrassment or shame can keep people from seeking help, be assured that whatever your problem is, someone else has had a very similar problem. You are not alone. Our work together is safe and confidential, and we can address any of your concerns. You may choose to bring typical relationship issues into individual sessions to better understand the challenges that you are experiencing: issues such as transition in marriage, divorce, parenting, illness, and addiction.
Blue Door Psychotherapy addresses both youth and adult issues. Personal issues often impact, and are impacted by family dynamics. Your therapist will create an individualized treatment plan and will help you decide what work is best done individually, and where the support of a family community is recommended.
FAMILY THERAPY
Being part of a loving relationship can provide for you an environment that supports healthier and more productive living than typically occurs without the support of a close network of friends and family. To keep family networks healthy takes work. Sometimes, you can find all the help that you need in the number of very good self-help books available in bookstores and on-line. Other times, a class or support group can help guide you to overcoming obstacles to your happiness. When more help is needed, a marriage and family therapist can help you to assess your needs and relationships, provide the information that you need to understand how and why your family behaves as it does, and teach you any skills that you need to make your family life healthier. Most often, family therapy involves two or more persons, is strength based, and addresses the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that sustain particular interactions: both healthy and unhealthy.
COUPLE'S THERAPY
Couple's therapy is a collaborative process between the therapist and the couple to determine what is working and what is more of a struggle in the relationship. The couple and the therapist will work together to identify potential courses of managing the relationship with the understanding that there are many ways of being in relationships. Expect a welcoming and nonjudgmental environment in which all sides of an experience can be explored safely to meet the needs of the couple. Different models of couples therapy might be used to help the members see their situation from a variety of perspectives. In couple's therapy you will work collaboratively to create new patterns of interaction that work for everyone. While couple's therapy may touch some vulnerabilities that you might not expect to touch on, that discomfort has the potential to create growth.
