Psychotherapy & Couple Counseling

Overview

When our daily lives are weighted down by life’s struggles and we feel that our ability to remain resilient is compromised… When our support system is limited in its ability to help, or is non-existent… When we finally accept we need the caring and skillful help of a professional, and postponing further only keeps us in pain longer… It is then when we actively research websites like this one… That we ask trusted friends for recommendations… And read honest on-line reviews about others’ personal experience with their own therapist.

Because our neurobiology is as important as our psychology, I focus on both. Our work together is somatically informed and holistic; meaning that body-mind-heart-emotions are always honored and integrated as we explore what ails and concerns you.

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Individual Psychotherapy

• Is your internal dialogue filled with low self-esteem, regrets, shame, guilt or abuse, rather than being kind, supportive, resourceful and capable of realism and optimism?
• Are you lost or confused, at the crossroads of wanting to make new choices, yet not knowing what to do next, and what direction to take?
• Do you show the outside world you have your act together, while on the inside, in the privacy of your mind, low self-worth, anxiety, depression or a propensity for anger get the best of you?
• Does substance use and abuse, sexual acting out, excessive use of pornography or other numbing behaviors, have a strong hold on your life, keeping you isolated for hours on end while in truth, you want to feel connected to others?

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Couples Counseling

• What if you were better able to understand the underlying dynamics that activate arguments and conflicts, and bypass the blame game, the hurtful and destructive comments, as well as other behaviors that contribute in making your relationship less secure?
• What if you knew each other so well that in periods of stress, fear or anxiety you could support each other in ways that allow you both to feel connected and safe?
• What if your different personalities, points of view, and ways of going about life became a source of strength, instead of an ongoing reason to fight and argue?
• What if you could redefine your partnership in a new and creative way that allowed the two of you to create and maintain a deeper connection; all without feeling stifled or overwhelmed, abandoned or threatened?

While we communicate with our words, we also communicate through our body posture, tone of voice, rolling of the eyes, looking away, being distracted or checking out. These examples are a few of the many ways communication goes awry between partners, and make things worse.

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Confidentiality

• Confidentiality is an intrinsic part of the therapeutic alliance.
• I safeguard it with utmost respect and in accordance with my ethical and legal boundaries.
• No information, even the fact that a person is in therapy, or under my treatment or care, can be shared with anyone else without the written consent of my client.
• In that spirit, I do not acknowledge clients I may come across in daily living activities; without them acknowledging me first. Imagine if I were to say hello to a client first. I could create a very uncomfortable situation for my client where a friend, college, co-worker or family member next to him or her could ask: “how do you know Nathan…?”. This could put my client in an awkward situation, and worse, potentially jeopardize our therapeutic relationship.

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