MY APPROACH

THE TREATMENT IS AIMED AT THE DISCOVERY OF SOMETHING BEYOND WHO WE THINK WE ARE. INSTEAD OF A BEGINNING THAT STARES AT THE PREDICTABLE CAUSES OF LIFE’S DIFFICULTIES I HELP PEOPLE LOOK FOR CLUES IN DREAMS, DISJOINTED IMPRESSIONS AND THE ODD BITS OF EVIDENCE. EVIDENCE WHICH POINTS TO THE FACT THAT THE LOCUS OF CONTROL IN EVERY LIFE LIES OUTSIDE OF THE LOGICAL MIND. WHEN WELL EXAMINED, THESE EVIDENCES COMBINE TO FORM AN EDIFICE OF KNOWLEDGE WHICH CAN BE LIBERATING.

HERE ARE A FEW MORE OF MY THOUGHTS, WHICH ADDRESS MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE GENERAL PROBLEMS PEOPLE BRING TO THE WORK I DO WITH THEM.

DEPRESSION

Freud described depression as a shadow that falls across a person’s life. The shadow falling in a way that makes everything darker for that person. The solution as to why this happens for some requires a very precise understanding of what is happening inside the person at a very deep level. One must understand more than simply that this darkness is obscuring one’s life, there has to be an accounting of how this shadow is cast. Ultimately, one needs to arrive at a knowledge about this dynamic that has shut out the light.

ANXIETY

Anxiety is at the root of a variety of Symptoms not limited to sleeplessness and day time agitation. Self-soothing activities such as over drinking and overeating including other forms of substance abuse are rooted from anxiety. These behavioral manifestations of serious problems disturb and disrupt your progress in life. Ultimately, Anxiety is an uneasiness which permeates everything. Therapy is motivated by a wish for quietude driven by the discomfort of Anxiety.

TRAUMA

Trauma shatters a person’s world in a way that words can not describe. What needs to be done is to give you the words that have yet to appear to help you understand what has happened.

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