How does therapy help?

Depending on your present situation and reasons for seeking help, there are many benefits to participating in therapy. Therapy can help you understand and better manage your symptoms and triggers if you seek a diagnosis or treatment for a mental condition. You can increase coping skills and discover new ways of dealing with situations. In addition, therapy can help improve assertiveness, problem-solving, and communication skills or provide support and help as you work through significant life changes.  Learn to see your circumstances as a personal growth opportunity instead of a burden or obstacle.

Some specific skills therapy can provide are:

• Emotional management for anxiety,  anger, grief, or depression.
• Coping mechanisms for situations that typically cause anxiety, fear, or avoidance.
• Stress-management techniques to apply to help you deal with stress within your everyday life, such as with your job, relationship, and family.
• Skills and techniques to help you better navigate relationships or to work through relationship conflicts.
• Problem-solving skills for life’s challenges, transitions, or social anxiety.
• Improving self-forgiveness, self-acceptance, and self-confidence.
• Improving communication, listening, and assertiveness skills.
• Understand your skills and strengths and learn to quiet your inner negative critique.
• Finding a resolution to the issues that initially led you to therapy, such as anxiety, depression, or overwhelming stress.

Online session appointments are available every week.

I look forward to getting to know you and helping you reach your therapy goals.

 

Is therapy confidential?

Generally, all therapy and coaching sessions are confidential, and anything you discuss with your therapist/coach will remain between you unless you request otherwise. This is as per health information protection rules by law, which all therapists legally need to follow, and no information from the session can be disclosed without prior written consent from the client.

There are exceptions to this law, however, and the therapist/coach can disclose information from a  session to legal authorities or appointed persons if any of the following are true:

• The therapist/coach suspects abuse to a child, disabled or dependent adult, an elder, or is made aware of domestic abuse. These situations all require the therapist to notify law authorities immediately.
• If the therapist suspects an individual has caused or is threatening to cause severe bodily harm to self or another person, therapists are required to report it to the police.
• Due to licensing requirements, all Life coaching clients will follow the same confidentiality and ethical requirements and exemptions as traditional therapy clients.