Treatment for grown-ups

I am often asked if I see adults for their own adult concerns. Yes, I do.  I typically see adults during school-hours, and then children and adolescents once school lets out.  

On any given day, about one-third of the people I work with are adults. For the most part, the treatment approaches are similar: cognitive-behavioral therapy (and, when appropriate, strategies pulled from CBT-derived therapies, such as dialectical behavior therapy, exposure therapy, or the Unified Protocol) and Internal Family Systems (IFS).  The goal of therapy, regardless of the specific model we wind up using, is the same:  to hold up a mirror to (and ultimately free yourself from) dysfunctional patterns that keep playing out in your day-to-day life.  

The kind of work I do with adults isn’t designed to last for years and years.  Don’t get me wrong:  deep psychoanalysis has its place, and if you’re interested in that kind of therapeutic experience, I would be happy to refer you to someone who does that kind of longer-term work.  My interest and training, however, is in work that focuses more on what’s going on for you now – and what you’d like to see for yourself and for your relationships going forward.

If you’d like to explore whether working together would make sense, just reach out.