Individual Therapy
Feeling out of sorts? Can’t get back on track?
Every day feels like a slog and all you want to do is to pull the covers over your head and stay in bed.
Life feels off balance and you wonder how everyone else seems to have their life together.
Self-judgment fills your every waking moment, making you feel like whatever you do is never enough.
You notice some repeating patterns but have no idea what to do or how to stop them. Unfortunately, you may turn to unhealthy ways of coping – perhaps drinking more than you’d like or overworking.
Expressing how you feel is not easy.
It feels hard to tell people how you feel because you worry they’ll think you are too much. It even feels hard to know what you are feeling.
You’ve gotten used to pushing discomfort away and distracting yourself. Your relationships feel challenging, and there’s a general sense of unease you can’t shake.
No amount of money or buying new things can shake the negative feelings, and you feel like you will be at a breaking point if you don’t do something about this.
The older you get, the more sensitive you’ve become, and it worries you that you can’t bounce back in the same way you once could.
Take Kathryn, a 45-year-old married mother of two.
She’s always busy between work and family obligations and finds it hard to prioritize time for herself.
Kathryn feels disconnected from her marriage and doesn’t know how to improve it. She’s had this feeling building inside for a while now that something isn’t right, but it feels too big to face, causing her to worry about looking too closely for fear of things falling apart.
Keeping her feelings inside makes Kathryn feel like an imposter because if people knew how unhappy she was, they’d think less of her. Therefore, she does her best to keep up with appearances and social activities but feels increasingly alone and on edge.
After a scary panic attack on the freeway that left her worried for her safety, Kathryn decided to seek help.
Individual therapy provided the support Kathryn needed.
After Kathryn started describing how she felt to her therapist about her underlying worries and fears, she began to feel better.
Having someone neutral to hear her without judging was what Kathryn needed to gain a new, healthy perspective. Together, they worked to unpack those feelings bit by bit in a way that felt less overwhelming to Kathryn than the thought of doing it all alone.
After a period, the panic attacks stopped, and Kathryn was able to implement a relationship with herself that felt healthier and more supportive. She felt lighter and more confident and could enjoy her relationships more.
Therapy can help you identify those problems that keep you stuck. Kathryn benefited, and you can, too.
Please get in touch with us today, and let’s work together to determine what keeps you stressed and uncertain.
*The story of Kathryn is a fictionalized composite of real clients whom we’ve helped.