Why now? Everyone has their unique reason for seeking therapy.

• You have difficulty regulating your emotions and its getting in the way of success at work.

• It feels impossible to trust anyone so you’re unable to cultivate and maintain meaningful relationships.

• People tell you that you are too defensive; you can’t take constructive criticism without anger, resentment, rage.

• Perhaps you’re always trapped in your head, rather than being an active participant in the life right in front of you.

• You feel stuck and unable to initiate change; something is blocking you from moving anywhere. But what?

• Or you have constant fears that others are staring at you, judging you, so you find yourself avoiding social situations altogether. Its getting in the way of your life.

• You feel like you need to be invisible in order to feel safe because life experiences have taught you this is how to survive.

• Or maybe you need to push feelings to the side, bury them, or disconnect, in order to survive. 

• Perhaps you feel uncomfortable in your own skin.

• Or you are feeling increasingly sad, isolating more often, and unable to find joy. 

• You are desperately afraid of rejection, and feel a sense of vague dread, or inner shame…  “Is there something about me, that if they knew, they wouldn’t like me anymore? 

Do any of these sentiments sound familiar?

To THRIVE means to be able to experience the fullness of everything in life. It includes being able to experience the giving and receiving of love and compassion. It means feeling safe enough to trust your own instincts and experience a sense of trust in others. It includes finding pleasure in your self, and in those around you. To THRIVE means connecting to your own sense of resiliency and repair when things don’t go the way you had hoped. It means to be able to manage negative emotions or distress without making things worse. To THRIVE means finding the courage to be vulnerable at times, to advocate for your self when necessary, and most of all, to initiate change in order to experience the life you genuinely deserve.

Therapy can help one get to know their self better, understand how it has come to be that you have certain obstacles, and how you can move forward in ways that feel right to you.

Wishing you all the best on this journey!

Warmly,

Rebecca Strauss, LCSW