We live in a fast paced world where people are working longer, have less support, and are generally stretched for time. The French journalist, Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber once said; "For a long time I admired men and women in a hurry, until I realized they were under stress. What I fear most about stress is not that it kills, but that it prevents one from savoring life." What are we willing to do to take care of ourselves? The easiest thing to do is NOTHING. We may take care of our cars with regular maintenance checks, our homes with regular upkeep, and our bodies with exercise and diet. The people in our culture seem to accept the idea of feeling stressed out or paying a lawyer thousands of dollars to break up our relationships. Why not take care of the way we live and relate to others with PSYCHOTHERAPY.

What can Psychotherapy do for me?

A majority of our lives involve some type of relationship. These can include marriage, dating, career, or even the way we relate to ourselves.

Often times, people experience depression, anxiety, anger problems, compulsive habits (eating disorder or overspending) as a result of how they relate to loved ones, potential loved ones, their career, and themselves. Therapy can help people pinpoint why they repeat certain relationship patterns. Once we understand certain relationship patterns, we can create new patterns and/or rules for our lives. In addition to changing potentially negative patterns, we can go beyond our old limits in love relationships, friendships, careers, and our personal well being.

• Individual psychotherapy offers the privacy and safety so one may talk about and experience new levels of vulnerability in their quest to understand and rewrite one's personal and professional career stories.
  
  
• Group psychotherapy offers a setting where 5 - 8 motivated people participate in a practice setting for real life. This is one place in your world where people honestly tell you what they think about how you related to others. During this group process, members are coached to try new ways of interacting that are in line with their relationship goals. In addition, members are held accountable to use these new skills in their day to day lives.
  

Psychotherapy can be more than a place people go to alleviate their psychiatric symptoms. This may be the start, but it certainly doesn't have to be the end. Therapy can be looked at as an emotional and relationship "health club." Members of the emotional/relationship "health club" should be encouraged to attend regularly to get their life in tiptop shape, so they can feel in charge of their personal well being, career, and their love and friendship relationships.

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