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Psychotherapy Services Offered
What we do for ourselves dies with us,
what we do for others and the world
is and remains immortal.
Albert Pine
My theoretical beliefs are rooted
both within an insight-oriented relational psychotherapy framework and
a Buddhist's view of human nature as inherently healthy and
interconnected.
Insight-oriented Relational Psychotherapy is a
psychological treatment modality that involves talking with the
therapist to gain an understanding and improvement of individual and
interpersonal difficulties. I work rather interactively and will make
observations with the goal of enabling my client to make the changes
he/she sought in treatment. By means of discussion with the therapist
as well as the use of mindfulness-based strategies to work with
emotions and their expression in the body, symptoms and relationship
difficulties can improve over time. An understanding is gained of the
way that an individual's developmental history, trauma, loss and other
life transitions have affected the person and his or her
relationships.
Your first session will be a consultation
during which we begin to develop a mutual understanding of the
difficulties/issues that brought you to seek therapy, and we gain a
sense of whether my expertise and interpersonal style are a "good
match" to your needs (this is the single most important predictor of
successful treatment). Depending on the outcome of this assessment we
may then agree that a referral to a different type of therapist may be
more appropriate or we may discuss frequency of therapy appointments,
fees and any additional questions you may have.
Although I have worked with a broad range of
issues, the current focus of my therapeutic work is on the following
issues:
The following services are provided in
English and Italian:
Brief and
Long-Term Individual Psychotherapy for Adults
Consultation to
Couples (please note this is a rather structured short term modality
to assess needs and interpersonal communication styles, which
typically spans the course of 3-4 sessions and terminates with a set
of recommendations. If long term treatment is required, you will be
provided with a referral to a practitioner who specializes in
long-term couples' work)
Sessions over
Skype (under specific and exceptional circumstances I will provide
sessions via Skype to clients already in on-going therapy and only
on a self-pay basis as this modality is not allowed under insurance
policies. Circumstances include when a client may be away for an
extended period of time due to a trip, work, family or personal
emergency, medical illness, etc. This possibility is discussed on a
case by case basis).
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