Are you sure that’s true?
The things you tell yourself about who you need to be…
The assumptions you have about how other people see you…
The story you’ve told yourself about your past…
The things you’ve been doing that you believe make you feel better…
Welcome. Let’s explore.
If you’re hoping to create deep, long-lasting change by fully knowing yourself, your past, your defenses, and your strengths, you’ve come to the right place.
What you can learn and feel:
Self-knowledge. Self-esteem. Acceptance.
Patience. Contentment. Compassion for yourself and those around you. Vulnerability. Freedom from shame. Wisdom.
How I do it:
Through intellectual exploration and tool building.
First, I help you analyze yourself. Clients have described our work together as going to a college seminar where the subject is themselves. The result is not just symptom management, but partnering in learning more about your underlying patterns and thought processes, your deepest pain and highest aspirations. I believe that getting to know yourself deeply is in and of itself an avenue toward healing.
What I can’t do:
Promise to fix you - I don’t believe you’re broken.
Offer a quick solution — Therapy is a complex process that shifts and deepens over time. That said, some people come for a few months and other a few years.
Tell you what to do — I try to ask wise questions so you can explore all angles of each choice, consciously welcoming trial and error, and not need to do things “right,” whatever that means.
Ready to connect?
Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.
Shannon L. Alder
