Individual Therapy
You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story
and hustle for your worthiness.
~Brené Brown
Life should not be this hard
After years of going through the motions and feeling like a fraud, you are finally ready to take a step toward owning your own story.
Maybe your story is as unexpected as where ‘Sharon’ found herself.
After 20 years of marriage, Sharon was in unchartered waters, as she came to terms with her husband’s infidelity and being an empty nester.
It was not “supposed to be like this.” She had it all planned.
Sharon had given her all to raising her children. Now it was time for her and her husband to kick back and have all those date nights they never had the time for and all those wonderful trips she had already started planning. This was their time – or was it?
Sharon never imagined herself alone at this stage of her life and is petrified that she will be alone, bitter and unable to trust for the rest of her life.
Feelings of anxiety, depression, frustration, and loneliness plague her in the painful struggle of deciding whether she stays (if he will even have her) or transitions into single life.
Can she forgive him and stay or can she begin to see herself as an individual instead of part of a couple?
Adam’s story is all about self-doubt.
To anyone’s standards, Adam’s life looks “perfect.” The wonderful career, amazing children and a doting wife. Yet, Adam suffers from crippling panic attacks which have brought him to the hospital twice thinking he was having a heart attack.
Adam is stressed all the time. He is nervous that he may not be able to deliver at work and they will finally see that he is a fraud.
By the time Adam gets home, he is mentally exhausted and has nothing left for the children and his wife. He recognizes he is letting his wife down; this is not the father/husband he wants to be.
Adam spends so much time thinking of his shortcomings and disappointment that it leaves him feeling unworthy and depressed most of the time.
Lindsey has a difficult time saying no.
Schedule filled week after week with tasks that she doesn’t enjoy, Lindsey feels burnt-out most of the time.
Saying “no” feels like an outer body experience for Lindsey. She is a pro at making sure she does not disappoint anyone except herself.
After all she has on her plate for others, Lindsey finds that there is no time for her own needs. Worst of all, she feels like “saying no” will jeopardize her relationships. Unfortunately, Lindsey realizes that she is on her own for all her needs.
The lack of boundaries has left Lindsey feeling overwhelmed, tired, resentful and depressed. Lindsey knows she cannot go on like this.
What is your story?
Whether it is similar or vastly different, let’s work together so that your story does not define you. By creating healthy, long-lasting changes to your story, you, too, can start living a more positive and meaningful life.
While working together, I will help you understand the importance of boundaries and how to set healthy ones in your life. This is especially necessary if you have feelings of always doing what everyone else wants – leaving yourself as the last to get any care. Once setting boundaries are established, I will show you how to learn to be kind to yourself.
Everyone will have life transitions – I will help you move through yours with self-compassion.
Learning to communicate your needs with clarity to your family and friends will lead to being heard. With confidence coming from being heard, you will learn to let go of self-doubt.
As you begin to cultivate serenity in your life, you can learn to love yourself… warts and all.
Then you can begin to walk inside your story so that you can make the changes needed to bring you connection and joy.
Let’s start your journey…
…to finding the ‘you’ that you were supposed to become.