WHAT IS PSYCHOTHERAPY?

Psychotherapy is difficult to define. It can be as variable and unique as the range of clientele seeking a psycho-therapeutic experience. It can require a few sessions over a few weeks; over several months; and sometimes over several years to accomplish the change desired. It can assist in addressing a specific and limited issue; or it can be a life changing, redemptive, or even a life-saving experience. Usually, for therapy to be effective, the individual, or couple, or family must be motivated to address the issue or issues sufficiently to invest the time, energy, and resources necessary for real change to occur. 

The process can be uncomfortable, even painful when difficult issues are faced. However, when clients are willing to reflect upon the challenging aspects of their lives, examine the patterns, roles, and dynamics they discover, and take the risks real change requires, the results can not only be gratifying but transformative as well.