Individual Adult Therapy
Greenlake Psychology specializes in long-term, deep therapeutic work.
We often seek therapy when the patterns we developed for self-protection in our early relationships or environment are no longer working. Perhaps you have a lingering feeling that you’ve been hiding a part of yourself, have a lack of fulfillment or meaning in your current relationships, or have ongoing conflict.
You might feel overwhelmed with worry or self-doubt, feel sad or numb, or struggle with behaviors you can't control. Maybe you feel disconnected from others, yourself, or even your own emotions. You'd like to do something differently to have the quality of connection you want, but you're not sure how.
Issues We Treat in Individual Adult Therapy:
Anxiety, worry, overwhelm, and stress
Depression, loneliness, and hopelessness
Distress due to marginalization or discrimination (neurodiversity, racial identity, spirituality, gender identity, etc.)
Personality disorders
Trauma, abuse, and PTSD
Relationship concerns
Concerns or distress around spirituality and religion
Substance use
Compulsive behavior
Anger and reactivity
Life transitions and values clarification
Perfectionism
Suicidal ideation and self-harm (patient needs to have achieved stability and readiness for longer-term work)
This type of therapy may be a fit for you if you are noticing longstanding maladaptive interpersonal patterns, if you have experienced complex or chronic trauma, or if you have not found more structured, skills-based therapy to be helpful. Psychodynamic therapy is relationship-based and designed to change a person’s interpersonal patterns.
This type of therapy helps make connections between early experiences in relationships and a person’s present behavior patterns. This approach deemphasizes the therapist imparting “techniques” or “coping skills.” It empowers the patient to connect the dots through their own history to understand why they have developed behavior patterns that are no longer serving them, and prioritizes having new experiences within the safety of the therapy relationship and beyond.
