Family & Individual Therapy
INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES
ABOUT TALK THERAPY (PSYCHOTHERAPY):
Most of today’s psychotherapy is brief and focused on your current thoughts, feelings, and life issues. In our practice of individual therapy, we focus on the past to help explain things in your life, but being present can help you cope with current challenges and prepare for the future.
What to Expect:
Frequency:
Talk therapy is about working towards solutions. A good therapist can help you cope with feelings and symptoms, and change behavior patterns that may contribute to your life challenges.
Most of today’s psychotherapy is brief and focused on your current thoughts, feelings, and life issues. Focusing on the past can help explain things in your life, but being present can help you cope with current challenges and prepare for the future.
What To Expect from Individual Therapy
- Talking with the counselor.
- Homework, such as tracking your moods, writing about your thoughts, or participating in social activities that have caused anxiety in the past.
- Encouragement to look at things differently or learn new ways to react to events or people.
Frequency
- You might see your therapist more often at the beginning of treatment.
- Later, as you learn to manage problems and avoid triggers, you might need less appointments.
PSYCOTHERAPY CAN HELP YOU:
PSYCOTHERAPY HELPS:
- Understand your illness
- Define and reach wellness goals
- Overcome fears or insecurities
- Cope with stress
- Make sense of past traumatic experiences
- Separate your true personality from mood swings
- Identify triggers that may worsen your symptoms
- Improve relationships with family and friends
- Establish a stable, dependable routine
- Develop a plan for coping with crises
- Understand why things bother you and what you can do about them
- End destructive habits such as drinking, using drugs, overspending, or unhealthy sex
- Understand your illness
- Define and reach wellness goals
- Overcome fears or insecurities
- Cope with stress
- Make sense of past traumatic experiences
- Separate your true personality from mood swings
- Identify triggers that may worsen your symptoms
- Improve relationships with family and friends
- Establish a stable, dependable routine
- Develop a plan for coping with crises
- Understand why things bother you and what you can do about them
- End destructive habits such as drinking, using drugs, overspending, or unhealthy sex
How Do I Start Individual Therapy?
Make your first appointment.
In your first sessions, you will probably do most of the talking. This helps the therapist know why you are there and what you want from therapy. Make a list of what bothers you and issues you want help with. Bring it to your first appointment.
You might include:
- Issues in your family or other relationships
- Symptoms like changes in eating or sleeping habits
- Anger, anxiety, irritability, or troubling feelings
- Thoughts of hurting yourself
Make a list of short- and long-term goals with your therapist at the beginning of treatment. After a few sessions of individual therapy, we may be able to give you an idea of how long therapy will take and when you can expect to see changes in your moods.
How to Start Individual Therapy?
Make your first appointment.
In your first sessions, you will probably do most of the talking. This helps the therapist know why you are there and what you want from therapy. Make a list of what bothers you and issues you want help with. Bring it to your first appointment.
You might include:
- Issues in your family or other relationships
- Symptoms like changes in eating or sleeping habits
- Anger, anxiety, irritability, or troubling feelings
- Thoughts of hurting yourself
Make a list of short- and long-term goals with your therapist at the beginning of treatment. After a few sessions, your therapist may be able to give you an idea of how long therapy will take and when you can expect to see changes in your moods.
SIGNS I AM MAKING PROGRESS
After some time has passed, check the list and see if you’re closer to reaching your goals. Improvement won’t happen overnight through individual therapy; but you should see some change, even if it’s just a better understanding of your own thoughts and feelings.
Ways to check progress:
- Track how you feel and how you cope with difficult situations
- Review your progress with your therapist
What if I’m not making progress?
If you don’t begin to feel some relief, you have a right to seek a second opinion from another therapist or mental health professional. You have a right to have the best treatment possible, and you can feel better.
What type of individual therapy is best for me?
The best choice is the one that helps you meet your goals. There are many types of talk therapy and most therapists use a combination of approaches.
- Behavioral therapy concentrates on your actions
- Cognitive therapy focuses on your thoughts
- Interpersonal therapy looks at relationships. Your loved ones may join you in sessions of family or couples therapy.
- Group therapy involves several, usually unrelated people working with the same therapist and each other.
- Track how you feel and how you cope with difficult situations
- Review your progress with your therapist
What if I’m not making progress?
If you don’t begin to feel some relief, you have a right to seek a second opinion from another therapist or mental health professional. You have a right to have the best treatment possible, and you can feel better.
What type of individual therapy is best for me?
The best choice is the one that helps you meet your goals. There are many types of talk therapy and most therapists use a combination of approaches.
- Behavioral therapy concentrates on your actions
- Cognitive therapy focuses on your thoughts
- Interpersonal therapy looks at relationships. Your loved ones may join you in sessions of family or couples therapy.
- Group therapy involves several, usually unrelated people working with the same therapist and each other.
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MEET THE TEAM
Greenberg & Associates, LLC is a psychological practice that offers supportive outpatient individual therapy, testing, and consultation in the Commonwealth of Virginia. We value diversity and our clinical focus is on the health and well being of those who turn to us for care. We understand the importance of professional support for the whole community.
Individual Therapy Specialties Include:
- Therapy for Depression and Anxiety
- Couples Counseling
- Family Counseling
- Parenting Support
- Grief Counseling
- Work and Career Issues
- Stress Management
- Addiction and Recovery
- Conflict Resolution
MEET THE TEAM
Greenberg & Associates, LLC is a psychological practice that offers supportive outpatient individual therapy, testing, and consultation in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
We value diversity and our clinical focus is on the health and well being of those who turn to us for care. We understand the importance of professional support for the whole community.
Individual Therapy Specialties Include:
- Therapy for Depression and Anxiety
- Couples Counseling
- Family Counseling
- Parenting Support
- Grief Counseling
- Work and Career Issues
- Stress Management
- Addiction and Recovery
- Conflict Resolution
We understand the importance of professional support for the whole community.
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