Your inner life is not an afterthought.
Psychotherapy for adolescents and adults, couples, and families in Cumming and Sandy Springs, and online throughout Georgia.
You may understand the pattern, know where it began, and recognize it while it is happening—yet still find yourself repeating it.
That is not a failure of insight or effort. It usually means the response is being maintained somewhere reasoning alone cannot reach: in emotion, physical reaction, relationship expectations, or habits that once served an important purpose.
Therapy begins by determining what keeps the pattern in place. Only then can we decide what may actually change it.
A CONSIDERED APPROACH
A useful therapy should be intelligent enough to respect complexity and practical enough to change daily life.
The patterns that create difficulty now often began as effective responses to earlier circumstances. Perfectionism can create order. Control can reduce uncertainty. Pleasing other people can protect against conflict or rejection. These responses are understandable, even when they eventually become restrictive.
The work is not to condemn or abruptly remove them. It is to understand what they accomplish, what continues to reinforce them, and what would make another response possible.
Depending on the problem, treatment may draw from cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapies, Radically Open DBT, somatic therapy, breathwork, and mindfulness. Methods are selected for their usefulness, not imposed as a fixed program.
I work with clients ages 11 and older, as well as couples and families. Sessions are available in Cumming, Sandy Springs, and by telehealth throughout Georgia.